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وَفاة
death /waˈfaːh/
nounA2#1028 most common
Also: passing, demise, decease
Example sentences
حَزِنّا بعدَ وَفاةِ جَدّي.
We were sad after my grandfather's death.
أَعلَنَتِ العائلةُ عن وَفاةِ الأبِ.
The family announced the father's death.
سُجِّلَت وَفاتُهُ في المُستَشفى صباحَ أمسِ.
His death was recorded at the hospital yesterday morning.
بعدَ وَفاةِ المؤسِّسِ، تولّى ابنُهُ إدارةَ الشركةِ.
After the founder's death, his son took over running the company.
أثارَت وَفاةُ الكاتبِ المُفاجِئةُ موجةً من الحُزنِ في الأوساطِ الأدبيّةِ.
The writer's sudden death stirred a wave of grief in literary circles.
تَناقَلَت الصُّحُفُ نبأَ وَفاتِهِ، فاختَلَفَ المُؤرِّخونَ في تحديدِ تاريخِ وَفاتِهِ الحقيقيِّ.
The newspapers passed around the news of his death, and historians disagreed about fixing the true date of his death.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَفاةٌ | وَفَياتٌ |
| Genitive | وَفاةٍ | وَفَياتٍ |
| Accusative | وَفاةً | وَفَياتٍ |
| Vocative | يا وَفاة | يا وَفَيات |
Word family
وَفَياتdeaths, obituaries, mortality figures
تُوُفِّيَto pass away, to die
مُتَوَفّىdeceased person
وَفاءloyalty, fidelity
وَفِيّloyal, faithful
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root w-f-y, which means to fulfill, complete, or pay in full. Death is framed as the moment God takes a soul back in full and completes a person's appointed term. The same root gives the passive verb تُوُفِّيَ, literally he was taken in full, the standard way to say someone died.
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