weep

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From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh2b- (“to call, cry, complain”). Cognate with Scots weep (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”), Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).

Imitative of its cry.

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: huil — to cry, shed tears
• Albanian: qaj — to cry, shed tears
• Arabic: بَكَى (bakā) — to cry, shed tears
• Arabic: يَبْكِي (yabkī) — to cry, shed tears
• Aramaic: ܒܟܐ (bka) — to cry, shed tears
• Armenian: լալ (lal) — to cry, shed tears
• Armenian: լաց լինել (lacʻ linel) — to cry, shed tears
• Aromanian: plãngu — to cry, shed tears
• Aromanian: lãcãrmedz — to cry, shed tears
• Aromanian: lãcrimedz — to cry, shed tears
• Asturian: llorar — to cry, shed tears
• Azerbaijani: ağlamaq — to cry, shed tears
• Balinese: ngeling — to cry, shed tears
• Bashkir: илау (ilaw) — to cry, shed tears
• Basque: negar egin — to cry, shed tears
• Belarusian: пла́каць (plákacʹ) — to cry, shed tears
• Bengali: কাঁদা (kãda) — to cry, shed tears
• Bengali: কান্দা (kanda) — to cry, shed tears
• Bengali: ক্রন্দন করা (krondon kora) — to cry, shed tears
• Bulgarian: пла́ча (pláča) — to cry, shed tears
• Burmese: ငို (ngui) — to cry, shed tears
• Catalan: plorar — to cry, shed tears
• Eastern Cham: ꨨꨳꨩ — to cry, shed tears
• Chechen: делха (delxa) — to cry, shed tears
• Cherokee: ᎠᏦᏱᎭ (atsoyiha) — to cry, shed tears
• Cheyenne: -a'xaame — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese Cantonese: 喊 (haam3) — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese Cantonese: 哭 (huk1) — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese: кў (kw) — to cry, shed tears
• Eastern Min Chinese: 啼嘛 (tiè-mà) — to cry, shed tears
• Eastern Min Chinese: 啼 (tiè) — to cry, shed tears
• Gan Chinese: 哭 (kuh6) — to cry, shed tears
• Gan Chinese: 叫 (jieu4) — to cry, shed tears
• Hakka Chinese: 叫 (kieu) — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese: 吼 (háu) — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese: 哭 (zh-min-nan) — to cry, shed tears
• Jin Chinese: 哭 (kueh4) — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese Mandarin: 哭 (kū) — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese Mandarin: 抽泣 (chōuqì) — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese Mandarin: 泣 (qì) — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese Mandarin: 流眼淚 /流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) — to cry, shed tears
• Chinese Mandarin: 流淚 /流泪 (liúlèi) — to cry, shed tears
• Northern Min Chinese: 啼 (tî) — to cry, shed tears
• Wu Chinese: 哭 — to cry, shed tears
• Xiang Chinese: 哭 (ku6) — to cry, shed tears
• East Circassian: гъын (ğən) — to cry, shed tears
• West Circassian: гъын (ğən) — to cry, shed tears
• Coptic: ⲣⲓⲙⲉ (rime) — to cry, shed tears
• Czech: plakat — to cry, shed tears
• Czech: brečet — to cry, shed tears
• Danish: græde — to cry, shed tears
• Drung: ngeu — to cry, shed tears
• Dutch: huilen — to cry, shed tears
• Dutch: wenen — to cry, shed tears
• Dutch: schreien — to cry, shed tears
• Egyptian: r-m-D9 (rmj) — to cry, shed tears
• Esperanto: larmi — to cry, shed tears
• Estonian: nutma — to cry, shed tears
• Estonian: nuuksuma — to cry, shed tears
• Even: хоӈ- (hoŋ-) — to cry, shed tears
• Evenki: соңо- — to cry, shed tears
• Fijian: tagica — to cry, shed tears
• Finnish: itkeä — to cry, shed tears
• Finnish: kyynelehtiä — to cry, shed tears
• French: pleurer — to cry, shed tears
• Friulian: vaî — to cry, shed tears
• Friulian: lagrimâ — to cry, shed tears
• Galician: lagrimexar — to cry, shed tears
• Galician: chorar — to cry, shed tears
• Galician: bagoar — to cry, shed tears
• Gallo: breur' — to cry, shed tears
• Georgian: ტირილი (ṭirili) — to cry, shed tears
• German: weinen — to cry, shed tears
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan) — to cry, shed tears
• Greek: κλαίω (klaío) — to cry, shed tears
• Ancient Greek: κλαίω (klaíō) — to cry, shed tears
• Ancient Greek: δακρύω (dakrúō) — to cry, shed tears
• Hebrew: בָּכָה (bachá) — to cry, shed tears
• Hindi: रोना (ronā) — to cry, shed tears
• Hungarian: sír — to cry, shed tears
• Hungarian: könnyezik — to cry, shed tears
• Icelandic: gráta — to cry, shed tears
• Indonesian: tangis — to cry, shed tears
• Indonesian: menangis — to cry, shed tears
• Ingrian: itkiä — to cry, shed tears
• Ingrian: ulissa — to cry, shed tears
• Ingush: велха (velxa) — to cry, shed tears
• Interlingua: plorar — to cry, shed tears
• Interlingua: lacrimar — to cry, shed tears
• Irish: caoin — to cry, shed tears
• Irish: goil — to cry, shed tears
• Italian: piangere — to cry, shed tears
• Italian: versare lacrime — to cry, shed tears
• Italian: lacrimare — to cry, shed tears
• Japanese: 泣く (naku) — to cry, shed tears
• Japanese: すすり泣く (susurinaku) — to cry, shed tears
• Japanese: しくしく泣く (shikushiku naku) — to cry, shed tears
• Kabuverdianu: txora — to cry, shed tears
• Kalmyk: уульх (uulʹx) — to cry, shed tears
• Kazakh: жылау (jylau) — to cry, shed tears
• Khmer: យំ (yum) — to cry, shed tears
• Korean: 울다 (ulda) — to cry, shed tears
• Central Kurdish: گریان (giryan) — to cry, shed tears
• Northern Kurdish: girîn — to cry, shed tears
• Kyrgyz: ыйлоо (ıyloo) — to cry, shed tears
• Lao: ກໍາສວນ (kam sūan) — to cry, shed tears
• Lao: ຍົມ (nyom) — to cry, shed tears
• Latin: fleō — to cry, shed tears
• Latin: lacrimō — to cry, shed tears
• Latvian: raudāt — to cry, shed tears
• Lithuanian: verkti — to cry, shed tears
• Lithuanian: raudoti — to cry, shed tears
• Lombard: piang — to cry, shed tears
• Lombard: piangg — to cry, shed tears
• Luxembourgish: kräischen — to cry, shed tears
• Macedonian: плаче (plače) — to cry, shed tears
• Malay: tangis — to cry, shed tears
• Malay: menangis — to cry, shed tears
• Malayalam: കരയുക (karayuka) — to cry, shed tears
• Maltese: beka — to cry, shed tears
• Māori: wairutu — to cry, shed tears
• Māori: wairurutu — to cry, shed tears
• Māori: tangitangi — to cry, shed tears
• Māori: rutu — to cry, shed tears
• Māori: rurutu — to cry, shed tears
• Māori: taurere — to cry, shed tears
• Middle English: wepen — to cry, shed tears
• Mongolian: уйлах (ujlax) — to cry, shed tears
• Mpade: swe — to cry, shed tears
• Nahuatl: chocaya — to cry, shed tears
• Nanai: сонго- (soŋo-) — to cry, shed tears
• Neapolitan: chiagne — to cry, shed tears
• Norwegian Bokmål: gråte — to cry, shed tears
• Nǀuu: tsʼaxamǃqhaake jaqn — to cry, shed tears
• Nǀuu: tsʼaxamǃqhaake dyaqn — to cry, shed tears
• Nǀuu: kxʼaa — to cry, shed tears
• Ojibwe: mawi — to cry, shed tears
• Old Church Slavonic: плакати (plakati) — to cry, shed tears
• Old East Slavic: плакати (plakati) — to cry, shed tears
• Old English: grēotan — to cry, shed tears
• Oromo: boo'uu — to cry, shed tears
• Pacoh: nhiêm — to cry, shed tears
• Paicî: kââ — to cry, shed tears
• Persian: گریستن (geristan) — to cry, shed tears
• Persian: گریه کردن (gerye kardan) — to cry, shed tears
• Polish: płakać — to cry, shed tears
• Polish: szlochać — to cry, shed tears
• Portuguese: chorar — to cry, shed tears
• Portuguese: lacrimejar — to cry, shed tears
• Romanian: plânge — to cry, shed tears
• Romanian: lăcrima — to cry, shed tears
• Russian: пла́кать (plákatʹ) — to cry, shed tears
• Russian: рыда́ть (rydátʹ) — to cry, shed tears
• Russian: лить слёзы (litʹ sljózy) — to cry, shed tears
• Sanskrit: रोदिति (roditi) — to cry, shed tears
• Scottish Gaelic: caoin — to cry, shed tears
• Scottish Gaelic: guil — to cry, shed tears
• Serbo-Croatian: пла̏кати — to cry, shed tears
• Serbo-Croatian: јецати — to cry, shed tears
• Serbo-Croatian: plȁkati — to cry, shed tears
• Serbo-Croatian: jecati — to cry, shed tears
• Sinhalese: අඬනවා (anḍanawā) — to cry, shed tears
• Slovak: plakať — to cry, shed tears
• Slovene: jokati — to cry, shed tears
• Sotho: lla — to cry, shed tears
• Spanish: llorar — to cry, shed tears
• Spanish: lagrimar — to cry, shed tears
• Spanish: lacrimar — to cry, shed tears
• Swedish: gråta — to cry, shed tears
• Swedish: grina — to cry, shed tears
• Tagalog: lumuha — to cry, shed tears
• Tagalog: umiyak — to cry, shed tears
• Tagalog: humagulgol — to cry, shed tears
• Tagalog: humagulhol — to cry, shed tears
• Tajik: геристан (geristan) — to cry, shed tears
• Tajik: герйе кардан (gerye kardan) — to cry, shed tears
• Tamil: அழு (aḻu) — to cry, shed tears
• Tatar: еларга (yılarğa) — to cry, shed tears
• Telugu: ఏడ్చు (ēḍcu) — to cry, shed tears
• Thai: ร้องไห้ (rɔ́ɔng-hâai) — to cry, shed tears
• Thai: ร่ําไห้ (râm-hâi) — to cry, shed tears
• Turkish: ağlamak — to cry, shed tears
• Ottoman Turkish: آغلامق (ağlamak) — to cry, shed tears
• Turkmen: aglamak — to cry, shed tears
• Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎋𐎊 (bky) — to cry, shed tears
• Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎎𐎓 (dmʿ) — to cry, shed tears
• Ukrainian: пла́кати (plákaty) — to cry, shed tears
• Ukrainian: схли́пувати (sxlýpuvaty) — to cry, shed tears
• Ukrainian: реві́ти (revíty) — to cry, shed tears
• Ukrainian: рида́ти (rydáty) — to cry, shed tears
• Urdu: رونا (ronā) — to cry, shed tears
• Uzbek: yigʻlamoq — to cry, shed tears
• Vietnamese: khóc — to cry, shed tears
• Võro: ikma — to cry, shed tears
• Woiwurrung: eb-ngoling — to cry, shed tears
• Yiddish: וויינען (veynen) — to cry, shed tears