woe betide
14 occurrences across 1 Arabic/Persian root
و- ي- ل (w-y-l) — woe; woe, calamity; woe, destruction
“woe betide” accounts for
14 of
30 occurrences of this root
(47%)
(w-y-l) — woe; woe, calamity; woe, destruction
“woe betide” accounts for 14 of 30 occurrences of this root (47%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
woe betide 47% woe 33% woe, then 3% woe betide thee 3% woe betide him 3% woe be to you 3% tumult 3% bewail 3%
Examples
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: ويل: woe betidegleaningsGWB §20: ويل: woe betidekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: وَيْلٌ: ‘Woe betideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: وَوَيْلٌ: and woe betideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: ويل: woe betidegleaningsGWB §725: ویل: woe betideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: فَوَيْلٌ: Woe betideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: ويل: woe betideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: فَوَيْلٌ: woe betideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: ويل: woe betideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: فَوَيْلٌ: Woe betideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: ويل: woe betideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: ويل: woe betideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: ويل: woe betide
See Also
Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: