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و

Root: و

Full Definition

و The twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet; called وَاوٌ: it is one of the class termed شَفَهِيَّة [or labials], and is a letter of augmentation.
2 For the uses of و as a particle see Supplement; for و in the sense of بل see a verse in art. قَصَدَ; و giving fulness of sound to وَ2ُ3َ see نَظَرَ; و used لِلتَّذَكُّرِ, see الف التَّعَايِى in art. ا, and see الف الإِسْتِنْكَارِ; و in the sense of ب, see a verse in art. عَسِيلَ.
3 As a numeral it denotes Six.
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