wase3 واسع
Algerian Darja · adjective
“wase3” (واسع) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning wide, spacious.
Meanings
- wide, spacious
- vast, extensive
- generous, patient (qelb wase3)
Usage
Wase3 describes a wide space, garment, room or road. The feminine is wase3a. It is the opposite of dayeq, "narrow, tight". For a garment that is too loose, people often say wase3 3liya, "it is too big for me". The expression qelbou wase3, literally "his heart is wide", describes someone patient, tolerant or generous. In religious formulas, such as "Allah yerhmou w ydakhlou wase3 jnanou", the word comes from the written language. For a big difference, you can say farq wase3. Wase3 does not have the sense of "vague" or "imprecise".
Example
هاد الدار واسعة بزاف
had eddar wes3a bezzaf
“This house is very spacious.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wase3” but also “wasa3”, “wasse3”, “wassa3” and “wase3a”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 3 is ayn (ع), a voiced sound from deep in the throat with no English equivalent.
Type “wase3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “wide, loose (clothing, space)”; “vast, spacious”: was3 in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “wide, roomy”; “vast, extensive”: wesa3 in Tunisian.