哀あい哭こく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

grief; mourning; lamentation

A somewhat literary or formal word for deep sorrow and weeping, often used in poetic or religious contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to grieve' or 'to lament'.

• 彼かの女じょは亡なき夫おっとを哀あい哭こくした。

  She mourned her late husband.

• 哀あい哭こくの声こえが教きょう会かいに響ひびいた。

  The sound of lamentation echoed through the church.