وشي

Arabic

Root
و ش ي (w-š-y)

Noun

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

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 wišāʔ	الْوِشَاء al-wišāʔ	وِشَاء wišāʔ
Nominative	وِشَاءٌ wišāʔun	الْوِشَاءُ al-wišāʔu	وِشَاءُ wišāʔu
Accusative	وِشَاءً wišāʔan	الْوِشَاءَ al-wišāʔa	وِشَاءَ wišāʔa
Genitive	وِشَاءٍ wišāʔin	الْوِشَاءِ al-wišāʔi	وِشَاءِ wišāʔi

Descendants

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