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, bequest
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:12:

     ‏ […] فَإِنْ كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فِي ٱلثُّلُثِ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَارٍّ […] ‎

     […] faʾin kānū ʾakṯara min ḏālika fahum šurakāʾu fī ṯ-ṯuluṯi min baʿdi waṣiyyatin yūṣā bihā ʾaw daynin ḡayra muḍārrin […]

     But if they are more than two, they share a third, after any bequest which was made or debt, as long as there is no detriment [caused]. […]

2. commandment, ordinance
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:12:

     ‏ […] وَصِيَّةً مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ وَٱللّٰهُ عَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ‎

     […] waṣiyyatan mina llāhi wal-lāhu ʿalīmun ḥalīmun

     […] [This is] an ordinance from Allah, and Allah is Knowing and Forbearing.

   • 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Exodus, 15:26:

     ‏فَقَالَ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ تَسْمَعُ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ، وَتَصْنَعُ الْحَقَّ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ، وَتَصْغَى إِلَى وَصَايَاهُ وَتَحْفَظُ جَمِيعَ فَرَائِضِهِ، فَمَرَضًا مَا مِمَّا وَضَعْتُهُ عَلَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ لَا أَضَعُ عَلَيْكَ. فَإِنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ شَافِيكَ».‎‎

     faqāla: “ʾin kunta tasmaʿu liṣawti r-rabbi ʾilāhika, wataṣnaʿu l-ḥaqqa fī ʿaynayhi, wataṣḡā ʾilā waṣāyāhu wataḥfaẓu jamīʿa farāʾiḍihi, famaraḍan mā mimmā waḍaʿtuhu ʿalā l-miṣriyyīna lā ʾaḍaʿu ʿalayka. faʾinnī ʾanā r-rabbu šāfīka”.

     And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

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 (ôśiẏôt)
• → Chechen: весет (weset)
• → Indonesian: wasiat
• → Kabardian: уэсят (wăsjāt)
• → Kazakh: өсиет (ösiet)
• → Kyrgyz: осуят (osuyat)
• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: wesîyet

• → Ossetian: уӕси́ат (wæsíat), уосиат (uosiat)
• → Persian: وصیت‎ (vasiyat)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: वसीयत (vasīyat)

    Urdu: وصیت‎ (vasīyat)

• → Swahili: wosia
• → Turkish: vasiyet
• → Uyghur: ۋەسىيەت‎ (wesiyet)