weep

12 occurrences across 5 Arabic/Persian roots

ب- ك- ي

(b-k-y) — weep; wept; weeping/crying

“weep” accounts for 6 of 18 occurrences of this root (33%)

Forms seen

بکت ×1 لتبكي ×1 وَتَبْكِي ×1 وَبَكَتْ ×1 يَبْكِي ×1 بَكَتْ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

weep 33% weepeth 17% wept 11% wouldst weep 6% weepeth sore 6% shed tears 6% heavens wept 6% have wept 6% didst weep 6% bitter wailing 6%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: بکت: weep gleaningsGWB §463: لتبكي: weep prayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: وَتَبْكِي: weep prayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: وَبَكَتْ: to weep prayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: يَبْكِي: weep prayers-and-meditationsP&M §509: بَكَتْ: weep

گ- ر- ی

(g-r-y) — weep

“weep” accounts for 3 of 6 occurrences of this root (50%)

Forms seen

گريست ×2 گريستند ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

weep 50% wept 33% bewailing 17%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: گريستند: weep epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: گريست: weep epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: گريست: weep

د- م- ع

(d-m-ʿ) — tears; tear; weep

“weep” accounts for 1 of 13 occurrences of this root (8%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

tears 69% weep 8% tears they shed 8% tears of every man 8% tears came 8%

Examples

gleaningsGWB §410: یدمع: weep

گ- ر- ي

(g-r-y) — weep; wept; weeping

“weep” accounts for 1 of 5 occurrences of this root (20%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

wept 20% weeping 20% weep 20% wailed 20% bewailing 20%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: گريست: weep

ع- و- ل

(ʿ-w-l) — wailing; lamentation

“weep” accounts for 1 of 2 occurrences of this root (50%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

weep 50% wailing 50%

Examples

the-hidden-wordsHW §120: عويل: weep

See Also

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

wept (4) tears (9) weepeth (3)