"وا" meaning in Arabic

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          "text": "كَتَبَ (kataba, “he wrote”) + ـُوا (-ū) → كَتَبُوا (katabū, “they m wrote”)"
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        "Forms past-tense third-person plural masculine conjugations of verbs."
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        "subjunctive/jussive of ـُونَ (-ūna, present-tense verb pluralizing suffix)"
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    {
      "ipa": "/uː/"
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      "form": "وَا",
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      "form": "wā",
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        {
          "english": "wellaway, woe, alas, what grief!",
          "roman": "wā ʔasafāhu!",
          "text": "وَا أَسَفَاهُ!"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh my sadness for you father!",
          "roman": "wā ḥuznāhu ʕalayka yā ʔabatāhu!",
          "text": "وَا حُزْنَاهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ!"
        },
        {
          "english": "what joy!",
          "roman": "wā farḥatāhu!",
          "text": "وَا فَرْحَتَاهُ!"
        },
        {
          "english": "what pain, how heartburning!",
          "roman": "wā ḥarra qalbāhu!",
          "text": "وَا حَرَّ قَلْبَاهُ!"
        },
        {
          "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",
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        "oh, woe"
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        "(usually with following noun ending in āhu or ā) oh, woe"
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          "roman": "yā",
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      "roman": "yā",
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          "english": "wellaway, woe, alas, what grief!",
          "roman": "wā ʔasafāhu!",
          "text": "وَا أَسَفَاهُ!"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh my sadness for you father!",
          "roman": "wā ḥuznāhu ʕalayka yā ʔabatāhu!",
          "text": "وَا حُزْنَاهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ!"
        },
        {
          "english": "what joy!",
          "roman": "wā farḥatāhu!",
          "text": "وَا فَرْحَتَاهُ!"
        },
        {
          "english": "what pain, how heartburning!",
          "roman": "wā ḥarra qalbāhu!",
          "text": "وَا حَرَّ قَلْبَاهُ!"
        },
        {
          "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",
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