fejn

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic فِي أَيْنَ (fī ʔayna). By surface analysis, f’ +‎ *ejn. Compare Tunisian Arabic فين (fīn/fāyn), Moroccan Arabic فين (fīn), فاين (fāyin), Hijazi Arabic فين (fēn) and Egyptian Arabic فين (fēn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛjn/

Adverb

fejn

1. where
   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Fuq Qabar Oħti”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

     U waqt li nħares fuq ta’ qalbi x-xitla
     tat-tifkiriet tinbet tifkira ġdida,
     b’warda ta’ swied il-qalb fejn tilma demgħa
     minn ħbub għajnejja.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• għalfejn
• safejn

 

Slovincian

Etymology

Borrowed from German fein. Compare Kashubian fëjn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛjn/
• Rhymes: -ɛjn
• Syllabification: fejn

Adjective

fejn (indeclinable)

1. fine, good, nice

Adverb

fejn

1. well

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “fɛ̃i̯n”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 245