woh
See also: Woh
Afar edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
wóh
See also edit
Afar demonstrative pronouns
References edit
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Balinese edit
Romanization edit
woh
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
woh
- Romanization of ꦮꦺꦴꦃ
Middle English edit
Noun edit
woh
- Alternative form of wough
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *wą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz. Akin to Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃 (unwāhs, “blameless”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
wōh
- wrong
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- Hit is ryht þæt man yfeliġe þā yfelan, and hit is wōh þæt hīe man lǣte unwītnode.
- It is right to hurt evil people, and it is wrong to let them go unpunished.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- crooked, bent
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- Sē hæfþ tō miċele nosu and tō wō.
- His nose is too big and too crooked.
- c. 900, Life of St. Guthlac
- Hīe hæfdon wō sċancan.
- They had bowed legs.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
Declension edit
Declension of wōh — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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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
Noun edit
wōh n
- 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.
- 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.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Ælfric's Preface to Grammar
Declension edit
Declension of woh (neuter a-stem)
Descendants edit
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
woh f (plural woha)