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وَيْحٌ

Root: ويح

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وَيْحٌ a word denoting compassion, or pity: وَيْلٌ denotes [an imprecation of] punishment; or [of] removal from good, or from prosperity: or [of] destruction: and وَيْسٌ denotes the same as ويح; or less than ويح: or ويح and ويس denote compassion, or pity, and admiration of one's beauty; as when you say of a child, ...


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