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وصيد

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Arabic

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Root
و ص د (w ṣ d)
3 terms

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Noun

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وَصِيد (waṣīdm (plural وُصُد (wuṣud))

  1. threshold, doorstep or doorway
    • c. 1110, Al-Ḥarīriyy ed. Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, “المقامة الواسطية”, in Les séances de Hariri, volume 1, Paris, published 1822, page 308 l. 3:
      فَإِذَا أَنَا فِي الْفِراسَةِ فَارِسٌ، وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ بِوَصِيدِ الْخَانِ جَالِسٌ، فَتَهَادَيْنَا بُشْرَى الالْتِقَاءِ.
      faʔiḏā ʔanā fī l-firāsati fārisun, waʔabū zaydin biwaṣīdi l-ḵāni jālisun, fatahādaynā bušrā l-ʔiltiqāʔi.
      When I ride on horseback and Abu Zayd sits on the sill of the caravansery, then the notice of the encounter is shared happily.

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Adjective

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وَصِيد (waṣīd)

  1. locked, shut; narrow

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