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Wo
Webster 1828 Edition
Wo
WO
,Noun.
1.
Grief; sorrow; misery; a heavy calamity.One who is past; and behold, there come two woes more hereafter. Revelations 9.
They weep each others wo.
2.
A curse.Can there be a wo or curse in all the stores of vengeance, equal to the malignity of such a practice?
3.
Wo is used in denunciation, and in exclamations of sorrow.Wo is me; for I am undone. Isaiah 6.
This is properly the Saxon dative, wo is to me.
Wo worth the day. This is also the dative; wo be to the day.
Wo is a noun, and if used as an adjective, it is improperly used. Wo to you that are rich. Wo to that man, by whom the offense cometh; that is, misery, calamity, be or will be to him.
Definition 2024
wó
wó
See also: Appendix:Variations of "wo"
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
Preposition
wó
- (with accusative) by (with a change of; indicating the amount of some progression)
- Wón jo swój zec wó tśi centimetry pśikrotcył.
- He shortened his trousers by three centimeters.
- Wón jo swój zec wó tśi centimetry pśikrotcył.
- (with accusative) for (to obtain)
- Ja som wó pomoc pšosył.
- I asked for help.
- Ja som wó pomoc pšosył.
- (with locative) about (concerning)
- Wón jo se wó jeje zaźaržanju górił.
- He was annoyed about her behavior.
- Wó kim powědamy?
- Who are we talking about?
- Wón jo se wó jeje zaźaržanju górił.