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

> Proto-Semitic *wšʕ, 'to be ample; to supply amply, give generously': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## 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'.

## Linked from

- [W](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/w/index.md>)

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