binyan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Semitic languages, especially Hebrew, a template that creates verbs by having root consonants slotted into it.

Word forms

binyan binyans binyanim

Etymology

From Hebrew בניין / בִּנְיָן (binyan, literally “building, construction”).

Synonyms

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