بناء

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بناء¹

  • /bi.naːʔ/

Where it comes from

Compare Hebrew בְּנִיָּה (bniyá, “building, construction”).

noun بِنَاء · bināʔ · أَبْنِيَة · الْبِنَاء

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of بَنَى (banā) (form I)
  2. uncountable building, construction (act of)
  3. countable structure (of an organism, etc.)
  4. countable building, structure (edifice)
  5. countable a tent for residing in the desert
  6. countable canopy, roof, ceiling ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَّٱلسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً وَّأَنْزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ[…]

    Similar: سَقْف

  7. the quality of a having a fixed form regardless of syntactic position or grammatical case

بناء²

  • /bi.naː.ʔan/

noun بِنَاءً · bināʔan

  1. accusative, indefinite, singular indefinite accusative singular of بِنَاء (bināʔ)

بناء³

Where it comes from

Occupational noun from the verb بَنَى (banā, “to build”).

noun بَنَّاء · bannāʔ · بَنَّاؤُون · بَنَّاءَة · الْبَنَّاء

  1. builder
  2. architect

adjective بَنَّاء · bannāʔ · بَنَّاءَة · بَنَّاؤُون · بَنَّاءَات

  1. constructive

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بناء},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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