وا

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the conjunction 'wa' (and), exploring its various grammatical functions including coordination, condition, and as a particle of exclamation or oath. It also covers related interjections and the pronoun suffix for masculine plural.

Derived headwords

واparticle

1.
a particle of lamentationboth
a particle of lamentation

وا زيداه — O Zayd! (lament)

أو عجبتم أن جاءكم ذكر من ربكم — Or are you amazed that a reminder has come to you from your Lord? (conjunction with interrogative)

بعثت والساعة كهاتين — I was sent while the Hour is like these two (fingers) — meaning 'with' the Hour.

قمت وأصك وجهه — I stood up while I was striking his face — meaning 'striking his face'.

والله لقد كان كذا — By God, it was so.

الواوnoun

1.
the letter 'waw'both
Refers to the letter 'waw' itself, particularly in its grammatical functions.

ويكparticle

1.
woe to you!both
woe to you!
2.
a word like 'wayb' and 'wayj'both
a word like 'wayb' and 'wayj'

ويكأن من يكن له نشب يحبب ومن يفتقر يعش عيش ضر — Alas, whoever has possessions is loved, and whoever becomes poor lives a life of hardship.

ويكأن — Have you not seen?

ويparticle

1.
a word of wonder/astonishmentboth
a word of wonder/astonishment

فعلواverb

1.
they didboth
Past tense verb, third person masculine plural, indicating an action performed by a group of males.

يفعلونverb

1.
they doboth
Present tense verb, third person masculine plural, indicating an ongoing or habitual action by a group of males.

افعلواverb

1.
do!both
Imperative verb, second person masculine plural, commanding a group of males to perform an action.

Parallel reading

تقول: وا زيداه.

You say: O Zayd! (lament)

ويقال أيضا: يا زيداه.

It is also said: O Zayd! (lament)

و (الواو) من حروف العطف تجمع الشيئين ولا تدل على التريتب

And (the waw) is one of the conjunctions that joins two things and does not indicate order.

وتدخل عليها ألف الاستفهام كقوله تعالى: (أو عجبتم أن جاءكم ذكر من ربكم)

And the interrogative 'alif' enters upon it, as in His saying, the Almighty: 'Or are you amazed that a reminder has come to you from your Lord?'

كما تقول: أفعجبتم.

Just as you say: 'Are you amazed?'

وقد تكون بمعنى مع، لما بينهما من المناسبة

And it may be in the meaning of 'with', due to the association between them.

لان مع للمصاحبة، كقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: " بعثت والساعة كهاتين " وأشار إلى السبابة والوسطى، أي مع الساعة.

Because 'ma'a' is for accompaniment, like the saying of the Prophet, peace be upon him: 'I was sent while the Hour is like these two (fingers)' - and he gestured to the index and middle fingers - meaning 'with the Hour'.

وقد تكون الواو للحال كقولهم: قمت وأصك وجهه، أي قمت صاكا وجهه

And the waw may be for [introducing] a circumstantial clause, as in their saying: 'I stood up while I was striking his face', meaning 'I stood up striking his face'.

وكقولك: قمت والناس قعود.

And like your saying: 'I stood up while the people were sitting'.

وقد يقسم بها، تقول: والله لقد كان كذا.

And it may be used for an oath, you say: 'By God, it was so.'

وهو بدل من الباء، إذ كان من حروف الشفة.

And it is a substitute for the 'ba', as it is from the labial letters.

ولا يتجاوز الاسماء المظهرة، نحو: والله، وحياتك، وأبيك.

And it does not go beyond explicit nouns, such as: 'By God', 'By your life', and 'By your father'.

وقد تكون الواو ضمير جماعة المذكر في قولك: فعلوا ويفعلون وافعلوا.

And the waw may be the pronoun for the masculine plural in your saying: 'they did', 'they do', and 'do!'

قال الاصمعي: قلت لابي عمرو: قولهم ربنا ولك الحمد؟ فقال: يقول الرجل للرجل: بعنى هذا الثوب، فيقول: وهو لك، وأظنه أراد: هو لك.

Al-Asma'i said: I said to Abu Amr: 'Their saying, Our Lord, and to You is the praise?' He replied: A man says to another man: 'Sell me this garment', and he says: 'And it is yours', and I think he meant: 'It is yours'.

فإذا وذلك يا كبيشة لم يكن * إلا كلمة حالم بخيال كأنه قال: فإذا ذلك لم يكن.

So if that, O Kabisha, was not * but the word of a dreamer in a vision - as if he said: 'So if that was not'.

بلى وغيرها الارواح والديم يريد: بلى غيرها.

Rather, the winds and rains changed it - meaning: 'Rather, something else changed it'.

وقوله تعالى: (حتى إذا جاءوها وفتحت أبوابها) فقد يجوز أن تكون الواو هنا زائدة.

And His saying, the Almighty: 'Until when they came to it, and its gates were opened' - it is possible that the waw here is superfluous.

ويكأن من يكن له نشب يحبب ومن يفتقر يعش عيش ضر

Alas, whoever has possessions is loved, and whoever becomes poor lives a life of hardship.

قال الكسائي: هو ويك أدخل عليه أن، ومعناه ألم تر.

Al-Kisa'i said: It is 'wayk' with 'anna' added to it, and its meaning is 'Have you not seen?'

وقال الخليل: هي وي مفصولة، ثم تبتدئ فتقول: كأن.

And Al-Khalil said: It is 'way' separated, then you begin and say: 'ka'anna'.