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bewail

5 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots

ن- و- ح
(n-w-ḥ) — lament; lamentation; Noah

“bewail” accounts for 3 of 73 occurrences of this root (4%)

Forms seen

نوحه ×2 وتنوح ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

groan 12% lamented 11% noah 8% lament 8% groaned 5% wail 4% mourn 4% groaneth 4% bewail 4% wept 3% sigh 3% which 1% wailing 1% testify 1% spent in lamentation 1% shall bemoan 1% prayerfully exhorted 1% moses 1% moaneth 1% maketh my heart 1% lamenting 1% lamenteth 1% lamentation 1% i 1% have wept 1% have mourned 1% have lamented 1% have caused 1% hath provoked the lamentations 1% groanings 1% dost 1% crieth 1% bewailing 1% bewaileth 1% bemoan 1%

Examples

GWB §67: وتنوح: bewailKIQ §24: نوحه: bewailHW §98: نوحه: bewail

و- ي- ل
(w-y-l) — woe; woe, destruction; woe, calamity

“bewail” accounts for 1 of 24 occurrences of this root (4%)

Forms seen

الويلُ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

woe 63% woe betide 21% woe, then 4% woe betide thee 4% woe betide him 4% bewail 4%

Examples

KIQ §274: الويلُ: bewail

ن- د- ب
(n-d-b) — mourning; lamentation; wailing

“bewail” accounts for 1 of 12 occurrences of this root (8%)

Forms seen

ندبه ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

lament 33% nudbih 17% lamentations 17% weeping 8% unsearchable 8% lamentation 8% bewail 8%

Examples

KIQ §116: ندبه: bewail

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

lament (10) woe (15) groan (9) lamented (8) noah (6) woe betide (5) groaned (4) wail (3) mourn (3) groaneth (3) wept (2) sigh (2) nudbih (2) lamentations (2)