wsse3 وسّع
Moroccan Darija · verb
“wsse3” (وسّع) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to widen, to enlarge.
Meanings
- to widen, to enlarge
- to be patient, calm down
- to grant ease (God)
Usage
Wsse3 is the transitive verb derived from wase3 (wide, spacious): you widen a road, enlarge a room, give more space. Figuratively, wsse3 khatrek, literally "widen your heart", is very common: it urges someone to be patient, not to get upset, to take things calmly. In religious formulas, Allah ywsse3 3lik wishes someone material ease. In the present tense, one says kanwsse3; in the imperative, wsse3. Do not confuse it with wse3, which is intransitive and means "to be wide" or "to become wide".
Example
أنا غادي ن وسّع هاد طريق
ana ghadi n wsse3 had tri9
“I'm going to widen this road.”
Conjugation
Forms as recorded in DODa and reproduced in its spelling, which often leaves out short vowels.
| Imperfective (present) | Perfective (past) | Imperative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ana (I) | kanwsse3 | wsse3t | |
| nta (you, m.) | katwsse3 | wsse3ti | wsse3 |
| nti (you, f.) | katwss3i | wsse3ti | wss3i |
| howa (he) | kaywsse3 | wsse3 | |
| hiya (she) | katwsse3 | wss3at | |
| 7na (we) | kanwss3o | wss3na | |
| ntouma (you, pl.) | katwss3o | wsse3to | wss3o |
| homa (they) | kaywss3o | wss3o |
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “wsse3” but also “wesse3”, “wassa3”, “ws3” and “wasse3”. 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 “wsse3” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “widen, enlarge”; “grant ease, relieve”: wessa3 in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to widen, enlarge a space”; “to move over, make room”: wassa3 in Tunisian.