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وَصِيَّة
will (testament) /wɑˈsˤijːɐ/
nounB2#3576 most common
Also: bequest, commandment, counsel/advice
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ وَصِيَّةُ جَدِّي.
This is my grandfather's will.
كَتَبَ الرَّجُلُ وَصِيَّتَهُ قَبْلَ السَّفَرِ.
The man wrote his will before traveling.
تَرَكَتْ لِي جَدَّتِي وَصِيَّةً قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهَا.
My grandmother left me a will before she died.
أَوْصَى الأَبُ أَبْنَاءَهُ بِوَصِيَّةٍ مُهِمَّةٍ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ.
The father gave his sons important instructions before his death.
تَنُصُّ الوَصِيَّةُ عَلَى تَقْسِيمِ الأَمْوَالِ بَيْنَ الوَرَثَةِ.
The will stipulates how the money is divided among the heirs.
تُعْرَفُ الوَصَايَا العَشْرُ فِي الدِّيَانَاتِ السَّمَاوِيَّةِ بِأَنَّهَا مَبَادِئُ أَخْلَاقِيَّةٌ أَسَاسِيَّةٌ.
The Ten Commandments are known in the monotheistic religions as fundamental moral principles.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَصِيَّةٌ | وَصَايَا |
| Genitive | وَصِيَّةٍ | وَصَايَا |
| Accusative | وَصِيَّةً | وَصَايَا |
| Vocative | يَا وَصِيَّةُ | يَا وَصَايَا |
Word family
وَصَّىto instruct, charge, exhort
أَوْصَىto bequeath, to advise
وَصِيّguardian, executor of a will
مُوصٍtestator, the one who makes the will
وَصَايَاplural: testaments, commandments, precepts
Etymology
Waṣiyyah comes from the Arabic root w-ṣ-y, whose verb waṣā means to charge someone with a task, to instruct, or to bequeath. The noun pattern faʿīlah turns that action into a concrete thing: the charge or instruction itself, whether spoken advice or a legal document disposing of property after death. The word entered religious and legal vocabulary early, covering both a dying person's testament and a moral commandment.
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