وحي

Arabic

Root
و ح ي (w-ḥ-y)

Noun

وَحْي • (waḥy) m (plural وُحِيّ (wuḥiyy))

1. verbal noun of وَحَى (waḥā) (form I)
2. (theology, Islam) revelation
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:4:

     إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيࣱ يُوحَىٰ.

     ʔin huwa ʔillā waḥyun yūḥā.

     It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired.

Conjugation

Declension of noun وَحْي (waḥy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَحْي waḥy	الْوَحْي al-waḥy	وَحْي waḥy
Nominative	وَحْيٌ waḥyun	الْوَحْيُ al-waḥyu	وَحْيُ waḥyu
Accusative	وَحْيًا waḥyan	الْوَحْيَ al-waḥya	وَحْيَ waḥya
Genitive	وَحْيٍ waḥyin	الْوَحْيِ al-waḥyi	وَحْيِ waḥyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَحْيَيْن waḥyayn	الْوَحْيَيْن al-waḥyayn	وَحْيَيْ waḥyay
Nominative	وَحْيَانِ waḥyāni	الْوَحْيَانِ al-waḥyāni	وَحْيَا waḥyā
Accusative	وَحْيَيْنِ waḥyayni	الْوَحْيَيْنِ al-waḥyayni	وَحْيَيْ waḥyay
Genitive	وَحْيَيْنِ waḥyayni	الْوَحْيَيْنِ al-waḥyayni	وَحْيَيْ waḥyay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وُحِي wuḥī	الْوُحِي al-wuḥī	وُحِي wuḥī
Nominative	وُحِيٌّ wuḥiyyun	الْوُحِيُّ al-wuḥiyyu	وُحِيُّ wuḥiyyu
Accusative	وُحِيًّا wuḥiyyan	الْوُحِيَّ al-wuḥiyya	وُحِيَّ wuḥiyya
Genitive	وُحِيٍّ wuḥiyyin	الْوُحِيِّ al-wuḥiyyi	وُحِيِّ wuḥiyyi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vəhy
• → Bashkir: үәхи (wəxi)
• → Bengali: ওহি (ōhi)
• → Kazakh: уахи (uaxi)
• → Hindi: वही (vahī)
• Kurdish:

  → Central Kurdish: وه‌حی (weḧî)

  → Northern Kurdish: wehî

• → Malay:

  Arabic script: وحي

  Latin script: Wahyu

• → Malayalam: വഹ്‌യ് (vah‌yŭ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: وحی

  → Turkish: vahiy

• Panjabi:

  → Western Panjabi: وحی

• → Pashto: وحې
• → Persian: وحی (vahy)
• → Tajik: ваҳй (vahy)
• Tatar:

  → Crimean Tatar: vahiy

• → Urdu: وحی (vahi)
• → Uzbek: Vahiy