wāh

wow!

واه

Word

Interjection

Root

و ه ي

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3/1252-وعنْ أَبي قَتَادةَ رضيَ اللَّه عَنْهُ، أَنَّ رسولَ اللَّهِ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم سُئِلَ عَنْ صِيَامِ يَوْمِ عاشُوراءِ، فَقَال:"يُكَفِّرُ السَّنَةَ المَاضِيَةَ"ر واه مُسْلِمٌ.

Riyad al-Salihin, page 539 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

وَهَى Form I It was, or became, much slit, or rent

It was, or became, much slit, or rent. (Msb.) ― -b2- It was, or became, lax, flaccid, or flabby: (Msb:) or weak; said of a rope, (Mgh,) or other thing: or it fell. (Msb.) See وَاهٍ. ― -b3- وَهَِىَ It was, or became, uncompact, unsound, or weak. ― -b4- وَهَى أَمْرُهُ [His affair, or case, was, or became, in a weak, or an unsound, state]. (TA, art.نغض, &c.)
وَاهٍ Lax; weak: frail; wanting in strength, compactness, firmness, or toughness

Lax; weak: frail; wanting in strength, compactness, firmness, or toughness; unsubstantial; unsound. See an ex. in the S, voce أُنْشُوطَةٌ, where it is applied to love, or affection. ― -b2- وَاهًا: see an ex. voce نُغْبَةٌ; and see آهِ, in art. اوه, in two places.

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