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bny, bnˀ (bannē) n.m. bathhouse
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bathhouse, bath
Gal, Syr
BR 690:2(1)↗ תיזון בני תלתה יומין‏ : you should heat the bath three days ; PTKet 35.a:51[2]↗ חמתיה גו{ בני‏ : he saw him in the bathhouse ; SyrAhiq 4 356:12↗ ܙܠ ܐܘ ܐܚܝܩܪ ܠܒܢܐ ܘܓܪܘܥ ܘܐܫܝܓ ܘܗܦܘܟ ܠܒܝܬܟ‏ : go to the bathhouse, Ahiqar, and shave, wash, and go back home ; ActsThom 193:3↗ ܫܪ̈ܓܐ ܣ̈ܓܝܐܐ݂ ܢܗܝܪ̈ܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܒܢܐ‏ : many torches were illuminated in the bath
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bath
Syr
Geop 105:17↗ ܘܠܡܫܚܢܘܬܗ݀ ܒܒܢܐ ܕܪܬܚܐ‏ : to warm it in a hot bath
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bath attendant
JBA
BT Meg 16a(18)↗ אסתר אצנעתינ{{ו}}^הו^ לכולהו בי בני ^בנאיי^ ולכולהו אומאני‏ : she concealed all the bath attendants and all the barbers
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Latin balineum, balneum Lehnw 159) but colloquial banne; cf. Fr. bain, Russian banya, etc. Thus the elision of the /l/ should not be assumed to have happened in Aramaic.

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