Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ويس ويل ى


وَيْلَةُ

وَيْلَةُ and وَيْلًا لَهُ and وَيْلٌ لَهُ Woe to him! [See عَوْلَكَ]. Perdition befall him! Punishment befall him! (Kull, p. 377.) See voce وَيْبٌ, and voce وَيْحٌ, and وَيْسٌ.


وَيْهًا

وَيْهًا [an imperative verbal noun, which may be rendered On!] a word of incitement. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) One also says to a man, and to a horse, يَا وَيْهَاهْ [Ho! On!]. (AʼObeyd in TA in art. ايه.) See أَيَّهَ.

Root: ويل - Entry: وَيْهًا Signification: A2

وَيْهَكَ: see أَيْهَكَ in art. ايه. I have not found this anywhere but in that art. in the Ḳ, and doubt its correctness.


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