وسيط

Arabic

Root
و س ط (w-s-ṭ)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb وَسُطَ (wasuṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.siːtˤ/

Adjective

وَسِيط • (wasīṭ) (feminine وَسِيطَة (wasīṭa), common plural وُسَطَاء (wusaṭāʔ), feminine plural وَسِيطَات (wasīṭāt), elative أَوْسَط (ʔawsaṭ))

1. intermediary, intermediating

Declension

Declension of adjective وَسِيط (wasīṭ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وَسِيط wasīṭ	الْوَسِيط al-wasīṭ	وَسِيطَة wasīṭa	الْوَسِيطَة al-wasīṭa
Nominative	وَسِيطٌ wasīṭun	الْوَسِيطُ al-wasīṭu	وَسِيطَةٌ wasīṭatun	الْوَسِيطَةُ al-wasīṭatu
Accusative	وَسِيطًا wasīṭan	الْوَسِيطَ al-wasīṭa	وَسِيطَةً wasīṭatan	الْوَسِيطَةَ al-wasīṭata
Genitive	وَسِيطٍ wasīṭin	الْوَسِيطِ al-wasīṭi	وَسِيطَةٍ wasīṭatin	الْوَسِيطَةِ al-wasīṭati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وَسِيطَيْن wasīṭayn	الْوَسِيطَيْن al-wasīṭayn	وَسِيطَتَيْن wasīṭatayn	الْوَسِيطَتَيْن al-wasīṭatayn
Nominative	وَسِيطَانِ wasīṭāni	الْوَسِيطَانِ al-wasīṭāni	وَسِيطَتَانِ wasīṭatāni	الْوَسِيطَتَانِ al-wasīṭatāni
Accusative	وَسِيطَيْنِ wasīṭayni	الْوَسِيطَيْنِ al-wasīṭayni	وَسِيطَتَيْنِ wasīṭatayni	الْوَسِيطَتَيْنِ al-wasīṭatayni
Genitive	وَسِيطَيْنِ wasīṭayni	الْوَسِيطَيْنِ al-wasīṭayni	وَسِيطَتَيْنِ wasīṭatayni	الْوَسِيطَتَيْنِ al-wasīṭatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وُسَطَاء wusaṭāʔ	الْوُسَطَاء al-wusaṭāʔ	وَسِيطَات‎; وُسَطَاء wasīṭāt‎; wusaṭāʔ	الْوَسِيطَات‎; الْوُسَطَاء al-wasīṭāt‎; al-wusaṭāʔ
Nominative	وُسَطَاءُ wusaṭāʔu	الْوُسَطَاءُ al-wusaṭāʔu	وَسِيطَاتٌ‎; وُسَطَاءُ wasīṭātun‎; wusaṭāʔu	الْوَسِيطَاتُ‎; الْوُسَطَاءُ al-wasīṭātu‎; al-wusaṭāʔu
Accusative	وُسَطَاءَ wusaṭāʔa	الْوُسَطَاءَ al-wusaṭāʔa	وَسِيطَاتٍ‎; وُسَطَاءَ wasīṭātin‎; wusaṭāʔa	الْوَسِيطَاتِ‎; الْوُسَطَاءَ al-wasīṭāti‎; al-wusaṭāʔa
Genitive	وُسَطَاءَ wusaṭāʔa	الْوُسَطَاءِ al-wusaṭāʔi	وَسِيطَاتٍ‎; وُسَطَاءَ wasīṭātin‎; wusaṭāʔa	الْوَسِيطَاتِ‎; الْوُسَطَاءِ al-wasīṭāti‎; al-wusaṭāʔi

Noun

وَسِيط • (wasīṭ) m (plural وُسَطَاء (wusaṭāʔ))

1. (business) broker, middleman, intercessor, mediator

Declension

Declension of noun وَسِيط (wasīṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَسِيط wasīṭ	الْوَسِيط al-wasīṭ	وَسِيط wasīṭ
Nominative	وَسِيطٌ wasīṭun	الْوَسِيطُ al-wasīṭu	وَسِيطُ wasīṭu
Accusative	وَسِيطًا wasīṭan	الْوَسِيطَ al-wasīṭa	وَسِيطَ wasīṭa
Genitive	وَسِيطٍ wasīṭin	الْوَسِيطِ al-wasīṭi	وَسِيطِ wasīṭi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَسِيطَيْن wasīṭayn	الْوَسِيطَيْن al-wasīṭayn	وَسِيطَيْ wasīṭay
Nominative	وَسِيطَانِ wasīṭāni	الْوَسِيطَانِ al-wasīṭāni	وَسِيطَا wasīṭā
Accusative	وَسِيطَيْنِ wasīṭayni	الْوَسِيطَيْنِ al-wasīṭayni	وَسِيطَيْ wasīṭay
Genitive	وَسِيطَيْنِ wasīṭayni	الْوَسِيطَيْنِ al-wasīṭayni	وَسِيطَيْ wasīṭay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وُسَطَاء wusaṭāʔ	الْوُسَطَاء al-wusaṭāʔ	وُسَطَاء wusaṭāʔ
Nominative	وُسَطَاءُ wusaṭāʔu	الْوُسَطَاءُ al-wusaṭāʔu	وُسَطَاءُ wusaṭāʔu
Accusative	وُسَطَاءَ wusaṭāʔa	الْوُسَطَاءَ al-wusaṭāʔa	وُسَطَاءَ wusaṭāʔa
Genitive	وُسَطَاءَ wusaṭāʔa	الْوُسَطَاءِ al-wusaṭāʔi	وُسَطَاءِ wusaṭāʔi

Noun

وَسِيط • (wasīṭ) m

1. (statistics) median

Declension

Declension of noun وَسِيط (wasīṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَسِيط wasīṭ	الْوَسِيط al-wasīṭ	وَسِيط wasīṭ
Nominative	وَسِيطٌ wasīṭun	الْوَسِيطُ al-wasīṭu	وَسِيطُ wasīṭu
Accusative	وَسِيطًا wasīṭan	الْوَسِيطَ al-wasīṭa	وَسِيطَ wasīṭa
Genitive	وَسِيطٍ wasīṭin	الْوَسِيطِ al-wasīṭi	وَسِيطِ wasīṭi

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: vəsit
• Northern Kurdish: wesît
• → Ottoman Turkish: وسیط (vasit)
• Urdu: وَسِیط (vasīt)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وسيط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “وسيط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN