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مَنَح
to grant /ˈmanaħa/
verbA2#1101 most common
Also: to award, to bestow, to give
Example sentences
مَنَحَ المُعَلِّمُ الطّالِبَ هَديَّةً.
The teacher gave the student a gift.
مَنَحَتِ الجامِعَةُ ابْنَتي مِنْحَةً دِراسيَّةً.
The university granted my daughter a study scholarship.
مَنَحَني المُديرُ يَوْمَ راحَةٍ.
The manager granted me a day off.
تَمْنَحُ الدَّوْلَةُ المُتَفَوِّقينَ فُرَصًا أَفْضَلَ.
The state grants high achievers better opportunities.
لَمْ يَمْنَحْهُ القاضي فُرْصَةً لِلدِّفاعِ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ.
The judge did not grant him a chance to defend himself.
مُنِحَ الباحِثُ جائِزَةً مَرْموقَةً تَقْديرًا لِإِسْهاماتِهِ العِلْميَّةِ.
The researcher was awarded a prestigious prize in recognition of his scientific contributions.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَمْنَحُ | مَنَحْتُ | سَأَمْنَحُ |
| 2sg | تَمْنَحُ | مَنَحْتَ | سَتَمْنَحُ |
| 3sg | يَمْنَحُ | مَنَحَ | سَيَمْنَحُ |
| 1pl | نَمْنَحُ | مَنَحْنا | سَنَمْنَحُ |
| 2pl | تَمْنَحونَ | مَنَحْتُمْ | سَتَمْنَحونَ |
| 3pl | يَمْنَحونَ | مَنَحوا | سَيَمْنَحونَ |
Word family
مِنْحَةgrant, scholarship, gift
مانِحdonor, grantor
مَمْنوحgranted, awarded
مَنْحthe act of granting, awardingEtymology
مَنَح comes from the triliteral Semitic root م-ن-ح, which carries the sense of giving or bestowing. The same root is tied to gifts and offerings elsewhere in Semitic. In modern Arabic the verb is the standard word for granting awards, scholarships, and rights.
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