وشي

وشي

Arabic

Etymology

From the root و ش ي‎ (w-š-y).

Noun

وَشْي • (wašy) m (plural وِشَاء‎ (wišāʾ))

1. verbal noun of وَشَى‎ (wašā) (form I)
2. embroidery, embellishment of variegation, or a concrete cloth thereof
   • a. 1211, ابن سناء الملك‎ [Ibn Sanāʾ Al-Malik], كتابٌ كريم جاءَني بعد فَتْرَةٍ (…)‎:

     ‏وما نزهت عيني على وشْي حبره / ولكنَّها قد نُزهَتْ في حبيره‎

     My eye could not get clear of the variegation of [the writings’s] ink, but [its lines] looked clear in their mantle.

Declension

Declension of noun وَشْي (wašy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَشْي wašy	الْوَشْي‎ al-wašy	وَشْي wašy
Nominative	وَشْيٌ wašyun	الْوَشْيُ‎ al-wašyu	وَشْيُ wašyu
Accusative	وَشْيًا‎ wašyan	الْوَشْيَ‎ al-wašya	وَشْيَ wašya
Genitive	وَشْيٍ wašyin	الْوَشْيِ‎ al-wašyi	وَشْيِ wašyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَشْيَيْن‎ wašyayn	الْوَشْيَيْن‎ al-wašyayn	وَشْيَيْ‎ wašyay
Nominative	وَشْيَانِ‎ wašyāni	الْوَشْيَانِ‎ al-wašyāni	وَشْيَا‎ wašyā
Accusative	وَشْيَيْنِ‎ wašyayni	الْوَشْيَيْنِ‎ al-wašyayni	وَشْيَيْ‎ wašyay
Genitive	وَشْيَيْنِ‎ wašyayni	الْوَشْيَيْنِ‎ al-wašyayni	وَشْيَيْ‎ wašyay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وِشَاء‎ wišāʾ	الْوِشَاء‎ al-wišāʾ	وِشَاء‎ wišāʾ
Nominative	وِشَاءٌ‎ wišāʾun	الْوِشَاءُ‎ al-wišāʾu	وِشَاءُ‎ wišāʾu
Accusative	وِشَاءً‎ wišāʾan	الْوِشَاءَ‎ al-wišāʾa	وِشَاءَ‎ wišāʾa
Genitive	وِشَاءٍ‎ wišāʾin	الْوِشَاءِ‎ al-wišāʾi	وِشَاءِ‎ wišāʾi

Descendants

• → Medieval Latin: alguexis, albexis
• → Navarro-Aragonese: alguaxi
• → Old Catalan: aluexia
• → Old Portuguese: alveici, alveci, alvecim
• → Old Spanish: alguexi, albexi