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مَوْهِبَة
talent /ˈmaw.hi.ba/
nounB1#1794 most common
Also: gift, natural aptitude, endowment
Example sentences
لَها مَوْهِبَة.
She has a talent.
عِنْدَهُ مَوْهِبَة في الرَّسْم.
He has a talent for drawing.
مَوْهِبَتُها في الغِناء واضِحة جِدًّا.
Her talent for singing is very clear.
يَجِب على المَدْرَسَة أن تُنَمِّيَ مَوْهِبَة كُلِّ طِفْل.
The school must develop the talent of every child.
لَمْ يَكُنْ نَجاحُهُ مَحْضَ صُدْفَة، بَلْ ثَمَرَةَ مَوْهِبَةٍ صَقَلَها العَمَلُ الطَّويل.
His success was not pure chance, but the fruit of a talent honed by long work.
تَتَجَلَّى المَوْهِبَة الحَقيقِيَّة حينَ يُوَظِّفُ صاحِبُها مَواهِبَهُ في خِدْمَةِ مَن حَوْلَهُ لا في إبْرازِ ذاتِهِ.
True talent shows itself when its holder uses his gifts in the service of those around him, not in displaying himself.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَوْهِبَةٌ | مَواهِبُ |
| Genitive | مَوْهِبَةٍ | مَواهِبَ |
| Accusative | مَوْهِبَةً | مَواهِبَ |
| Vocative | يا مَوْهِبَةُ | يا مَواهِبُ |
Word family
وَهَبَto grant, to bestow
هِبَةgift, donation
مَوْهوبgifted, talented
واهِبgiver, donor
مَواهِبtalents (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root و-ه-ب (w-h-b), meaning to give or to grant. It follows the noun pattern مَفْعِلَة, which often marks a place, source, or instrument. The sense moved from a thing granted to the inborn gift a person is granted at birth.
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