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وَفَاة

death

Noun · feminineRoot و-ف-ي

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Plural
وَفَيَات

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
to fulfill
Verb · Form IV
to pay in full
Verb · Form V
to die
Verb · Form V
تَوَفَّى
to receive in full
Noun
وَفَاء
loyalty
Adjective
مُتَوَفًّى
deceased

وَفَاة in English

Noun · feminine

  1. death, decease

Word origin

From the root و ف ي (w f y), with meanings related to “fulfilling”. Compare تُوُفِّيَ (tuwuffiya, “to die, pass away”), وَفَّى (waffā, “to pay in full”), أَوْفَى (ʔawfā, “to fulfill”).

Words from the root و-ف-ي

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وَفَى · present يَفِي

to fulfill; to compensate fully

وَفَاء
Verbal noun
loyalty
وَافٍ
Active participle
مَوْفِيّ
Passive participle
وَفَّى · present يُوَفِّي

to treat fully; to complete

تَوْفِيَة
Verbal noun
مُوَفٍّ
Active participle
مُوَفًّى
Passive participle
وَافَى · present يُوَافِي

to provide for in full

مُوَافَاة
Verbal noun
مُوَافٍ
Active participle
مُوَافًى
Passive participle
أَوْفَى · present يُوفِي
Form IV · Causative

to pay in full; to fulfill, to keep; to achieve, to carry out fully

إِيفَاء
Verbal noun
fulfillment
مُوفٍ
Active participle
مُوفًى
Passive participle
تُوُفِّيَ · present يُتَوَفَّى

to die

تَوَفٍّ
Verbal noun
مُتَوَفًّى
Passive participle · Adjective
deceased
Derived noun
death
تَوَفَّى · present يَتَوَفَّى

to receive in full; to take the soul of, to cause to die; to die

تَوَفٍّ
Verbal noun
مُتَوَفٍّ
Active participle
مُتَوَفًّى
Passive participle
اِسْتَوْفَى · present يَسْتَوْفِي

to fulfill (a condition); to pay fully; to receive in full

اِسْتِيفَاء
Verbal noun
fulfilling
مُسْتَوْفٍ
Active participle · Adjective
fulfilling
مُسْتَوْفًى
Passive participle
وَفِيّ
Adjective
loyal

وَفَاة: plural and other forms

Singularوَفَاة
Pluralوَفَيَات

وَفَاة in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

وَعَصَى مُوآبُ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ أَخْآبَ.Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.2 Kings 1:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فِي سَنَةِ وَفَاةِ الْمَلِكِ آحَازَ كَانَ هذَا الْوَحْيُ:In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.Isaiah 14:28, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَلَمَّا قَرُبَتْ أَيَّامُ وَفَاةِ دَاوُدَ أَوْصَى سُلَيْمَانَ ابْنَهُ قَائِلاً:Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,1 Kings 2:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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