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البنام

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the extremities of the fingers, specifically the fingertips or the tips of the fingers. It can also refer to the fingers themselves or the act of pointing with them.

Derived headwords

البنانnoun
  1. 1.
    Fingertipsboth

    The tips of the fingers, often used poetically to refer to the fingers themselves.

  2. 2.
    Fingersclassical

    The digits of the hand.

ابْنَمother
  1. 1.
    Son (archaic/variant)classical

    An archaic or variant form of the word 'ibn' (son), with an added 'meem' which is considered superfluous.

Parallel reading

البنان: البنان.
Al-Banan: The fingertips.
وهذا ابنم، أي: ابن، والميم زائدة، وذكر في ب ن ي.
And this is 'ibnam', meaning 'ibn' (son), and the 'meem' is extra, and it was mentioned under ب ن ي (b-n-y).