وسوسة

Arabic

Noun

وَسْوَسَة • (waswasa) f (plural وَسَاوِس (wasāwis))

1. verbal noun of وَسْوَسَ (waswasa, “to whisper, disquiet, suggest wicked things”) (form Iq)
2. suggestion of the devil, temptation
3. disquietude, trouble of mind, scruple

Declension

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَسْوَسَة waswasa	الْوَسْوَسَة al-waswasa	وَسْوَسَة waswasat
Nominative	وَسْوَسَةٌ waswasatun	الْوَسْوَسَةُ al-waswasatu	وَسْوَسَةُ waswasatu
Accusative	وَسْوَسَةً waswasatan	الْوَسْوَسَةَ al-waswasata	وَسْوَسَةَ waswasata
Genitive	وَسْوَسَةٍ waswasatin	الْوَسْوَسَةِ al-waswasati	وَسْوَسَةِ waswasati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَسْوَسَتَيْن waswasatayn	الْوَسْوَسَتَيْن al-waswasatayn	وَسْوَسَتَيْ waswasatay
Nominative	وَسْوَسَتَانِ waswasatāni	الْوَسْوَسَتَانِ al-waswasatāni	وَسْوَسَتَا waswasatā
Accusative	وَسْوَسَتَيْنِ waswasatayni	الْوَسْوَسَتَيْنِ al-waswasatayni	وَسْوَسَتَيْ waswasatay
Genitive	وَسْوَسَتَيْنِ waswasatayni	الْوَسْوَسَتَيْنِ al-waswasatayni	وَسْوَسَتَيْ waswasatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وَسَاوِس wasāwis	الْوَسَاوِس al-wasāwis	وَسَاوِس wasāwis
Nominative	وَسَاوِسُ wasāwisu	الْوَسَاوِسُ al-wasāwisu	وَسَاوِسُ wasāwisu
Accusative	وَسَاوِسَ wasāwisa	الْوَسَاوِسَ al-wasāwisa	وَسَاوِسَ wasāwisa
Genitive	وَسَاوِسَ wasāwisa	الْوَسَاوِسِ al-wasāwisi	وَسَاوِسِ wasāwisi

Declension of noun وَسْوَسَة (waswasa)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: vəsvəsə
• → Bengali: ওয়াসওয়াসা (ẇasẇasa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: وسوسه (vesvese)
  • Turkish: vesvese
  • → Albanian: vesves
  • → Armenian: ֆէսֆէսէ (fēsfēsē), վասվասա (vasvasa)
• → Tatar: вәсвәсә (wäswäsä), wäswäsä
• → Uyghur: ۋەسۋەسە (weswese)
• → Uzbek: vasvasa

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وسوسة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen