وهب

Compare Aramaic יְהַב (yəhaḇ) and Hebrew יְהָב (y’hab).

وَهَبَ • (wahaba) I (non-past يَهَبُ (yahabu), verbal noun وَهْب (wahb) or وَهَب (wahab) or هِبَة (hiba) or مَوْهِبَة (mawhiba))

1. (transitive, ditransitive) to grant (someone) (something); to accord (something)

   Synonym: رَزَقَ (razaqa)

   وَهَبَهُمُ اللّٰهُ نَصْرًا ― wahabahumu llāhu naṣran ― Allah granted them victory.

   1. (transitive, ditransitive) to gift (someone) (something), to present (something)

      Synonym: أَهْدَى (ʔahdā)

      وَهَبَ صَاحِبَهُ مَالًا

      wahaba ṣāḥibahu mālan

      He gifted his companion some money.

   2. (transitive, ditransitive) to give up or yield up (something)

      Synonyms: أَعْطَى (ʔaʕṭā), مَنَحَ (manaḥa)

   3. (transitive, ditransitive, of a woman or her guardian, dated) to give (someone or oneself) in marriage

      Synonym: زَوَّجَ (zawwaja)

      وَهَبَتْ لَهُ نَفْسَهَا ― wahabat lahu nafsahā ― She gave herself to him.

2. (only in the imperative) suppose, grant

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “وهب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

وَهْب or وَهَب • (wahb or wahab) m

1. verbal noun of وَهَبَ (wahaba) (form I)