ومء

وَامِئَةٌ ذ A misfortune; calamity: (S, K:) thought by ISd to be a subst. [not an act. part. n.] because no verb from which it could be derived is known. (TA.) ― -b2- وَقَعَ فِى وَامِئَةٍ He fell into a misfortune or calamity. (S.) ― -b3- ذَهَبَ ثَوْبِى فَمَا أَدْرِىمَا كَانَتْ وَامِئَتُهُ My garment is lost, and I know not what misfortune has taken it away: (M, K:) or, who has taken it. (Yaakoob, S.) The phrase without negation is also used. (L.) [See a similar phrase in art. لمأ.]