*ʾay: 'woe!, oh!'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Ugaritic	ỉ (I) (DULAT 3)	DULAT 3	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ʾî (HALOT 38); ʾôy (HALOT 21)	HALOT 38; HALOT 21	gloss withheld
Akkadian	ai, ayi, aya (CAD A/1 220); ūʾa (ūja, ūʾi) (CAD U/W 1)	CAD A/1 220; CAD U/W 1	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	JPA ʔy (DJPA 47 apud DULAT 3)	DJPA 47; DULAT 3	gloss withheld
Arabic	ʔay, vocative particle (DULAT 3)	DULAT 3
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic ʾy (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 50)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 50	gloss withheld

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Updated 3 November 2026