וי

ױ U+05F1, ױ HEBREW LIGATURE YIDDISH VAV YOD ← װ [U+05F0] Hebrew ײ → [U+05F2]

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑj/

Interjection

וי • (transliteration needed)

1. woe!, alas!

References

• “wy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• ױ (oy) — the single-character “vov yud” digraph

Letter

וי • (oy)

1. A letter of the Yiddish alphabet, representing /ɔɪ̯/ in Standard YIVO Yiddish