واسع

Derived from the active participle of وَسُعَ‎ (wasuʕa, “to be wide”) and وَسِعَ‎ (wasiʕa, “to be wide, to hold, to contain”), from the root و س ع‎ (w-s-ʕ).

• IPA^(key): /waː.siʕ/

وَاسِع • (wāsiʕ) (feminine وَاسِعَة‎ (wāsiʕa), masculine plural وَاسِعُونَ‎ (wāsiʕūna), feminine plural وَاسِعَات‎ (wāsiʕāt), elative أَوْسَع‎ (ʔawsaʕ))

1. large in area, extensive, vast; broad; wide; open
   1. spacious, roomy

      Synonyms: شَاسِع‎ (šāsiʕ), فَسِيح‎ (fasīḥ)

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:97:

        ‏قَالُوا أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ اللَّهِ وَاسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا فِيهَا‎

        qālū ʔalam takun ʔarḍu l-lahi wāsiʕatan fatuhājirū fīhā

        (please add an English translation of this quote)

   2. (of clothes) loose, oversized
   3. (of a person's perspective, attitude, or mind) open, broad
   4. (of a person's learning) extensive, deep
2. expansive; comprehensive, inclusive
3. (of a matter, issue, topic, or the like) open, up for discussion, discussable, undetermined
   1. (when referring to issues relating to laws, rules, regulations, and the like) debateable, not fixed
4. (rare, approving) not strict; not harsh; forgiving

   Synonym: سَمِح‎ (samiḥ)

5. (rare) generous, liberal

   Synonyms: جَوَاد‎ (jawād), مِعْطَاء‎ (miʕṭāʔ)

Strictly speaking, the word generally signifies extensiveness, vastness, and spaciousness, as well as openness, not the extent from side to side, which is denoted by عَرِيض‎ (ʕarīḍ) instead.

1. ‏اَلْغُرَفُ وَاسِعَةٌ‎ ― al-ḡurafu wāsiʕatun ― The rooms are large.
2. ‏الأَرْضُ الْوَاسِعَةُ‎ ― al-ʔarḍu l-wāsiʕatu ― the open land
3. ‏سَاحَةٌ وَاسِعَةُ‎ ― sāḥatun wāsiʕatu ― an expansive area

Due to the overlap between their semantic fields, however, the two are sometimes interchangeable, and there are instances where وَاسِع‎ (wāsiʕ) is preferred and more idiomatic, especially when the wideness of the referent is convenient or desirable.

1. ‏طَرِيقٌ وَاسِعٌ‎ ― ṭarīqun wāsiʕun ― a wide road
2. ‏مَمَرٌّ وَاسِعٌ‎ ― mamarrun wāsiʕun ― a wide corridor

A like connection between narrowness and inconvenience (or frustration) is implied by its antonym ضَيِّق‎ (ḍayyiq). Compare loose and tight.

• ضَيِّق‎ (ḍayyiq)

• Maltese: wiesa'
• Moroccan Arabic: واسع‎ (wāsaʕ)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “واسع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

From Arabic وَاسِع‎ (wāsiʕ).

• IPA^(key): /waːsaʕ/

واسع • (wāsaʕ) (feminine واسعة‎ (wāsʕa), common plural وساع‎ (wsāʕ), masculine plural واسعين‎ (wāsʕīn), feminine plural واسعات‎ (wāsʕāt), elative أوسع‎ (ʔawsaʕ) or وسع‎ (wsaʕ))

1. wide

   Antonym: ضيق‎ (ḍiyyaq)

• → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵡⵙⵄ (wsɛ)

From Arabic وَاسِع‎ (wāsiʕ).

• IPA^(key): /waː.siʕ/, [ˈwæː.sɪʕ]

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واسع • (wāseʕ) (feminine واسعة‎ (wāsʕa), common plural واسعين‎ (wāsʕīn), elative أوسع‎ (ʔawsaʕ))

1. wide, spacious

   Antonym: ضيّق‎ (ḍiyyeʔ)

• عريض‎ (ʕarīḍ, “wide, broad”)

From Arabic وَاسِع‎ (wāsiʕ).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.seːʔ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.seːʔ/

واسِع • (vāseʿ) m (Hindi spelling वासि)

1. capacious, wide, roomy
2. ample

• “واسع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “واسع”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.