ا ء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns expressions of distress, grief, or complaint, often through interjections or verbs indicating lamentation and sorrow. It also touches upon the concept of seeking or finding something, particularly in relation to memory or emotional states.

Derived headwords

آوَةnoun

1.
grief, sorrowclassical
A state of deep sadness or distress, often expressed through lamentation.

أو لهverb

1.
to lament, to grieveclassical
To express deep sorrow or distress, often through vocalization or lamentation.

أوparticle

1.
alas!classical
An interjection expressing grief, sorrow, or distress.

أوهparticle

1.
alas!classical
An interjection used to express pain, grief, or distress.

يتأوىverb

1.
to lament, to grieveclassical
To express sorrow or distress, particularly in a lamenting manner.

Parallel reading

آوة من الفعل فاعلة، وأصله آووة، أدغمت الواو في الواو وشدت.

Awa is from the verb fāʿala, and its origin is āwūwah, where the wāw was assimilated into the wāw and geminated.

هو من الفعل فعلة، زيدت الألف؛ قال: وقوم من الأعراب يقولون: آووه كعاووه، وهو من الفعل فاعول، والهاء فيه أصلية.

It is from the verb faʿalah, with an alif added; he said: And some of the Bedouins say: āwūh like ʿāwūh, and it is from the verb fāʿūl, and the hāʾ in it is original.

أو له كقولك أولى له، ويقال له أو من كذا، على معنى التحزن، وهو من مضاعف الواو؛

Aw lahu is like your saying awlā lahu, and it is said: Aw min kadhā, with the meaning of grieving, and it is from the doubled wāw;

فأو لذكراها إذا ما ذكرتها ومن بعد أرض دوننا وسماء

So aw for her remembrance when you remember her, and after land between us and sky.

فأوه من الذكرى إذا ما ذكرتها

So aw for the remembrance when you remember her.

ويجوز في الكلام لمن أوه، مقصورا، أن يقول في يتفعل يتأوى ولا يقولها بالهاء.

And it is permissible in speech for one who says aw, shortened, to say in yatafaʿʿal: yataʾawwā, and not to say it with the hāʾ.

أو من كذا، بمعنى تشكي مشقة أو هم أو حزن.

Aw min kadhā, meaning complaining of hardship, worry, or grief.