Arabic word sheet
اِبْنٌ
son
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ب ن و
Meaning and usage
son
A male child in relation to his father or mother.
ذَهَبَ الْجَارُ مَعَ ابْنِهِ إِلَى السُّوقِ.
The neighbour went to the market with his son.
grandson, descendant
By extension, a son's son or a more distant descendant; with the name of an ancestor or a family it means a member of that line.
الطَّالِبُ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أُسْرَةٍ قَدِيمَةٍ.
The student is one of the sons of an old family.
son of… (one closely tied to a thing)
Joined to another word, it names a person or a thing closely bound to what that word means: a native of a place, a man of a trade, the young of an animal.
رَامِي ابْنُ الْقَرْيَةِ وَيَعْرِفُ حُقُولَهَا.
Rami is a son of the village and knows its fields.
Plural
أَبْنَاءٌ / بَنُونَ
Word family
What the root means ب ن و
The root carries the idea of the child one has: the son, the daughter, the tie of sonship, and taking someone as one's son.
daughter, girl
بِنْتٌ
daughter
اِبْنَةٌ
sonship
بُنُوَّةٌ
to adopt
تَبَنَّى
little son (a tender word)
بُنَيٌّ
Synonyms
child
Broader: any child, boy or girl, and also one's children taken together, while the headword is a son specifically.