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مَوْهَبَةٌ

Root: وهب

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مَوْهَبَةٌ : see هِبَةٌ.
2 A cloud falling [in rain] in any place: pl. مَوَاهِبُ: you say كَثُرَتِ المواهِبُ فِى الأَرْضِ The rains became abundant in the land.
3 مَوْهَبَةٌ and مَوْهِبَةٌ A small pool of water left by a torrent: or the former only is the correct word, and the meaning of which, as explained in the S, is a small hollow, or cavity, in a mountain, in which water stagnates: pl. مَوَاهِبُ: and in the T it is said that a small cavity, or hollow, in a rock, is called مَوْهَبَةٌ, with fet-h, being extr. [with respect to rule].
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