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وصل

وصل

See also: و ص ل

Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

وَصَلَ (waṣala) I, non-past يَصِلُ‎ (yaṣilu)

  1. to unite, to join, to combine
Conjugation
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Verb

وَصَلَ (waṣala) I, non-past يَصِلُ‎ (yaṣilu)

  1. (transitive, with accusative or with إِلَى (ʾilā)) to arrive (to reach some place)
    • وَصَلَ وَفْدٌ مِصْرِيٌّ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ (Al Jazeera July 7th, 2009)
      waṣala wafdun miṣriyyun ʾilā dimašqa
      An Egyptian delegation arrived in Damascus
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Verb

وَصَلَ (waṣala) I, non-past يَصِلُ‎ (yaṣilu)

  1. to be united by an alliance, friendship, intercourse
  2. to show affection, have connection
  3. to give, to present with
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Etymology 2

From the root و ص ل (w-ṣ-l); compare وَصَلَ (waṣala, to arrive, connect).

Verb

وَصَّلَ (waṣṣala) II, non-past يُوَصِّلُ‎ (yuwaṣṣilu)

  1. (transitive, construed with بِـ (bi-)) to join, unite or connect (something) with
  2. (transitive, construed with إِلَى (ʾilā)) to bring, convey or deliver (someone/something) to
  3. (transitive, construed with إِلَى (ʾilā)) to cause to reach
    • وَصَّلَهُ إِلَيْهِ[1]
      waṣṣalahu ʾilayhi
      he made it reach him, he brought it to him
Conjugation
References
  • وصل” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • وصل” in John Mace (2007), Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ISBN 0-7818-1229-1
  1. وصل” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page Supplement 3054

Etymology 3

Noun

وَصْل (waṣl) m (plural أَوْصَال (ʾawṣāl) or وُصُولَات (wuṣūlāt))

  1. verbal noun of وَصَلَ (waṣala) (form I)
  2. union, connection
  3. intercourse, friendship
  4. union with the beloved object, amorous enjoyment
  5. liberality
  6. connecting link, articulation, joint
  7. appurtenance, counterpart
  8. voucher, receipt
  9. (grammar, linguistics) liaison in French, linking (consonants syllabifying across word boundaries)
Declension
Derived terms
  • أَلِفُ وَصْلِ (ʾalifu waṣli, linking alif)
  • وَصْلَة (waṣla, diacritic indicating linking)
References

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

وصل (wiSil), بوصل (yiwSil)

  1. to arrive

Tunisian Arabic

Verb

وصل (wuṣil), يوصل (yūṣil)

  1. to arrive