Lament

"Lament" in Arabic

رَثَاء

raṯāʔ

(expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)

عَوِيل

ʕawīl

(expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)

مَرْثِيَة

marṯiya

(song expressing grief)

مَنْدَب

mandab

(expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)

نُوَاح

nuwāḥ

(expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)

أَعْوَلَ

ʔaʕwala

(express grief)

أَعْوَلَ عَلَى

ʔaʕwala ʕalā

(bewail)

بَكَى

bakā

(express grief)

بَكَى

bakā

(bewail)

رَثَى

raṯā

(bewail)

عَوَّلَ

ʕawwala

(express grief)

نَاحَ

nāḥa

(express grief)

نَاحَ عَلَى

nāḥa ʕalā

(bewail)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.