was3 واسع
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“was3” (واسع) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning wide, loose (clothing, space).
Meanings
- wide, loose (clothing, space)
- vast, spacious
- vague, imprecise
Usage
Wase3 first describes clothing that is too loose or shoes that are too big, as well as a spacious room, house or street. Its opposite is diye9, "narrow". It agrees in gender and number: was3a in the feminine, was3in in the plural. With bezzaf, it often signals a flaw: "too big". The expression wase3 l-bal describes a patient person who does not get annoyed easily. Applied to an explanation or a subject, the word can also mean "vague" or "too general". It belongs to the everyday register.
Example
راه واسع بزّاف هاد شورت
rah was3 bezzaf had chort
“These shorts are really too loose.”
Forms
| feminine | was3a |
|---|---|
| plural | was3in |
| feminine plural | was3at |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “was3” but also “wase3”, “waas3” and “wasa3”. 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 “was3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “wide, spacious”; “vast, extensive”: wase3 in Algerian.
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.