woh

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See also: Woh

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwoh/
  • Hyphenation: woh

Pronoun

wóh

  1. that, those (masculine)

See also

Afar demonstrative pronouns
masculine feminine
proximal to the speaker(s) áh táh
proximal to the spoken to amáh tamáh
distal wóh tóh
very distal wóttih

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Balinese

Romanization

woh

  1. Romanization of ᬯ᭄ᬯᬄ
  2. Romanization of ᬯᭀᬄ

Javanese

Romanization

woh

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦺꦴꦃ

Middle English

Noun

woh

  1. Alternative form of wough

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz. Akin to Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃 (unwāhs, “blameless”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

wōh

  1. wrong
  2. crooked, bent

Declension

Declension of wōh — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wōh wōh wōh
Accusative wōne, wōnne wō wōh
Genitive wōs wōre, wōrre wōs
Dative wōm, wōum wōre, wōrre wōm, wōum
Instrumental wō wōre, wōrre wō
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wō wō wōh
Accusative wō wō wōh
Genitive wōra, wōrra wōra, wōrra wōra, wōrra
Dative wōm, wōum wōm, wōum wōm, wōum
Instrumental wōm, wōum wōm, wōum wōm, wōum
Declension of wōh — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wō wō wō
Accusative wōn wōn wō
Genitive wōn wōn wōn
Dative wōn wōn wōn
Instrumental wōn wōn wōn
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative wōn wōn wōn
Accusative wōn wōn wōn
Genitive wōra, wōrra, wōna wōra, wōrra, wōna wōra, wōrra, wōna
Dative wōm, wōum wōm, wōum wōm, wōum
Instrumental wōm, wōum wōm, wōum wōm, wōum

Noun

wōh n

  1. wrong (something wrong or wrong things collectively)
    riht and wōh
    right and wrong
    • c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
      Sē þonne þe wilnaþ wōh tō dōnne, and wilnaþ þēah þæt þæs ōðre menn swīgiġen, hē þonne biþ him selfum ġewita þæt hē wilnaþ mā þæt hine man lufiġe þonne ryhtwīsnesse.
      Someone who wants to do wrong, but wants others to be silent about it, is their own witness that they want to be loved more than they want justice.
  2. error or an error; a mistake
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Ælfric's Preface to Grammar
      Miċel yfel dēþ sē unwrītere ġif hē nylle his wōh ġeryhtan.
      The bad writer does a lot of harm if he refuses to correct his mistakes.

Declension

Declension of woh (neuter a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wōh wōh
accusative wōh wōh
genitive wōs wōna
dative wō wōm

Descendants

  • Middle English: wough, wouȝh

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German wehha, wohha, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare German Woche, English week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge.

Noun

woh f (plural woha)

  1. week
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