woe betide

6 occurrences across 2 Arabic/Persian roots

و- ي- ل

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

“woe betide” accounts for 5 of 24 occurrences of this root (21%)

Forms seen

ويل ×3 فَوَيْلٌ ×2

Translation spectrum for this root

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

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: ويل: woe betide gleaningsGWB §20: ويل: woe betide prayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: فَوَيْلٌ: woe betide epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: ويل: woe betide prayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: فَوَيْلٌ: Woe betide

و- ی- ل

(w-y-l) — woe

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

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

woe 80% woe betide 20%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: ويل: woe betide

See Also

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