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وَدَى
to pay blood money (compensation for a killing) /waˈdaː/
verbB2#3476 most common
Also: to compensate a victim's family for manslaughter, to flow (archaic, of blood)
Example sentences
هُوَ وَدَى الدِّيَةَ.
He paid the blood money.
وَدَى الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَ الْقَتِيلِ.
The man paid blood money to the family of the slain.
يَدِي الْقَاتِلُ دِيَةَ الْقَتِيلِ لِأَهْلِهِ.
The killer pays the victim's blood money to his family.
وَدَتِ الْقَبِيلَةُ دِيَةَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي قُتِلَ خَطَأً.
The tribe paid the blood money for the man who was killed by mistake.
إِذَا قَتَلَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا خَطَأً، فَعَلَى عَاقِلَتِهِ أَنْ تَدِيَهُ بِمِائَةٍ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ.
If a man kills another by mistake, his male relatives must pay his blood money with a hundred camels.
وَدَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْقَتِيلَ الَّذِي وُجِدَ بَيْنَ الْحَيَّيْنِ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, paid blood money for the slain man found between the two tribes, from the Muslims' treasury.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَدِي | وَدَيْتُ | سَأَدِي |
| 2sg | تَدِي | وَدَيْتَ | سَتَدِي |
| 3sg | يَدِي | وَدَى | سَيَدِي |
| 1pl | نَدِي | وَدَيْنَا | سَنَدِي |
| 2pl | تَدُونَ | وَدَيْتُمْ | سَتَدُونَ |
| 3pl | يَدُونَ | وَدَوْا | سَيَدُونَ |
Word family
دِيَةblood money paid to a victim's family
وَادٍvalley, wadi, watercourse
أَوْدَىto perish; to bring to ruin or deathمُودٍruinous, fatal, perishing
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic root و-د-ي (w-d-y), whose core sense is something flowing outward. In early Arabia this sense narrowed to the flow of payment: a killer's kin handing compensation to a victim's kin. The related noun دِية (diya) names that payment itself, and the same root gives وَادٍ (wadi), a valley where water flows. Islamic law kept وَدَى as the fixed legal verb for paying blood money after an unintentional killing.
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