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وَصَّلَهُ , inf. n. تَوْصِيلٌ , He joined, or connected, much: he made a string to have many joinings. (TA: the latter from an explanation of the pass. part. n.) ― -b2- وَصَّلَهُ اـِلَيْهِ He made it to reach it, or him: syn. أَنْهَاهُ اـِلَيْهِ , and أَبْلَفَهُ اـِيَّاه ; like اـِلَيْهِ ↓ أَوْصَلَهُ [q. v.]. (TA.) See an ex. voce غفَلَ .

وَاْصَلَ See 1. ― -b2- وَاصَلَ الصِّيَامَ , inf. n. مُوَاصَلَةٌ and وِصَالٌ , He continued the fasting uninterruptedly. (TA.) ― -b3- وَاصَلَ : see وَاتَرَ . ― -b4- وَاصَلَ المَرْأَةَ He held communion, or commerce, of love with the woman. ― -b5- وَاصَلَا Contr. of قَاطَعَا . (K in art. قطع .)

أَوْصَلَهُ He made, or caused, him, or it, to reach; he caused to come, brought, conveyed, or delivered, him, or it; (S, * M, K, *) اـِلَيْهِ to him, or it; as also ↓ وَصَّلَهُ . (M.) See أَدَّاهُ .

توصّل اـِلَيْهِ He applied himself with gentleness, or courtesy, to obtain access, or nearness, to him. (S.) See 1.

اِتَّصَلَ بِهِ It communicated with it. (Modern usage.)

وَصْلٌ Union [of companions or friends or lovers]; contr. of فِرَاقٌ (T, S, voce بَيْنٌ ) or of فُرْقَةٌ (Msb, ibid.) or of فَصْلٌ (Bd in vi. 94) or of هِجْرَانٌ . (S.) ― -b2- فِى الوَصْلِ وَالوَقْفِ In the case of connexion with a following word and in the case of a pause.

وِصْلٌ and ↓ وُصْلٌ A limb: see فَخِذٌ and فَعْمٌ ; and see also Har, p. 346. Between every فَصْلَانِ [or rather between every فَصْل and the فَصْل next to it] is a وِصْل . (O, K, in art. فصل .)

وُصْلٌ : see وِصْلٌ .

صِلَةُ الرَّحِمِ (tropical:) The [making close one's ties of relationship by] behaving with kindness, or goodness and affection and gentleness, and considerateness, or regard for their circumstances, to kindred, or relations, even though remote, or evil-doers: and قَطْعُ الرَّحِمِ signifies the contr. (IAth, TA.) ― -b2- صِلَةٌ A gift for which no compensation is to be made; a free gift; a gratuity; like هِبَةٌ and صَدَقَةٌ . (Marg. note in a copy of the KT.) ― -b3- صِلَةٌ The connexion of a verb with the objective complement, whether immediate or by means of a preposition. ― -b4- صِلَةٌ The complement of a مَوْصُول [or conjunct], (I have thus rendered it voce أَلْ ,) whether the latter be a particle or a noun. (I' Ak, sect. المَوْصُولُ .) ― -b5- [The term صِلَةٌ is also applied in the Msb, art. أذن , to لَهُ in the phrase مَأْذُونٌ لَهُ .] Often applied to the connective prep. by which a verb or act. part. n. is transitive, together with the noun or pronoun governed by it; as to لَهُ in أَذَنَ لَهُ : and that prep. alone is called حَرْفُ الصِّلَةِ . Also, to a prep. by which a pass. verb or part. n. is connected with its subject, together with that subject; as لَهُ in أُذِنَ لَهُ . In this case it is an inf. n. in the sense of a pass. part. n., namely, of مَوْصُولٌ . (IbrD.) ― -b6- [ صِلَةٌ A connective word or phrase: as يَكَدْ is said to be in the phrase لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَاهَا : see art. كود . In this case it is an inf. n. used in the sense of an act. part. n.] It is used in this sense especially with reference to cases in the Kur-án. (MF, art. كود .)

وُصْلَةٌ : see عُلْقَةٌ : A means of connexion, or attachment: see ذَرِيعَةٌ .

مَوْصِلٌ A joint, or place of juncture.

مَوْصُولٌ , in grammar, [A conjunct]. This is of two kinds; مَوْصُولٌ حَرْفِىٌّ and مَوْصُولٌ اـِسْمِىٌّ . The former term [or conjunct particle] is applied to the infinitive particles أَنْ , أَنَّ , كَى , لَوْ , and مَا . The latter term [or conjunct noun] (I have thus rendered it voce أَلْ , and voce اـِنْ , and voce اـِنَّ ) is applied to the conjunctive nouns أَلَّذِى , and its fem. اَلَّتِى , and مَنْ , and مَا , and ذُو in the dial. of Teiyi, and to اَلْ , which last some incorrectly hold to be a conjunct particle, and others assert to be a determinative particle and not a conjunct, and to ذَا after the interrogative مَا or مَنْ . (I' Ak, sect. المَوْصُولُ .)

اـِسْتِثْنَا=ءٌ مُتَّصِلٌ An exception in which the thing excepted is united in kind to that from which the exception is made; contr. of مُنْقَطِعٌ .