واصل

Arabic

Etymology

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

Verb

وَاصَلَ (wāṣala) III, non-past يُوَاصِلُ‎ (yuwāṣilu)

  1. (transitive) to be united with
  2. (transitive) to continue doing uninterruptedly
    وَاصَلَ الصِّيَام[1]
    wāṣala ṣ-ṣiyām
    He continued fasting uninterruptedly
  3. (transitive) to hold close, or loving, communion, commerce or intercourse with (of love, chaste or unchaste)
    وَاصَلَ حَبْلَهُ[2]
    wāṣala ḥablahu
    He made close his bond of love, by affectionate conduct
  4. to show affection
  5. to have connection
  6. to give, present with

Conjugation

References

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  1. Lane, Edward William (1863), واصل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page Supplement 3055
  2. Lane, Edward William (1863), واصل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page Supplement 3054
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