ولول

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns sounds of distress, lamentation, and wailing, particularly by women. It also extends to the sounds made by animals and, metaphorically, to a specific sword known for its deadly effectiveness.

Derived headwords

الولوالnoun

1.
Lamentationboth
A loud, continuous cry of woe and distress, often associated with mourning.
2.
Wailing soundclassical
The sound of wailing or lamenting.

وولولتverb

1.
To wailboth
A woman wailed, calling out for woe and crying out loudly.

الويلnoun

1.
Woeboth
A cry of distress or misfortune.

أعولتverb

1.
To cry outboth
To cry out loudly in distress or lamentation.

الولوالnoun

1.
Wailingboth
The act or sound of wailing, a continuous cry of woe and distress.

ولولتverb

1.
To wailboth
She wailed, calling out for woe and crying out loudly.

تولولهاverb

1.
Her wailingboth
Her continuous crying out in woe and distress.

الولولةnoun

1.
Wailingboth
A continuous sound of woe and seeking help; it is said to be an imitation of the sound of a mourner.

تولولانverb

1.
Wailingboth
They (feminine dual) were wailing.

ولولتverb

1.
To make a soundboth
The mare made a sound.

الولولnoun

1.
Male arousalclassical
The arousal of a male.
2.
Owl's callclassical
The sound made by an owl.

ولولname

1.
Name of a swordclassical
The name of the sword of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Atab ibn Asid, which he boasted about on the day of the Camel battle.

Parallel reading

وولولت المرأة: دعت بالويل وأعولت

The woman wailed: she called for woe and cried out loudly.

كأن أصوات كلاب تهترش، ... هاجت بولوال ولجت في حرش

As if the sounds of dogs snarling... were stirred up by wailing and entered into the thicket.

جاءت أم جميل في يدها فهر ولها ولولة

Umm Jamil came, and in her hand was a stone, and she had a wail.

فسـمع تولولها تنادي يا حسنان يا حسينان

So he heard her wailing calling out, 'O Hasanayn! O Husaynayn!'

الولولة: صوت متتابع بالويل والاستغاثة، وقيل: هي حكاية صوت النائحة

Al-Walwala: a continuous sound of woe and seeking help; it is said to be an imitation of the sound of a mourner.

فانطلقتا تولولان

So they (feminine dual) set off wailing.

ولولت الفرس: صوتت

The mare wailed: she made a sound.

أنا ابن عتاب وسيفي ولول، ... والموت دون الجمل المجلل

I am the son of 'Atab, and my sword is Walwal, ... and death is preferable to the great camel.

وقيل: سمي بذلك لأنه كان يقتل به الرجال فتولول نساؤهم عليهم

And it was said: it was named thus because men were killed by it, and their women would wail over them.