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وهبه

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of giving, granting, or bestowing something. It also extends to related ideas like the act of mating, sudden appearance or disappearance, and movement or shaking.

Derived headwords

وَهَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to giveboth

    To bestow, grant, or give something freely, often without expectation of return.

  2. 2.
    to grantboth

    To confer a gift or favor, especially by a superior to an inferior.

هَبَاverb
  1. 1.
    to giveclassical

    An alternative form of the verb 'wahaba' meaning to give or bestow.

وَهْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    giftboth

    A thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.

  2. 2.
    grantboth

    An act of giving or bestowing something.

وَهَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    matingclassical

    The act of a male animal, specifically a ram, mounting a female for copulation.

هَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    to mateclassical

    Used for a ram (tays) to mount a ewe for copulation.

هَبِيبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    matingclassical

    The act of mating, specifically referring to a ram's copulation.

هَبَابًاnoun
  1. 1.
    matingclassical

    The act of mating, specifically referring to a ram's copulation.

اِهْتَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to mateclassical

    To engage in copulation, used for a ram.

اِهْتَهَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to shakeclassical

    Used to describe a sword vibrating or shaking.

هَبْهَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to disappearclassical

    To be absent for a long time.

هَبْهَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to fleeclassical

    To retreat or be defeated in battle.

هَبَّverb
  1. 1.
    to beginclassical

    To start doing something or to be engaged in an activity.

هَبَبْتُ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to call for matingclassical

    To call out to a male animal, specifically a ram, to incite it to copulate.

Parallel reading

قطعه
He cut it off.
و التيس يهب ويهب هبيبا وهبابا وهبة
And the ram mates, and mates with a mating and a mating and a mating.
و السيف: اهتز
And the sword: it shook.
و فلان: غاب دهرا
And so-and-so: he was absent for an age.
و في الحرب: انهزم
And in war: he was defeated.
وهب يفعل كذا: طفق
Wahaba does such-and-such: he began.
وهببت به: دعوته لينزو
I called him for mating: I called him to mount.
وقول الجوهري: هببته خطأ
And Al-Jauhari's saying: 'Hababtuhu' is a mistake.