وي ل

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns expressions of woe, distress, and severe punishment. It encompasses lamentations, curses, and descriptions of hellfire, often used to express extreme misfortune or condemnation.

Derived headwords

الويلnoun

1.
woeboth
The occurrence of evil or misfortune. It is originally a masdar (verbal noun) with no corresponding verb, as verbs with defective first and second radicals are not typically formed.
2.
hellfireclassical
A valley or well in hell where a disbeliever would fall for forty years, so hot that mountains would melt before reaching its bottom.

الويلةnoun

1.
scandalclassical
A disgrace or a calamity.
2.
lamentationclassical
An expression of grief or distress.

واويلتاهinterjection

1.
Oh, my disgrace!classical
An exclamation meaning 'Oh, my scandal!' or 'Oh, my calamity!'

ويلهinterjection

1.
woe to himboth
An expression of condemnation or misfortune directed at someone.

ويلكinterjection

1.
woe to youboth
An expression of condemnation or misfortune directed at someone.

ويليinterjection

1.
woe to meboth
An expression of personal misfortune or distress.

ويلاهinterjection

1.
Oh, woe is me!classical
An exclamation of lamentation, often used in a vocative sense.

ويلةnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A misfortune or disaster.

ويلهverb

1.
to invoke woe upon himclassical
To wish or call down misfortune upon someone.

ويل لهverb

1.
to invoke woe upon himclassical
To wish or call down misfortune upon someone.

يتوايلانverb

1.
to invoke woe upon each otherclassical
To call down misfortune upon one another.

تَوَيَّلَverb

1.
to call for woeclassical
To invoke or call for misfortune when something bad happens.

ويلnoun

1.
woeboth
An expression of distress or misfortune.

وائلnoun

1.
woeclassical
An expression of distress or misfortune, used emphatically like 'shaghl shaghil' (a preoccupying matter).

وئلnoun

1.
woeclassical
An emphatic form of woe, possibly derived from a non-standard verb.

وئيلnoun

1.
woeclassical
An emphatic form of woe, considered irregular.

ويلinterjection

1.
woeboth
A word of punishment or condemnation, similar to 'wayh' but specifically for severe punishment.

ويلnoun

1.
valley in hellclassical
A specific location in hell.
2.
well in hellclassical
A specific location in hell.
3.
gate of hellclassical
A specific location in hell.

ويلمهinterjection

1.
woe to his motherclassical
An expression used to describe someone as formidable or cunning, akin to 'woe to his mother' or 'may your father not live'.
2.
what a formidable person!classical
An exclamation of astonishment at someone's bravery, daring, or skill.

الويلاتnoun

1.
woesclassical
Plural of 'al-wayl', referring to multiple instances of misfortune or calamity.

ولولتverb

1.
to wailclassical
To utter a cry of lamentation, specifically when a woman says 'ya waylaha' (oh, her woe).

Parallel reading

حلول الشر

the occurrence of evil

وما قيل إن فعله " وال " مصنوع

And what is said about its verb 'wāla' is fabricated.

الفضيحة

the scandal

والبلية

and the calamity

وإذا قال القائل: {واويلتاه فإنما يعني وافضيحتاه

And when someone says: 'O, my woe!', they mean 'O, my scandal!'

ياويلتنا مال هذا الكتاب

Woe to us! What is this book

ويقال {ويله} وويلك {وويلي، وفي الندبة} ويلاه

And it is said 'woe to him', 'woe to you', and 'woe to me', and in lamentation 'O, woe is me!'

قولهم: ويله كان أصله وي وصلت بله

Their saying 'waylahu' originally meant 'way' (grief) and 'lahu' (to him).

ومنه قولهم: وايه معناه حزن

And from this is their saying 'wāyahu', meaning grief.

والعول: البكاء في قوله: ويله وعوله

And 'al-'awlu' means crying in their saying: 'waylahu wa 'awluhu'.

قالت هريرة لما جئت زائرها ... ويلي عليك وويلي منك يا رجل

Hurayrah said when I came to visit her... 'Woe to you, and woe to me from you, O man!'

لأمك {ويلة وعليك أخرى ... فلا شاة تنيل ولا بعير

Your mother has a calamity, and upon you is another... neither a sheep nor a camel will be obtained.

{وويله {وويل له: أكثر له من ذكر} الويل

And 'waylahu' and 'waylun lah' means to mention 'al-wayl' (woe) frequently for him.

وهما {يتوايلان

And they invoke woe upon each other.

وتويل: دعا {بالويل لما نزل به

And 'tawayyala' means to call for woe when misfortune befalls him.

على موطن أغشي هوازن كلها ... أخا الموت كظا رهبة} وتويلا

Upon a place that overwhelmed all of Hawazin... the brother of death, fearing him, and calling for woe.

تَوَيَّل أن مددت يدي وكانت ... يميني لا تعلل بالقليل

He called for woe when I extended my hand, and my right hand was not satisfied with little.

والهام يدعو البوم ويلا وائلا

And the owl calls the eagle, 'Woe! Woe!'

والبوم يدعو الهام ثكلا ثاكلا

And the eagle calls the owl, 'Bereaved! Bereaved!'

ويل الشيطان

Woe to the devil

ويل لزيد

Woe to Zayd

ويل للمطففين

Woe to the defrauders

فويلا لتيم من سرابيلها الخضر

So woe to Taym from their green garments

ويل له

Woe to him

ويل به

Woe to him

ويل بزيد فتى شيخ ألوذ به ... فلا أعشي لدى زيد ولا أرد

Woe to Zayd, a young man, an elder I seek refuge with... I neither become blind with Zayd nor turn back.

وكل من وقع في هلكة دعا} بالويل

And whoever falls into destruction calls for woe.

يا حزني ويا هلاكي ويا عذابي احضر

O my grief! O my destruction! O my punishment, be present!

واد في جهنم

A valley in hell

يهوي فيه الكافر أربعين خريفا

The disbeliever falls into it for forty years.

ورجل ويلمه

And a man, 'waylahu'

داه

formidable

ويل لأمه

woe to his mother

لأب لك

May your father not live

ويلمه مسعر حرب

'Waylahu' is a kindler of war.

الويل يجمع على {الويلات

'Al-wayl' is pluralized as 'al-waylāt'.

فقالت لك الويلات إنك مرجلي

So she said, 'May calamities befall you, for you are my departure.'

وإذا قالت المرأة: يا} ويلها، قلت: ولولت

And when a woman says: 'O, her woe!', you say: 'She wailed.'