Skip to main content

bewail

4 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots

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

“bewail” accounts for 2 of 72 occurrences of this root (3%)

Forms seen

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

“bewail” accounts for 1 of 30 occurrences of this root (3%)

Translation spectrum for this root

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

“bewail” accounts for 1 of 10 occurrences of this root (10%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

lament 40% lamentation 30% weeping 20% bewail 10%

See Also

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