b n t
19 lemmas · 8 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Gen.30.37
Themes:daughter· اِبْنَة · בַּת·3havan·2stone· حَجَر · אֶבֶן·2
POS shape:noun·15verb·4
This root is attested across 8 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*b-n-tProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎁𐎐𐎚𐎁 𐎐 𐎚— plural of 𐎁𐎚 (bt /bittu/)
Canaanite
Hebrewהֲבָנַת־ב נ ת— singular construct state form of הֲבָנָה (havaná)
Phoenician𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤁 𐤍 𐤕— daughter
Punic𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤁 𐤍 𐤕— daughter
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicבנתאב נ ת— daughters
Assyrian NAܒܢܵܬ݂ܓܲܢܹ̈ܐܒ ܢ ܬ— plural of ܒܪܲܬ݂ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ (braṯganṯā, “eggplant, aubergine”)
Arabic
Arabicبِنْتب ن ت— female equivalent of اِبْن (ibn, “son, descendant”):
South Semitic
Old South Arabian
OSA𐩨𐩬𐩩𐩨 𐩬 𐩩— daughter
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- plural of 𐎁𐎚 (bt /bittu/)
Phoenician
irregular reflexphn · 1 lemma- daughter
Punic
irregular reflexpun · 1 lemma- daughter
Old South Arabian
irregular reflexosa · 1 lemma- daughter
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- daughters
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- plural of ܒܪܲܬ݂ܓܲܢܬ݂ܵܐ (braṯganṯā, “eggplant, aubergine”)From Persian بادنگان (bâdengân) reshaped under the influence of Classical Syriac ܒ̈ܢܵܬ݂ ܓܲܢܹ̈ܐ (“edible mandrakes”, literally “daughters of the gardens”).
Hebrew
he · 5 lemmas- singular construct state form of הֲבָנָה (havaná)
- plural indefinite form of הֲבָנָה (havaná)
- plural definite form of בַּת (bat)
- to-infinitive of בנה (baná)
- Preserving stone (a stone believed to protect a woman against miscarriage)
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- female equivalent of اِبْن (ibn, “son, descendant”):From Proto-Semitic *bint-. Has the Semitic feminine suffix *-at- added to the root *bin- of اِبْن (ibn, “son”).
- See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- plural of بِنْت (bint)
- alternative form of بَيْنِيث (baynīṯ)
- fraternal niece
- infrastructureبِنْيَة (binya) + تَحْتِيَّة (taḥtiyya)