istawṣaā

adopt, assume

اِسْتَوْصَىَ

Word

Verb · Form X

Root

و ص ي

Forms

Present: يَسْتَوْصِي

In the library

قَالَ : أَمَرْتَنِي أَنْ أَسْتَوْصِي بِهِ خَيْرًا فَأَعْتَقْتُهُ.

Al-Adab al-Mufrad, page 56 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present
he هُوَ	اِسْتَوْصَى	يَسْتَوْصِي
she هِيَ	اِسْتَوْصَت	تَسْتَوْصِي
they two (m.) هُما	اِسْتَوْصَيا	يَسْتَوْصِيانِ
they two (f.) هُما	اِسْتَوْصَتا	تَسْتَوْصِيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ	اِسْتَوْصَوْا	يَسْتَوْصُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِسْتَوْصَيْنَ	يَسْتَوْصِينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِسْتَوْصَيْتَ	تَسْتَوْصِي
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِسْتَوْصَيْتِ	تَسْتَوْصِينَ
you two أَنْتُما	اِسْتَوْصَيْتُما	تَسْتَوْصِيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِسْتَوْصَيْتُم	تَسْتَوْصُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِسْتَوْصَيْتُنَّ	تَسْتَوْصِينَ
I أَنا	اِسْتَوْصَيْتُ	أَسْتَوْصِي
we نَحْنُ	اِسْتَوْصَيْنا	نَسْتَوْصِي

From the same root

All words from و ص ي →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries

وَصَّاهُ Form II He enjoined him; charged him; bade him; ordered him

and ↓ أَوْصَاهُ He enjoined him; charged him; bade him; ordered him: (K, &c.:) he commanded him, بِكَذَا, to do such a thing. (Msb.)
أَوْصَى لَهُ بِالثُّلُثِ Form IV He bequeathed to him the third

He bequeathed to him the third of the property. (MA.) ― -b2- أَوْصَى He made his will. ― -b3- See 2.
تَوَاصَوْا Form VI They enjoined, charged, bade, ordered, or commanded, one another

They enjoined, charged, bade, ordered, or commanded, one another. See an ex. voce تَبَاعَثُوا.
وَصِىٌّ A person commissioned; a commissioned agent

A person commissioned; a commissioned agent: (K:) an executor appointed by a will.
وَصِيَّةٌ An injunction, a charge, bidding, order, or command

An injunction, a charge, bidding, order, or command: (K:) an admonition, with an endeavour to persuade: and a command: its place may be supplied by any word in which is the meaning of أَمْرٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- And A will, or testament. (K, * TA.)

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