أوصى

Arabic

Etymology

From the root و ص ي (w-ṣ-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaw.sˤaː/

Verb

أَوْصَى (ʔawṣā) IV, non-past يُوصِي‎ (yūṣī)

  1. to ordain, to enjoin, to decree, to command
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:31:
      وَأَوْصَانِي بِٱلصَّلَاةِ وَٱلزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا
      waʔawṣānī bi-ṣ-ṣalāti waz-zakāti mā dumtu ḥayyan
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. advise
  3. bequeath
  4. appoint or institute as guardian

Conjugation

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