*wšʕ: 'to be ample; to supply amply, give generously'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*wšʕ
Meaning	'to be ample; to supply amply, give generously'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	wasiʿa 'was sufficiently capacious'; wasaʿa ʿalayhi rizqahu 'he (God) made his means of subsistence ample' (Lane 3052); wassaʿa 'he made wide, broad, ample' (Lane 3053)	Lane 3052; Lane 3053
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab yws1ʿn (SD 162); ws1ʿ (Biella 133); hws3ʿ (SD 163); ws3ʿ (Biella 151)	SD 162; Biella 133; SD 163; Biella 151	gloss withheld

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Notes

Sabaic writes the verb with s1 (SD 162; Biella 133) and with s3 (SD 163; Biella 151); SD 163 refers WS3ʿ to WS1ʿ. HALOT 448 compares Hebrew yšʿ 'to help, save' (3332 *yṯʿ) with Arabic wsʿ 'to be wide, roomy' and OSArb. wsʿ 'to take full care of'.

Updated 26 October 2026

*wšʕ: 'to be ample; to supply amply, give generously'

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