وصية

Arabic
FWOTD – 3 March 2017

Etymology

From the root و ص ي (w-ṣ-y). Related to צ־ו־ה (ṣ-w-_) through metathesis of the first two root consonants, specifically מצווה / מִצְוָה (miṣwā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wa.sˤij.ja/
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Noun

وَصِيَّة • (waṣiyya) f (plural وَصِيَّات (waṣiyyāt) or وَصَايَا (waṣāyā))

  1. will, testament, bequest
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:12:
      […] فَإِنْ كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فِي ٱلثُّلُثِ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَىٰ بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَارٍّ […]
      […] faʔin kānū ʔakṯara min ḏālika fahum šurakāʔu fī ṯ-ṯuluṯi min baʕdi waṣiyyatin yūṣā bihā ʔaw daynin ḡayra muḍārrin […]
      […] But if they are more than that, then they are to be sharers in a third after any will which was made or any debt [paid] without harm [to anyone]. […]
  2. commandment, injunction, bidding, ordinance
    Synonym: أَمْر (ʔamr)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:12:
      […] وَصِيَّةً مِّنَ ٱللهِ وَٱللهُ عَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ
      […] waṣiyyatan mmina llāhi wal-lāhu ʕalīmun ḥalīmun
      […] This is a commandment from God and God is Knowing [and] Forbearing.
    • 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Gospel of Matthew, 15:3:
      فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «وَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا، لِمَاذَا تَتَعَدَّوْنَ وَصِيَّةَ اللهِ بِسَبَب تَقْلِيدِكُمْ.
      faʔajāba waqāla lahum: “waʔantum ʔayḍan, limāḏā tataʕaddawna waṣiyyata allāhi bisabab taqlīdikum.
      And answering He said to them, "Why also do you break the commandment of God on account of your tradition?

Declension
Declension of noun وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَصِيَّة
waṣiyya		 الْوَصِيَّة
al-waṣiyya		 وَصِيَّة
waṣiyyat
Nominative وَصِيَّةٌ
waṣiyyatun		 الْوَصِيَّةُ
al-waṣiyyatu		 وَصِيَّةُ
waṣiyyatu
Accusative وَصِيَّةً
waṣiyyatan		 الْوَصِيَّةَ
al-waṣiyyata		 وَصِيَّةَ
waṣiyyata
Genitive وَصِيَّةٍ
waṣiyyatin		 الْوَصِيَّةِ
al-waṣiyyati		 وَصِيَّةِ
waṣiyyati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَصِيَّتَيْن
waṣiyyatayn		 الْوَصِيَّتَيْن
al-waṣiyyatayn		 وَصِيَّتَيْ
waṣiyyatay
Nominative وَصِيَّتَانِ
waṣiyyatāni		 الْوَصِيَّتَانِ
al-waṣiyyatāni		 وَصِيَّتَا
waṣiyyatā
Accusative وَصِيَّتَيْنِ
waṣiyyatayni		 الْوَصِيَّتَيْنِ
al-waṣiyyatayni		 وَصِيَّتَيْ
waṣiyyatay
Genitive وَصِيَّتَيْنِ
waṣiyyatayni		 الْوَصِيَّتَيْنِ
al-waṣiyyatayni		 وَصِيَّتَيْ
waṣiyyatay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; broken plural invariable
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَصِيَّات‎; وَصَايَا
waṣiyyāt‎; waṣāyā		 الْوَصِيَّات‎; الْوَصَايَا
al-waṣiyyāt‎; al-waṣāyā		 وَصِيَّات‎; وَصَايَا
waṣiyyāt‎; waṣāyā
Nominative وَصِيَّاتٌ‎; وَصَايَا
waṣiyyātun‎; waṣāyā		 الْوَصِيَّاتُ‎; الْوَصَايَا
al-waṣiyyātu‎; al-waṣāyā		 وَصِيَّاتُ‎; وَصَايَا
waṣiyyātu‎; waṣāyā
Accusative وَصِيَّاتٍ‎; وَصَايَا
waṣiyyātin‎; waṣāyā		 الْوَصِيَّاتِ‎; الْوَصَايَا
al-waṣiyyāti‎; al-waṣāyā		 وَصِيَّاتِ‎; وَصَايَا
waṣiyyāti‎; waṣāyā
Genitive وَصِيَّاتٍ‎; وَصَايَا
waṣiyyātin‎; waṣāyā		 الْوَصِيَّاتِ‎; الْوَصَايَا
al-waṣiyyāti‎; al-waṣāyā		 وَصِيَّاتِ‎; وَصَايَا
waṣiyyāti‎; waṣāyā

Descendants
  • → Avar: васият (wasijat), васигат (wasigat)
  • → Azerbaijani: vəsiyyət
  • → Bengali: অসিয়ত (ośiẏot)
  • → Chechen: весет (veset)
  • → Crimean Tatar: васиет, vasiyet
  • → Indonesian: wasiat
  • → Kabardian: уэсят (wɛsjat)
  • → Kazakh: өсиет (ösiet)
  • → Kyrgyz: осуят (osuyat)
  • → Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: wesîyet
  • → Kumyk: васият (wasiyat)
  • → Ossetian: уӕси́ат (wæsíat), уосиат (uosiat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: وصيت, vasiyyet
    > Turkish: vasiyet (inherited)
  • → Persian: وصیت (vasiyat)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: वसीयत (vasīyat)
      Urdu: وصیت (vasīyat)
  • → Spanish: albacea
  • → Swahili: wosia
  • → Tatar: васыять (wasıyat’), wasiät
  • → Turkmen: wesýet
  • → Uyghur: ۋەسىيەت (wesiyet)
  • → Uzbek: vasiyat
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