ب ي ن

ب ي ن • (b-y-n)

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

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 (bāʔin)
• 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 (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

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