"وا" meaning in Arabic

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "وَا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "وَا"
      },
      "expansion": "وَا • (wā)",
      "name": "ar-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "wellaway, woe, alas, what grief!",
          "roman": "wā ʔasafāhu!",
          "text": "وَا أَسَفَاهُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh my sadness for you father!",
          "roman": "wā ḥuznāhu ʕalayka yā ʔabatāhu!",
          "text": "وَا حُزْنَاهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "what joy!",
          "roman": "wā farḥatāhu!",
          "text": "وَا فَرْحَتَاهُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "what pain, how heartburning!",
          "roman": "wā ḥarra qalbāhu!",
          "text": "وَا حَرَّ قَلْبَاهُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Alas for a heart feverish on account of one whose heart is cold, and with whom there is a sickness in my body and estate.",
          "text": "Al-Mutanabbi\nوَا حَرَّ قَلْبَاهُ مِن مَنْ قَلْبُهُ شَبِمُ / وَمَنْ بِجِسْمِي وَحَالِي عِنْدَهُ سَقَمُ\nwā ḥarra qalbāhu min man qalbuhu šabimu / waman bijismī waḥālī ʕindahu saqamu",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oh, woe"
      ],
      "id": "en-وا-ar-particle-aapA7PIN",
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "woe",
          "woe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually with following noun ending in āhu or ā) oh, woe"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with following noun ending in āhu or ā"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "yā",
          "word": "يَا"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/waː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "وا"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "وَا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "وَا"
      },
      "expansion": "وَا • (wā)",
      "name": "ar-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "yā",
      "word": "يَا"
    }
  ],
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        "Arabic 1-syllable words",
        "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Arabic lemmas",
        "Arabic particles",
        "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "wellaway, woe, alas, what grief!",
          "roman": "wā ʔasafāhu!",
          "text": "وَا أَسَفَاهُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh my sadness for you father!",
          "roman": "wā ḥuznāhu ʕalayka yā ʔabatāhu!",
          "text": "وَا حُزْنَاهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "what joy!",
          "roman": "wā farḥatāhu!",
          "text": "وَا فَرْحَتَاهُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "what pain, how heartburning!",
          "roman": "wā ḥarra qalbāhu!",
          "text": "وَا حَرَّ قَلْبَاهُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Alas for a heart feverish on account of one whose heart is cold, and with whom there is a sickness in my body and estate.",
          "text": "Al-Mutanabbi\nوَا حَرَّ قَلْبَاهُ مِن مَنْ قَلْبُهُ شَبِمُ / وَمَنْ بِجِسْمِي وَحَالِي عِنْدَهُ سَقَمُ\nwā ḥarra qalbāhu min man qalbuhu šabimu / waman bijismī waḥālī ʕindahu saqamu",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oh, woe"
      ],
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        [
          "oh",
          "oh"
        ],
        [
          "woe",
          "woe"
        ]
      ],
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        "(usually with following noun ending in āhu or ā) oh, woe"
      ],
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        "with following noun ending in āhu or ā"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/waː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "وا"
}