Arabic vocabulary
وَيْلًاwoe in Arabic
وَيْلًا 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
وَيْلًا لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيَضْحَكَ النَّاسُ
Woe to the one who tells people things and lies to make them laugh.
وَيْلًا — woe. An indefinite noun used as an exclamation of warning or doom, 'woe', flung out to open a threat. Its indefinite, accusative-style form is the fixed shape this curse-word takes when launched on its own, setting an ominous tone.
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