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بنى
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Arabic
Etymology 1
Cognate with Hebrew בָּנָה (baná), Akkadian 𒆕 (banûm, “to build”), Aramaic ܒ݁ܳܢܶܐ (bnā), Ugaritic 𐎁𐎐𐎊 (bny). From Proto-Semitic *banay- (“to build”).
Pronunciation
Verb
بَنَى • (banā) I (non-past يَبْنِي (yabnī), verbal noun بَنْي (bany) or بِنَاء (bināʔ) or بُنْيَان (bunyān) or بِنْيَة (binya) or بِنَايَة (bināya))
Conjugation
Antonyms
- هَدَمَ (hadama)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بنى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Verb
بَنَى • (banā) I (non-past يَبْنِي (yabnī), verbal noun بِنَاء (bināʔ))
- to construe, to inflect a word grammatically
- to strengthen, to fatten
- to assist by benefits
- to lead a bride in procession to her new home
- to lie with a woman
Conjugation
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بنى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Etymology 2
Noun
بِنًى • (binan) f pl
Etymology 3
Noun
بُنًى • (bunan) f pl
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South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
بنى • (bana) I (present ببني (bibni))
- to build
Conjugation
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