Arabic

Root

ب ن ي ‎(b-n-y)

1. related to building

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: بَنَى ‎(banā)
  • Verbal noun: بِنَاء ‎(bināʾ), بُنْيَان ‎( bunyān)
  • Active participle: بَانٍ ‎(bānin)
  • Passive participle: مَبْنِيّ ‎(mabniyy)
• Form VII: اِنْبَنَى ‎(inbanā)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْبِنَاء ‎(inbināʾ)
  • Active participle: مُنْبَنٍ ‎(munbanin)
• Form VIII: اِبْتَنَى ‎(ibtanā)
  • Verbal noun: اِبْتِنَاء ‎(ibtināʾ)
  • Active participle: مُبْتَنٍ ‎(mubtanin)
  • Passive participle: مُبْتَنًى ‎(mubtanan)

Nouns

• بِنَائِيّ ‎(bināʾiyy, “related to building”)
• بِنْيَة ‎(binya), بُنْيَة ‎(bunya, “structure”)
  • بِنْيَوِيّ ‎(binyawiyy), بُنْيَوِيّ ‎(bunyawiyy, “structural”)
  • بِنْيَوِيَّة ‎(binyawiyya), بُنْيَوِيَّة ‎(bunyawiyya, “structuralism”)
• بِنَايَة ‎(bināya)
• بَنَّاء ‎(bannāʾ, “builder”, occupational noun)
• مَبْنًى ‎(mabnan, “construction”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “بنى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4