أَوِّ مِنْ كَذَا

(T, M) and أَوَّ (M) [Alas, on account of, or for, such a thing!] an expression denoting complaint of distress, or of anxiety, or of grief or sorrow; (T;) or an expression of grief or sorrow; (M;) like ↓ اوِ and ↓ اوٍ and ↓ أَوَتَاه (K and TA in article اوه,) or ↓ أَوَتَاهُ (CK in that article,) or ↓ أَوَّتَاه, or ↓ اوَّتَاه, (S in that article, [the ه in one copy of which is marked as quiescent,]) and like اهِ and أَوْهِ &c. (S and Msb and K in article اوه: see اهِ in that article) AZ says, one says, أَوْهِ عَلَى زَيْدٍ [meaning Alas, for Zeyd!] with kesr to the ه, and عَلَيْكَ ↓ أَوَّتَا [thus without ه, meaning Alas, for thee!] with ت; an expression of regret for a thing, whether of great or mean account. (T.)