fena

Czech

Etymology

From archaic German Fenn. First attested in 1644.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛna]
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: fe‧na

Noun

fena f

1. bitch, she-dog (female dog)

   Synonyms: psice, čuba

Declension

Declension of fena (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	fena	feny
genitive	feny	fen
dative	feně	fenám
accusative	fenu	feny
vocative	feno	feny
locative	feně	fenách
instrumental	fenou	fenami

Derived terms

• fenka

Further reading

• “fena”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fena”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fena”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Faroese

Noun

fena

1. genitive plural indefinite of fen

Latin

Noun

fēna

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fēnum

Maltese

Root
f-n-j
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic أَفْنَى (ʔafnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna

Verb

fena (imperfect jifni, past participle mifni)

1. to exhaust (somebody), to tire out (especially spiritually)

   Kemm jifnini dan it-tilwim kollu! ― All this quarrelling exhausts me so much!

Conjugation

Conjugation of fena (Form I, final-weak, e ~ i-i)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	fnejt	fnejt	fena	fnejna	fnejtu	fnew
	f			fniet
imperfect	m	nifni	tifni	jifni	nifnu	tifnu	jifnu
	f			tifni
imperative			ifni			ifnu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	fnejtx	fnejtx	feniex	fnejniex	fnejtux	fnewx
	f			fnietx
imperfect	m	nifnix	tifnix	jifnix	nifnux	tifnux	jifnux
	f			tifnix
imperative			tifnix			tifnux

Mapudungun

Noun

fena (Unified spelling)

1. oats

Portuguese

Verb

fena

1. inflection of fenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Rongga

Verb

fena

1. to sneeze

References

• Arka, I Wayan et al. (2011), A Rongga-English Dictionary with English-Rongga Finderlist, Penerbit Universitas Atma Jaya, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 16

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeːˌna/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish fina, of common Germanic origins. Possibly related to the Latin pinna (“tip, point”).

Noun

fena c

1. The protruding appendage on a marine animal; fin, flipper.
2. A stabilizing structural detail on various vehicles; fin.
3. (in the idiom "inte röra en fena", literally "not move a fin") to stay completely still, to not move a muscle.

   De rörde inte en fena medan fiendepatrullen gick förbi

   They didn't move a muscle as the enemy patrol passed by

Declension

Declension of fena

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fena	fenas
	definite	fenan	fenans
plural	indefinite	fenor	fenors
	definite	fenorna	fenornas

Related terms

• analfena
• bröstfena
• finne
• hajfena
• ryggfena
• stjärtfena

Etymology 2

Clipping of fenomenal. Its use as a noun is claimed to be a misunderstanding.

Adjective

fena (not comparable)

1. very good, skilled, phenomenal

Declension

Not compared or deflected.

Noun

fena c

1. (in the idiom "vara en fena på något", literally "to be a fin at something") to be really good at something, to be a whiz at something

   Hon var en riktig fena på att köra bil

   She was really good at driving

Declension

Declension of fena

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fena	fenas
	definite	fenan	fenans
plural	indefinite	fenor	fenors
	definite	fenorna	fenornas

See also

• haj

References

• “fena”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “fena”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “fena”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فنا, فناء (fena, “bad; sick; immoral; disagreeable”), from Arabic فَنَاء (fanāʔ).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fena

1. bad, evil
2. sick

Declension

Predicative forms of fena

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	fenayım	fena mıyım?
sen (you are)	fenasın	fena mısın?
o (he/she/it is)	fena / fenadır	fena mı?
biz (we are)	fenayız	fena mıyız?
siz (you are)	fenasınız	fena mısınız?
onlar (they are)	fena(lar)	fena(lar) mı?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	fenaydım	fena mıydım?
sen (you were)	fenaydın	fena mıydın?
o (he/she/it was)	fenaydı	fena mıydı?
biz (we were)	fenaydık	fena mıydık?
siz (you were)	fenaydınız	fena mıydınız?
onlar (they were)	fenaydılar	fena mıydılar?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	fenaymışım	fena mıymışım?
sen (you were)	fenaymışsın	fena mıymışsın?
o (he/she/it was)	fenaymış	fena mıymış?
biz (we were)	fenaymışız	fena mıymışız?
siz (you were)	fenaymışsınız	fena mıymışsınız?
onlar (they were)	fenaymışlar	fena mıymışlar?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	fenaysam	fena mıysam?
sen (if you)	fenaysan	fena mıysan?
o (if he/she/it)	fenaysa	fena mıysa?
biz (if we)	fenaysak	fena mıysak?
siz (if you)	fenaysanız	fena mıysanız?
onlar (if they)	fenaysalar	fena mıysalar?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “فنا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1397
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN