Arabic vocabulary
وَيْلَتَاAlas in Arabic
وَيْلَتَا is how you say “Alas” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
قَالَتْ يَا وَيْلَتَا أَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا عَجُوزُ
She said, "Alas, will I give birth while I am old?"
وَيلتا — Alas. A fixed cry of woe; grammatically it is an exclamation rather than a content word, with the call-particle before it reinforcing the outburst. It carries emotion, not a piece of information.
From: On Birth and Its Timing →
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