וי


ױ U+05F1, ױ
HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH VAV YOD
← װ
[U+05F0] 		Hebrew ײ →
[U+05F2]

Aramaic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wɑj/

Interjection

וי • (transliteration needed)

  1. woe!, alas!

References
  • “wy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yiddish

Alternative forms
  • ױ (oy) — the single-character “vov yud” digraph

Letter

וי • (oy)

  1. A letter of the Yiddish alphabet, representing /ɔɪ̯/ in Standard YIVO Yiddish
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