برنية

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the toponym بَرْنِيق (barnīq, “Benghazi”) due to some source materials having been produced there, cognate to French vernis, English varnish, and particularly to certain southern Middle French names for a vase or platter breingal, beringuier, bernigant, bernigal, barnigal, vernigal, in obsolete Neo-Occitan bernigau, barnigau (“begging bowl; chamber pot”), berenguié (“urinal”), all passed via Byzantine Greek chemical designations.

Alternative forms

• ברניא (barniyya) — Judeo-Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.nij.ja/
• (Andalusi) IPA^(key): /bur.nij.ja/

Noun

بَرْنِيَّة • (barniyya) f (plural بَرَانِيّ (barāniyy))

1. a kind of wide storage pot of glass or clay
   • 2018, Elizabeth Lambourn, Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 256 line 22:

     برنيتين ليمون وزنجبيل

     2 pots of citrus fruits and ginger

Declension

Declension of noun بَرْنِيَّة (barniyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرْنِيَّة barniyya	الْبَرْنِيَّة al-barniyya	بَرْنِيَّة barniyyat
Nominative	بَرْنِيَّةٌ barniyyatun	الْبَرْنِيَّةُ al-barniyyatu	بَرْنِيَّةُ barniyyatu
Accusative	بَرْنِيَّةً barniyyatan	الْبَرْنِيَّةَ al-barniyyata	بَرْنِيَّةَ barniyyata
Genitive	بَرْنِيَّةٍ barniyyatin	الْبَرْنِيَّةِ al-barniyyati	بَرْنِيَّةِ barniyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرْنِيَّتَيْن barniyyatayn	الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْن al-barniyyatayn	بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay
Nominative	بَرْنِيَّتَانِ barniyyatāni	الْبَرْنِيَّتَانِ al-barniyyatāni	بَرْنِيَّتَا barniyyatā
Accusative	بَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ barniyyatayni	الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ al-barniyyatayni	بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay
Genitive	بَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ barniyyatayni	الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ al-barniyyatayni	بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرَانِي barānī	الْبَرَانِي al-barānī	بَرَانِي barānī
Nominative	بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu	الْبَرَانِيُّ al-barāniyyu	بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu
Accusative	بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya	الْبَرَانِيَّ al-barāniyya	بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya
Genitive	بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya	الْبَرَانِيِّ al-barāniyyi	بَرَانِيِّ barāniyyi

Descendants

• → Catalan: albúrnia, búrnia
• → Spanish: albornía

References

• “برنية” in Almaany
• Baldinger, Kurt (1988) Etymologien. Untersuchungen zu FEW 21–23. Band 1 (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie; 218), Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, →DOI, →ISBN, page 225
• Lambourn, Elizabeth (2018) Abraham's Luggage: A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 264

Etymology 2

Probably taṣhīf for بَرِّينَة (barrīna); i.e. we don’t believe this word belongs here, since the edition of Ibn al-ʕawwām is known to teem with corruptions, and only include it for clarity.

Noun

بَرْنِيَّة • (barniyya) f (plural بَرَانِيّ (barāniyy))

1. stake
   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 7, Art. 46, pages 384 lines 2, 5 and 8:

Declension

Declension of noun بَرْنِيَّة (barniyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرْنِيَّة barniyya	الْبَرْنِيَّة al-barniyya	بَرْنِيَّة barniyyat
Nominative	بَرْنِيَّةٌ barniyyatun	الْبَرْنِيَّةُ al-barniyyatu	بَرْنِيَّةُ barniyyatu
Accusative	بَرْنِيَّةً barniyyatan	الْبَرْنِيَّةَ al-barniyyata	بَرْنِيَّةَ barniyyata
Genitive	بَرْنِيَّةٍ barniyyatin	الْبَرْنِيَّةِ al-barniyyati	بَرْنِيَّةِ barniyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرْنِيَّتَيْن barniyyatayn	الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْن al-barniyyatayn	بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay
Nominative	بَرْنِيَّتَانِ barniyyatāni	الْبَرْنِيَّتَانِ al-barniyyatāni	بَرْنِيَّتَا barniyyatā
Accusative	بَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ barniyyatayni	الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ al-barniyyatayni	بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay
Genitive	بَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ barniyyatayni	الْبَرْنِيَّتَيْنِ al-barniyyatayni	بَرْنِيَّتَيْ barniyyatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَرَانِي barānī	الْبَرَانِي al-barānī	بَرَانِي barānī
Nominative	بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu	الْبَرَانِيُّ al-barāniyyu	بَرَانِيُّ barāniyyu
Accusative	بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya	الْبَرَانِيَّ al-barāniyya	بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya
Genitive	بَرَانِيَّ barāniyya	الْبَرَانِيِّ al-barāniyyi	بَرَانِيِّ barāniyyi