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ووه

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to expressions of admiration, encouragement, and sometimes a sense of longing or desire. It encompasses interjections used to express wonder or to urge someone on.

Derived headwords

واهاًinterjection
  1. 1.
    Wow!both

    An exclamation used to express wonder, admiration, or delight at something pleasant or beautiful.

  2. 2.
    Alas!classical

    An expression of longing or regret, often used when desiring something unattainable or lost.

واها له ما أطيبه! — How pleasant it is! — How good it is!
واها لريا ثم واها واها — Oh, for Rayya, then oh, oh!
ويهاًinterjection
  1. 1.
    when you incite him to somethingboth

    when you incite him to something

ويها يا فلان — Come on, so-and-so!
يقال لمثلى ويها فل — It is said to someone like her, 'Go on, so-and-so!'

Parallel reading

إذا تعجبت من طيب الشئ قلت: واها له ما أطيبه!
If you are amazed by the pleasantness of something, you say: 'Wow, how pleasant it is!'
واها لريا ثم واها واها
Oh, for Rayya, then oh, oh!
ياليت عينيها لنا وفاها بثمن نرضى به أباها
I wish her eyes would be given to us, and we would pay her father a price he would be pleased with.
وإذا أغريت إنسانا بشئ قلت: ويها يا فلان
And if you incite a person to something, you say: 'Go on, so-and-so!'
وهو تحريض، كما يقال: دونك يا فلان.
And it is encouragement, as it is said: 'Here you go, so-and-so!'
وجاءت حوادث في مثلها * يقال لمثلى ويها فل
And events came in similar situations * it is said to someone like her, 'Go on, so-and-so!'