او

أَوِّ مِنْ كَذَا ذ (T, M) and أَوَّ (M) [ Alas, on account of, or for, such a thing! ] an expression denoting complaint of distress, or of anxiety, or of grief or sorrow; (T;) or an expression of grief or sorrow; (M;) like ↓ اآوِ and ↓ اآوٍ and ↓ أَوَتَاه (K and TA in art. اوه,) or ↓ أَوَتَاهُ (CK in that art.,) or ↓ أَوَّتَاه, or ↓ اآوَّتَاه, (S in that art., [the ه in one copy of which is marked as quiescent,]) and like اآهِ and أَوْهِ &c. (S and Msb and K in art. اوه: see اآهِ in that art.) AZ says, one says, أَوْهِ عَلَى زَيْدٍ [meaning Alas, for Zeyd! ] with kesr to the ه, and عَلَيْكَ ↓ أَوَّتَا [thus without ه, meaning Alas, for thee! ] with ت; an expression of regret for a thing, whether of great or mean account. (T.)