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تَبَنِّي

adoption /ta.banˈniː/

nounB1#2838 most common

Also: adopting (a policy, idea, or stance), espousal

Example sentences

قرر الزوجان تبني طفل.
The couple decided to adopt a child.
تبني الأفكار الجديدة مفيد للشركة.
Adopting new ideas is useful for the company.
أعلنت الحكومة عن تبني سياسة جديدة للطاقة.
The government announced the adoption of a new energy policy.
يساعد تبني التكنولوجيا الحديثة الشركات على المنافسة.
Adopting modern technology helps companies compete.
أثار تبني الوزارة لهذا القرار جدلاً واسعاً بين المواطنين.
The ministry's adoption of this decision sparked wide controversy among citizens.
لا يمكن فهم تحول الحزب دون النظر إلى تبنيه التدريجي لخطاب أكثر واقعية.
One cannot understand the party's shift without considering its gradual adoption of a more pragmatic discourse.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
NominativeتَبَنٍّNone
GenitiveتَبَنٍّNone
AccusativeتَبَنِّيًاNone
VocativeNoneNone

Word family

تَبَنَّىto adopt (a child, idea, or policy)
ابنson
بُنُوّةsonship, filiation
مُتَبَنٍّadopter; one who has adopted a stance
مُتَبَنَّىadopted (child, view, or policy)

Etymology

تَبَنِّي is the verbal noun of the Form V verb تَبَنَّى, built on the root ب-ن-ي. That same root gives ابن (ibn), the word for son. To تبنى someone was, literally, to take him as a son, and the sense later widened to cover adopting a policy, an idea, or a cause. This is a native Semitic root, not an Indo-European one, so no PIE root applies.

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