FamilyRoot 7 of 7 in this field
ب-ن-ي
building; sons and daughters
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اِبْنٌ
son
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- Plural
- أَبْنَاءٌ
اِبْنِي my son; بْن between names means 'son of'
بِنْتٌ
daughter; girl
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- Plural
- بَنَاتٌ
فَعَلَ بَنَى
to build
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- يَبْنِي
- Command
- اِبْنِ
فِعَال بِنَاءٌ
building (the act); a building
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- Plural
- أَبْنِيَةٌ
مَفْعَل مَبْنًى
a building
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- Plural
- مَبَانٍ
فَعَّال Profession / intensive فَعَّال
فَعَّال = the professional who does it all day
See this pattern across the mapبَنَّاءٌ
builder, mason
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- Plural
- بَنَّاؤُونَ
فُعُولَة بُنُوَّةٌ
sonship, filiation
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How the patterns shape this root
The root means building, and children are what a family 'builds': اِبْن is a son (اِبْنِي, my son; بْن between names means 'son of') and بِنْت a daughter, plurals أَبْنَاء and بَنَات. Both have lost the root's weak third letter, so they fit no pattern. بَنَى is to build, بِنَاء the building, and مَبْنَى (مَفْعَل) a building you can point at; the بَنَّاء (فَعَّال) is the mason who builds it.
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