Appendix:Arabic roots/و س ط

Arabic

Root

و س ط • (w s ṭ)

1. related to middle

Derived terms

Arabic terms belonging to the root و س ط (0 c, 6 e)

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)
  • 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)

Further reading

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “وسط”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “(وسط)”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 1212