Arabic

Root

و ص ل ‎(w-ṣ-l)

1. Related to linking things together

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: وَصَلَ ‎(waṣala, “to arrive”)
  • Verbal noun: وُصُول ‎(wuṣūl, “arrival”)
  • Active participle: وَاصِل ‎(wāṣil)
  • Passive participle: مَوْصُول ‎(mawṣūl)
• Form I: وَصَلَ ‎(waṣala, “to connect”)
  • Verbal noun: صِلَة ‎(ṣila, “link, connection”), وَصْل ‎(waṣl, “link, connection”)
  • Active participle: وَاصِل ‎(wāṣil)
  • Passive participle: مَوْصُول ‎(mawṣūl)
• Form II: وَصَّلَ ‎(waṣṣala, “to connect, to bring”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوْصِيل ‎(tawṣīl)
  • Active participle: مُوَصِّل ‎(muwaṣṣil)
  • Passive participle: مُوَصَّل ‎(muwaṣṣal)
• Form III: وَاصَلَ ‎(wāṣala, “to continue doing uninterruptedly, to be united in friendship or love”)
  • Verbal noun: مُوَاصَلَة ‎(muwāṣala), وِصَال ‎(wiṣāl)
  • Active participle: مُوَاصِل ‎(muwāṣil)
  • Passive participle: مُوَاصَل ‎(muwāṣal)
• Form IV: أَوْصَلَ ‎(ʾawṣala, “to connect, to bring”)
  • Verbal noun: إِيصَال ‎(ʾīṣāl)
  • Active participle: مُوصِل ‎(mūṣil)
  • Passive participle: مُوصَل ‎(mūṣal)
• Form V: تَوَصَّلَ ‎(tawaṣṣala, “to obtain access to”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَصُّل ‎(tawaṣṣul)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَصِّل ‎(mutawaṣṣil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَصَّل ‎(mutawaṣṣal)
• Form VI: تَوَاصَلَ ‎(tawāṣala, “to be interconnected”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَاصُل ‎(tawāṣul)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَاصِل ‎(mutawāṣil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَاصَل ‎(mutawāṣal)
• Form VIII: اِتَّصَلَ ‎(ittaṣala, “to be in contact with”)
  • Verbal noun: اِتِّصَال ‎(ittiṣāl)
  • Active participle: مُتَّصِل ‎(muttaṣil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَّصَل ‎(muttaṣal)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• صِلَة ‎(ṣila, “connection, relationship”)
• وُصْل ‎(wuṣl), وِصْل ‎(wiṣl, “limb, part of the body”)
• وُصْلَة ‎(wuṣla, “junction, attachment, tie, joint”)
  • وُصْلِيَّة ‎(wuṣliyya, “connecting road”)
• وَصِيل ‎(waṣīl, “inseparable friend”)
• وُصُولِيّ ‎(wuṣūliyy, “careerist”)
  • وُصُولِيَّة ‎(wuṣūliyya, “careerism”)
• الْمَوْصِل ‎(al-mawṣil, “Mosul”)
• تَوْصِيلَة ‎(tawṣīla, “connection”)
  • تَوْصِيلِيَّة ‎(tawṣīliyya, “conductivity”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “وصل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4