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بِنْيَةٌ

Root: بنى

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بِنْيَةٌ A form, mode, or manner, of building or framing or construction; a word like مِشْيَةٌُ and رِكْبَةٌ. [The form, or mode of formation, of a word.] Natural constitution: as in the phrase, فُلَانٌ صَحِيحُ البِنْيَةِ [Such a one is sound in natural constitution].
2 See also بِنَآءٌ.
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