وهى

Form 1 · 2 entries · Qur'ānic frequency 1

Form 1وَهَى4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became rent; it became lax, weak, or unsoundgenerated

1.1

It became much slit, or rent.

1.1.1

It became lax, flaccid, or flabby; or weak. Said of a rope or other thing.

Or: it fell. See وَاهٍ.

1.1.2it became uncompact, unsound, or weak—وَهَِىَ

1.1.3[his affair, or case, was, or became, in a weak, or an unsound, state]—وَهَى أَمْرُهُ

Mentioned in the article on نغض and elsewhere.

Show Lane's original text

It was, or became, much slit, or rent. (Msb.) It was, or became, lax, flaccid, or flabby: (Msb:) or weak; said of a rope, (Mgh,) or other thing: or it fell. (Msb.) See وَاهٍ . وَهَِىَ It was, or became, uncompact, unsound, or weak. وَهَى أَمْرُهُ [His affair, or case, was, or became, in a weak, or an unsound, state]. (TA, art. نغض , &c.)

Derived nouns 1

Nounوَاهٍ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lax, weak, frail, unsoundgenerated

Lax; weak; frail; lacking strength, compactness, firmness, or toughness; unsubstantial; unsound.

For an example see أُنْشُوطَةٌ, where it is applied to love, or affection.

1.1

وَاهًا: for an example see نُغْبَةٌ, and see آهِ in art. اوه, in two places.

Show Lane's original text

Lax; weak: frail; wanting in strength, compactness, firmness, or toughness; unsubstantial; unsound. See an ex. in the S, voce أُنْشُوطَةٌ , where it is applied to love, or affection. وَاهًا : see an ex. voce نُغْبَةٌ ; and see آهِ , in art. اوه , in two places.