Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary in order to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb بـَـنـَـى and explore some of its derivatives.
* بـَــنــَـى /bana/ [V. T.]: (something) = to build.
Ex. – تبنى الحكومةُ مدارسَ جديدةً = The government builds new schools.
* بــِــنـــَــاءْ /binaa’/ [N. C. U.]: building / structure / construction / the act of building.
Ex. – هــذا بـنـاءٌ ضـخـمٌ = This is a huge building.
* أبــْــنــِـــيــَــة /abniyah/ [N. Pl.]: buildings / structures.
* مــَــبــْــنــَــى /mab’na/ [N. C.]: building / structure / anything that is built.
Ex. – تكلف هذا المبنى أموالاً كثيرة = This building cost a lot of money.
* مــَــبــَـــانــِــى /mabani/ [N. Pl.]: buildings / structures.
* بــِــنــَـــايــَــة /bi’nayah/ [N. C.]: building / structure, Pl. بــِــنــَــايـَـات
* بــِــنــَـــايــَــة /bi’nayah/ [N. U.]: the building craft.
* بــَــنـــَّـــاءْ /ban’naa/ [N. C.]: the person whose job is to build / builder.
Ex. – يذهبُ البـَـنــَّــاءُ إلى عملهِ مبكراً = The builder goes to his work early.
* بــُــنــْــيــَـــان /bun’yan/ [N. U.]: building / structure / all what is built.
* بــِــنــْــيــَــة /bin’yah/ [N. C.]: building / structure / form of building.
* تــَــبـَــنــَّى /taban’na/ [V.T.] = (someone / something) = to adopt
Ex. – تبنت الأسرةُ طفلاً يتيماً = The family adopted an orphan.
* الـتــَّــبـَــنــِّى /attaban’ni/ [N. U.] = adoption
* اِبـْــن /ibn/ [N. C.] = son
Ex. – علىٌّ هو الابنُ الأكبر = Ali is the oldest son.
* أبــْــنــَــاء /abnaa’/ [N. Pl.] = sons
* بــَــنــُـــون /banoon/ [N. Pl.] = sons
* اِبــْــنــَــة /ibnah/ [N. C.] = daughter.
* بــِــنــْــتْ /bint/ [N. C.] = girl or daughter.
Ex. – منى هى الابنةُ / البنتُ الصغرى = Mona is the youngest daughter / girl.
* بــَــنــَــات /ba’nat/ [N. Pl.] = daughters / girls.
* بــُــنــُــوّة /bunu’owah/ [N. U.] = sonship / filiation / The trait of being a son.
– (Note: N.=Noun /C.= Countable / U.= Uncountable / V.= Verb / Ph. V. = Phrasal Verb / Adj.= Adjective / Adv.= Adverb / Prep.=Preposition / Pl.= Plural)
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