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بنث

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to a specific type of sea creature, possibly a fish. Its etymology and usage are debated, with some scholars questioning its Arabic origin.

Derived headwords

البينيثnoun
  1. 1.
    Sea fishclassical

    A type of marine fish. Its origin and linguistic classification are uncertain.

بينيثnoun
  1. 1.
    Sea fishclassical

    A type of marine fish, possibly distinct from the 'nabīth'. Its etymology is debated.

نبيثnoun
  1. 1.
    Sea fishclassical

    A type of marine fish, distinguished by the order of its letters (with the ta' under the nuun).

Parallel reading

وزحن فيعيل أهمله الجوهري
And it is weighed as Fai'eel, neglected by Al-Jawhari.
وفي التهذيب في الرباعي عن ابن الأعرابي أنه سمك بحري
And in Al-Tahdhib, in the section on quadriliteral roots, from Ibn Al-A'rabi, it is a sea fish.
فإن كانت ياءاه زائدتعين، فهو من الثلاثي
If its second 'ya' is extra, then it is from a triliteral root.
قال أبو منصور: وهو غير النبيث، أي بتقديم المثناة التحتية على النون
Abu Mansur said: And it is not the Nabīth, meaning with the precedence of the lower ta' over the nun.
قال: وكلام العرب يأتي على فيعول وفعيعال، ولم يجهىء على فيعيل غير البينيث فلا أدري أعربي هو أم دخيل؟
He said: And the speech of the Arabs comes in the form of Fai'ool and Fa'ai'aal, and it has not come in the form of Fai'eel except for Al-Bainīth, so I do not know if it is Arabic or borrowed?