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From the root و س ع (w s ʕ). Compare Egyptian wsḫ (“to be wide”) and possibly Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⵙⵉⵖ (ssiɣ, “to pass, give, extend, expand”).

وَسُعَ • (wasuʕa) I (non-past يَوْسُعُ (yawsuʕu), verbal noun وَسَاعَة (wasāʕa))

  1. to be wide

وَسِعَ • (wasiʕa) I (non-past يَسَعُ (yasaʕu), verbal noun سِعَة (siʕa) or سَعَة (saʕa))

  1. to be wide
  2. to hold, to contain
  3. to encompass, to extend
  4. to be easy for, to be possible for

وَسَّعَ • (wassaʕa) II (non-past يُوَسِّعُ (yuwassiʕu), verbal noun تَوْسِيع (tawsīʕ) or تَوْسِعَة (tawsiʕa))

  1. to expand

وُسْع • (wusʕ) m

  1. ability, strength
    Synonym: طَاقَة (ṭāqa)
    بِكُلِّ مَا فِي وُسْعِي ― bikulli mā fī wusʕī ― With all of my strength

Declension of noun وُسْع (wusʕ)

Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وُسْع
wusʕ 		الْوُسْع
al-wusʕ 		وُسْع
wusʕ
Nominative وُسْعٌ
wusʕun 		الْوُسْعُ
al-wusʕu 		وُسْعُ
wusʕu
Accusative وُسْعًا
wusʕan 		الْوُسْعَ
al-wusʕa 		وُسْعَ
wusʕa
Genitive وُسْعٍ
wusʕin 		الْوُسْعِ
al-wusʕi 		وُسْعِ
wusʕi

From Arabic وُسْع (wusʕ).

وسع • (vüs')

  1. power
  2. ability
  3. wealth
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وسع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2137a
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

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From Arabic وَسَعَ (wasaʕa).

  • IPA(key): /wi.siʕ/, [ˈwi.sɪʕ]

وسع • (wisiʕ) I (present بوسع (būsaʕ))

  1. to fit, to hold
    الغرفة ما بتوسع كل الناس ― il-ḡorfe mā btūsaʕ kull in-nās ― the room won't fit everyone

From Arabic وَسَّعَ (wassaʕa).

  • IPA(key): /was.saʕ/, [ˈwas.saʕ]

وسّع • (wassaʕ) II (present بوسّع (biwasseʕ))

  1. (transitive) to extend, to expand, to make space
    بدّنا نوسّع الصالون ― baddna nwasseʕ aṣ-ṣālōn ― We want to extend the living room.