بِنَاء
building
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Also written بنى: بَنَى (to build)
Highlights
Present tense
يَبْنِي
Verbal noun
بِنَاء
Active participle
بَانٍ
Passive participle
مَبْنِيّ
Most common words from the same root
بَنَى in English
Verb · Form I
- 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
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *banay- (“to build”). Cognate with Hebrew בָּנָה (baná) and Akkadian 𒆕 (banûm, “to build”).
Words from the root ب-ن-ي
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بَنَى
· present يَبْنِي
Form I · The plain action
to construe, to inflect a word grammatically; to strengthen, to fatten; to assist by benefits
بَنَى
· present يَبْنِي
Form I · The plain action
to build, to construct, to raise
اِبْتَنَى
· present يَبْتَنِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to build, to construct
اِبْتِنَاء
construction
مُبْتَنٍ
مُبْتَنًى
تِبْن
a vessel used to fill drinking cups
بَنَى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | بَنَيْتُ | أَبْنِي | أَبْنِيَ | أَبْنِ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | بَنَيْتَ | تَبْنِي | تَبْنِيَ | تَبْنِ | اِبْنِ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | بَنَيْتِ | تَبْنِينَ | تَبْنِي | تَبْنِي | اِبْنِي |
| هُوَ he | بَنَى | يَبْنِي | يَبْنِيَ | يَبْنِ | — |
| هِيَ she | بَنَتْ | تَبْنِي | تَبْنِيَ | تَبْنِ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | بَنَيْتُمَا | تَبْنِيَانِ | تَبْنِيَا | تَبْنِيَا | اِبْنِيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | بَنَيَا | يَبْنِيَانِ | يَبْنِيَا | يَبْنِيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | بَنَتَا | تَبْنِيَانِ | تَبْنِيَا | تَبْنِيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | بَنَيْنَا | نَبْنِي | نَبْنِيَ | نَبْنِ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | بَنَيْتُمْ | تَبْنُونَ | تَبْنُوا | تَبْنُوا | اِبْنُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | بَنَيْتُنَّ | تَبْنِينَ | تَبْنِينَ | تَبْنِينَ | اِبْنِينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | بَنَوْا | يَبْنُونَ | يَبْنُوا | يَبْنُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | بَنَيْنَ | يَبْنِينَ | يَبْنِينَ | يَبْنِينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | بِنَاء |
|---|---|
| Active participle | بَانٍ |
| Passive participle | مَبْنِيّ |
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