wayla
misfortune
وَيْلَة
Word
Noun · pattern فَعْلَةRoot
و ي لIn the library
فلما رأى السدري يفري الفريّ ويلتهم التهاما قال: «يا أبا عثمان، السدري يعجبه كل شيء» .
The Book of Misers, page 130 →From the same root
All words from و ي ل →Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries-
وَيْلَةُ Woe to him!
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 On!
[an imperative verbal noun, which may be rendered On!] a word of incitement. (S, K.) One also says to a man, and to a horse, يَا وَيْهَاهْ [Ho! On!]. (A'Obeyd in TA in art. ايه.) See أَيَّهَ. ― -b2- وَيْهَكَ: see أَيْهَكَ in art. ايه. I have not found this anywhere but in that art. in the K, and doubt its correctness.
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