و س ط

و سط • (w-s-ṭ)

1. related to middle

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: وَسَطَ‎ (wasaṭa, “to be in the middle, to penetrate into the middle”)
  • Verbal noun: وَسْط‎ (wasṭ), سِطَة‎ ( siṭa)
  • Active participle: وَاسِط‎ (wāsiṭ)
  • Passive participle: مَوْسُوط‎ (mawsūṭ)
• Form II: وَسَّطَ‎ (wassaṭa, “to place or put in the middle”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوْسِيط‎ (tawsīṭ)
  • Active participle: مُوَسِّط‎ (muwassiṭ)
  • Passive participle: مُوَسَّط‎ (muwassaṭ)
• Form III: وَاسَطَ‎ (wāsaṭa, “to mediate between”)
  • Verbal noun: مُوَاسَطَة‎ (muwāsaṭa), وِسَاط‎ (wisāṭ)
  • Active participle: مُوَاسِط‎ (muwāsiṭ)
  • Passive participle: مُوَاسَط‎ (muwāsaṭ)
• Form V: تَوَسَّطَ‎ (tawassaṭa, “to place or keep one's self in the middle”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَسُّط‎ (tawassuṭ)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَسِّط‎ (mutawassiṭ)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَسَّط‎ (mutawassaṭ)
• Form VI: تَوَاسَطَ‎ (tawāsaṭa, “to mediate”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَاسُط‎ (tawāsuṭ)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَاسِط‎ (mutawāsiṭ)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَاسَط‎ (mutawāsaṭ)

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “وسط”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “(وسط)‎”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 1212