و alphabetical letter و
The twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet; called وَاوٌ: it is one of the class termed شَفَهِيَّة [or labials], and is a letter of augmentation.
b2: For the uses of و as a particle
; for و in the sense of بل see a verse in art. قَصَدَ; و
giving fulness of sound to 1َ2ُ3َ, see نَظَرَ; و used لِلتَّذَكُّرِ, see الف التَّعَايِى in art. ا, and see الف الإِسْتِنْكَارِ; و in the sense of ب, see a verse in art. عَسِيلَ.
b3: As a numeral it denotes Six.
