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