xejn
Maltese
| Root |
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| x-j-n |
| 2 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic شَيْئاً (šayʔan), indefinite accusative of شَيْء (šayʔ, “thing”),[1] or from an existential particle šī[2]. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
xejn
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References
- ^ Lucas, Christopher. On Wilmsen on the Development of Postverbal Negation in Dialectal Arabic. Zeitschrift für arabische Linguistik, vol. 67, 2018, pp. 44 - 70. DOI: <https://doi.org/10.13173/zeitarabling.67.0044>
- ^ Wilmsen, David. Croft’s cycle in Arabic: The negative existential cycle in a single language. Linguistics, vol. 58, no. 2, 2020, pp. 493-535. DOI: <https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0021>