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بنت

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to places and inquiring or speaking about something. It denotes specific locations in Morocco and Persia, and also describes the act of inquiring about someone or revealing one's inner thoughts.

Derived headwords

بِنْتnoun
  1. 1.
    Place name (Valencia)classical

    A place in the Maghreb, specifically Valencia, mentioned in a poetic context.

بِنْتَهnoun
  1. 1.
    Place name (Bādhghis)classical

    A village located in Bādhghis, from which a scholar named Muhammad ibn Bishr originated.

بَنَتْ عَنْهُ، تَبَنَّيَاverb
  1. 1.
    to inquire aboutclassical

    To inquire about someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to investigateclassical

    To investigate or seek information about.

مُبَنِّتadjective
  1. 1.
    inquisitiveclassical

    One who inquires or asks many questions about someone.

بَنَتْهُ بِكَذَا، يَبْنِتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to accuse ofclassical

    To accuse someone of something.

بَنَتْهُ الحَدِيثَverb
  1. 1.
    to tell everythingclassical

    To tell someone everything that is on one's mind or all the news.

Parallel reading

البنت شر مكان لا أعدمن فيه بوسا عدمت هارون فيه فابعث إلي بموسى
The Bint is a bad place, may I not be spared kisses in it, as I was deprived of Harun in it, so send Musa to me.
وبنته، أيضا: قرية بباذغيس
And Bintah, also: a village in Bādhghis.
بنت عنه، تبنيتا
He inquired about him, inquiring.
أصبحت ذا بغي وذا تغبش مبنتا عن نسبات الحربش وعن مقال الكاذب المرقش
I became desirous and agitated, inquiring about the lineage of al-Ḥarbash and the words of the lying al-Murqash.
وبنته بكذا: بكته
And he accused him of such-and-such: he blamed him.
وبنته الحديث: إذا حدثه بكل ما في نفسه
And he told him the news: if he told him everything that was on his mind.