Arabic

Root

ب ي ن ‎(b-y-n)

1. related to clarity, differentiation, and separation

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: بَانَ ‎(bāna, “to be or become evident or clear; to be separated”)
  • Verbal noun: بَيَان ‎(bayān), بَيْن ‎( bayn), بَيْنُونَة ‎( baynūna)
  • Active participle: بَائِن ‎(bāʾin)
• Form II: بَيَّنَ ‎(bayyana, “to make evident or clear, to show, explain, differentiate”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبْيِين ‎(tabyīn)
  • Active participle: مُبَيِّن ‎(mubayyin)
  • Passive participle: مُبَيَّن ‎(mubayyan)
• Form III: بَايَنَ ‎(bāyana, “to go away, differ, contradict, conflict”)
  • Verbal noun: مُبَايَنَة ‎(mubāyana), بِيَان ‎(biyān)
  • Active participle: مُبَايِن ‎(mubāyin)
  • Passive participle: مُبَايَن ‎(mubāyan)
• Form IV: أَبَانَ ‎(ʾabāna, “to explain, distinguish, speak clearly”)
  • Verbal noun: إِبَانَة ‎(ʾibāna)
  • Active participle: مُبِين ‎(mubīn)
  • Passive participle: مُبَان ‎(mubān)
• Form V: تَبَيَّنَ ‎(tabayyana, “to become intelligible, turn out, be explained, be clearly distinguished, try to find out, scrutinize, perceive”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبَيُّن ‎(tabayyun)
  • Active participle: مُتَبَيِّن ‎(mutabayyin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَبَيَّن ‎(mutabayyan)
• Form VI: تَبَايَنَ ‎(tabāyana, “to differ, vary widely”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبَايُن ‎(tabāyun)
  • Active participle: مُتَبَايِن ‎(mutabāyin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَبَايَن ‎(mutabāyan)
• Form X: اِسْتَبَانَ ‎(istabāna, “to be or become evident or clear, to make clear, perceive”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِبَانَة ‎(istibāna)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَبِين ‎(mustabīn)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَبَان ‎(mustabān)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• بَيْن ‎(bayn, “separation, division, difference”)
  • بَيْنَ ‎(bayna, “between, among”)
    • بَيْنَمَا ‎(baynamā, “while”)
• بَيَان ‎(bayān, “clearness, information, explanation”)
  • بَيَانِيّ ‎(bayāniyy, “explanatory, illustrative”)
• بَيِّن ‎(bayyin, “clear”)
  • بَيِّنَة ‎(bayyina, “clear proof, evidence”)
  • أَبْيَن ‎(ʾabyan, “clearer”)
• مَبْيُونَة ‎(mabyūna, “distance”)
• تَبَايُونِيّ ‎(tabāyūniyy, “differing”)
• اِسْتِبْيَان ‎(istibyān, “poll”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “بان (بين)”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4