و alphabetical letter وThe 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; وgiving 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.