Arabic word sheet
تَبَيَّنَ
became clear, has become plain
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ب ي ن
Meaning and usage
To become clear
Said of a thing, a fact or a matter that comes out plainly, stands out from the rest and ends up being known for certain.
تَبَيَّنَ السَّبَبُ بَعْدَ الْبَحْثِ.
The cause became clear after the search.
To make out, to ascertain
Said of someone who looks into a thing carefully, without haste, until he sees plainly how it stands.
تَبَيَّنَ الطَّبِيبُ سَبَبَ الْمَرَضِ.
The doctor made out the cause of the illness.
Word family
What the root means ب ي ن
The root’s first idea is separation: a thing comes apart from the others. What stands apart is distinct, so the same root gives the words for being clear, making clear and seeing clearly.
to part; to appear, to be clear
بَانَ
to make clear, to explain
بَيَّنَ
to be clear; to make clear
أَبَانَ
to become clear; to try to see clearly
اِسْتَبَانَ
clearness, explanation
بَيَانٌ
separation
بَيْنٌ
Synonyms
to appear
ظَهَرَ
Broader: it only says that a thing shows, even to the eye, without the idea that one at last tells it apart for certain.
to become clear
اِتَّضَحَ
Very close in the sense “to become clear”, and more usual today; it is not said of someone examining a thing.
Opposites
to be hidden
خَفِيَ
to be unclear, to be confusing
اِلْتَبَسَ