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بنس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of fleeing, retreating, or delaying, often in the context of avoiding something undesirable or a ruler. It also encompasses place names and names of people associated with those places, as well as a type of wood or plant.

Derived headwords

البنس، محركةnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleeing from evilclassical

    The act of fleeing from evil or harm, as stated by Ibn al-A'rabi.

الإبناسnoun
  1. 1.
    Fleeing from the rulerclassical

    The act of fleeing from the sultan or ruler, also attributed to Ibn al-A'rabi.

بنس عنهverb
  1. 1.
    To delayclassical

    To be late or to delay, as in the verb form 'tabannusa'.

تبنيساnoun
  1. 1.
    Delayingclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) for the verb 'to delay' or 'to be late'.

بنسverb
  1. 1.
    To sitclassical

    An imperative verb form meaning 'sit down', as narrated by Kara'.

بنشverb
  1. 1.
    To sitclassical

    A variant pronunciation or dialectal form of 'buns' meaning 'to sit down'.

إبناسname
  1. 1.
    A town in Egyptclassical

    A town located in Egypt, in the Gharbia governorate. It is also recorded as 'ibnahis' in official records.

الإبناسيname
  1. 1.
    Person from Ibnasclassical

    A nisba (adjective of relation) indicating someone from the town of Ibnas.

بنوسname
  1. 1.
    A person's nameclassical

    A name, possibly a given name or part of a name, like 'Bannus bin Ahmad al-Wasiti', who was a narrator whose reliability was questioned.

بانياسname
  1. 1.
    A river in Damascusclassical

    A river in Damascus, also called 'Bannas', which flows through the city and supplies its canals.

باناسname
  1. 1.
    A river in Damascusclassical

    An alternative name or pronunciation for the river 'Baniyas' in Damascus.

بونسname
  1. 1.
    A villageclassical

    A village in the region of Sherish, from which Ibrahim bin Ali al-Sherishi originated.

آبنوسnoun
  1. 1.
    Ebony woodclassical

    A type of wood, possibly ebony, or a plant. Its exact identification and etymology are debated.

الآبنوسيname
  1. 1.
    Person associated with Abnusclassical

    A nisba indicating a connection to 'Abnus', possibly a place or a type of wood.

Parallel reading

البنس، محركة: الفرار من الشر، عن ابن الأعرابي
Al-Bans, with harakah: fleeing from evil, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.
وهو الفرار من السلطان، عنه أيضا.
And it is the fleeing from the sultan, also from him (Ibn al-A'rabi).
وبنس عنه تبنيسا تأخر
And 'banaasa' from it means to delay.
كأنها من نقى العزاف طاوية ... لما انطوى بطنها واخروط السفر
As if it were from the barrenness of the desert, emaciated... when its belly contracted and the journey's hardship set in.
مارية لؤلؤان اللون أودها ... طل وبنس عنها فرقد خصر
A mare, pearl-colored, I desired her... dew and delay from her, a star of slender waist.
وعن كراع: بنس، اقعد، هكذا حكاه بالأمر
And from Kara': 'Buns', sit down, thus he narrated it as a command.
قال اللحياني: بنس، وبنش، إذا قعد
Al-Laythani said: 'Buns', and 'Bunsh', if one sat down.
إن كنت غير صائد فبنس
If you are not a hunter, then sit down.
وإن كنت غير صائد فبنش
And if you are not a hunter, then sit down.
وإبناس، بالكسر: ة، بمصر من الغربية
And Ibnas, with kasra: a town in Egypt, from Gharbia.
وهي في الديوان ابنهس
And it is in the registry 'Ibnahis'.
بانياس: من أنهار دمشق، ويقال أيضا: باناس
Baniyas: one of the rivers of Damascus, and it is also said: Bannas.
إلى ناس باناس لي صبوة ... لها الوجد داع وذكرى مثير
To the people of Bannas, I have a passion... for which longing calls and memory stirs.
ومن بردى برد قلبي المشوق ... فها أنا من حره أستجير
And from the cool waters of Barada, cool my longing heart... for I seek refuge from its heat.
بونس، بالضم وفتح النون: قرية من أعمال شريش
Buns, with damma and fatha on the noon: a village in the province of Sherish.
آبنوس، بمد الألف وكسر الموحدة، قيل: هو الساسم
Abnus, with a long alif and kasra on the ba, it is said: it is the 'sāsam' (a type of plant/wood).