وصية

Arabic

FWOTD – 3 March 2017

Etymology

From the root و ص ي (w-ṣ-y). Related to the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew root צ־ו־ה (ṣ-w-) through metathesis of the first two root consonants, specifically מצווה / מִצְוָה (miṣwā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.sˤij.ja(.tun)/

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Noun

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

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

     وَإِن كَانَ رَجُلٌۭ يُورَثُ كَلَلَةً أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٌۭ وَلَهُۥٓ أَخٌ أَوْ أُخْتٌۭ فَلِكُلِّ وَحِدٍۢ مِّنْهُمَا ٱلسُّدُسُ ۚ فَإِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِن ذَ ٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فِى ٱلثُّلُثِ ۚ مِنۢ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍۢ يُوصَىٰ بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ غَيْرَ مُضَآرٍّ

     waʾin kāna rajulun yūraṯu kalalatan ʾaw-i mraʾatum walahu ʾaḵun ʾaw ʾuḵtum falikulli waḥidim minhuma s-sudusu faʾin kānū ʾakṯara min ḏālika fahum šurakāʾu fi ṯ-ṯuluṯi mim baʿdi waṣiyyatin yūṣā bihā ʾaw daynin ḡayra muḍārrin

     And if a man or woman leaves neither ascendants nor descendants but has a brother or a sister, then for each one of them is a sixth. 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:
     :

     وَصِيَّةًۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ

     waṣiyyatam mina l-lāhi 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: “ʔin kunta tasmaʕu liṣawti r-rabbi ʔilāhika, wataṣnaʕu l-ḥaqqa fī ʕaynayhi, wataṣḡā ʔilā waṣāyāhu wataḥfaẓu jamīʕa farāʔiḍihi, famaraḍan mā mimmā waḍaʕtuhu ʕalā l-miṣriyyīna lā ʔaḍaʕu ʕalayka. faʔinnī ʔanā 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
• Chechen: весет (veset)
• Indonesian: wasiat
• Kabardian: уэсят (wɛsjat)
• Kazakh: өсиет (ösiet)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: wesîyet

• Ossetian: уӕси́ат (wæsíat), уосиат (uosiat)
• Persian: وصیت (vasiyat)
  • Hindi: वसीयत (vasīyat)
  • Urdu: وصیت (vasīyat)
• Swahili: wosia
• Turkish: vasiyet
• Uyghur: ۋەسىيەت (wesiyet)