wahiya

be frail, be fragile

وَهِيَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

و ه ي

Forms

Present: يَوْهَى

In the library

قال ابن جزي: من الغريب ما اتفق من صدق الزجر في اسمي ولدي اللحياني الاسكندري والمصري فمات بها، وعاش المصري دهراً طويلاً بها وهي من بلاد مصر.

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Conjugation

Person	Past	Present
he هُوَ	وَهِيَ	يَوْهَى
she هِيَ	وَهِيَت	تَوْهَى
they two (m.) هُما	وَهِيا	يَوْهَيانِ
they two (f.) هُما	وَهِيَتا	تَوْهَيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ	وَهُوا	يَوْهَُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ	وَهِينَ	يَوْهَيْنَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ	وَهِيتَ	تَوْهَى
you (f.) أَنْتِ	وَهِيتِ	تَوْهَِينَ
you two أَنْتُما	وَهِيتُما	تَوْهَيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	وَهِيتُم	تَوْهَُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	وَهِيتُنَّ	تَوْهَيْنَ
I أَنا	وَهِيتُ	أَوْهَى
we نَحْنُ	وَهِينا	نَوْهَى

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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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