Arabic vocabulary
وَيْحَwoe in Arabic
وَيْحَ is how you say “woe” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
ويحك ما أطول أملك وأسوأ عملك
Woe to you! How long are your hopes, and how bad are your deeds!
وَيْحَكَ — woe to you. An exclamation noun 'woe' with 'you' attached, a fixed rebuke-formula meaning 'woe to you'. The attached 'you' names the target of the reproach. It is an interjection-style construction Arabic forms by adding the pronoun straight onto the woe-word, opening the scolding that follows.
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