ب ي ن

See also: تین, بین, پین, and بين

Arabic

Root

ب ي ن • (b-y-n)

1. related to separation, differentiation
2. related to clarity

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: ?
• 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)
  • Active participle: مُبَايِن (mubāyin)
  • Passive participle: مُبَايَن (mubāyan)
• Form IV: أَبَانَ (ʔabāna, “to explain, distinguish, speak clearly”)
  • Verbal noun: إِبَانَة (ʔibāna)
  • 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 (ʔabyan, “clearer”)
• مَبْيُونَة (mabyūna, “distance”)
• تَبَايُنِيّ (tabāyuniyy, “differing”)
• اِسْتِبْيَان (istibyān, “poll”)

Proper nouns

• بَيَان f (bayān)
• بَيَان (bayān) — w:Bayan, Kuwait

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