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أَسَى
sorrow /ʔaˈsaː/
nounB2#3098 most common
Also: grief, sadness, anguish
Example sentences
قلبي مليء بالأسى.
My heart is full of sorrow.
شعرت بأسى كبير بعد سماع الخبر.
I felt great sorrow after hearing the news.
كتبت الشاعرة عن أساها في قصيدتها الأخيرة.
The poet wrote about her sorrow in her latest poem.
غمره أسى عميق عند فراق صديقه القديم.
Deep sorrow overwhelmed him when he parted from his old friend.
تنهدت وهي تستعيد أسى الأيام الخوالي.
She sighed as she recalled the sorrow of bygone days.
يا أسى قلبي على ما فات ولن يعود!
Oh, the sorrow of my heart for what has passed and will never return!
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَسًى | None |
| Genitive | أَسًى | None |
| Accusative | أَسًى | None |
| Vocative | يَا أَسَى | None |
Word family
أَسِيَto grieve, feel sorrow
آسَىto console, comfort someone
أَسِيفsorrowful, mournful
مَأْسَاةtragedy
مَأْسَاوِيّtragic
Etymology
أَسَى comes from the Semitic root ء-س-و/ي, which in Classical Arabic covers both grieving and consoling. From this root grammarians derived أَسِيَ (to grieve, feel sorrow), whose verbal noun is أَسَى, and the third-form verb آسَى (to console someone). The word belongs to a formal, literary register and appears often in classical poetry and the Quran.
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