fejn
Maltese
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdverb
editfejn
- 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
editPolish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German fein. Doublet of faj. Compare Kashubian fëjn and Slovincian fejn.
Pronunciation
edit- (Greater Poland):
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA(key): /ˈfɛjn/
Adjective
editfejn (indeclinable)
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) fine; fancy, elegant
- Synonym: fejnowny
Derived terms
editadjectives
nouns
Further reading
edit- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “fejn”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 301
Slovincian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German fein. Compare Kashubian fëjn and Greater Polish fejn.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfejn (indeclinable)
Adverb
editfejn
Further reading
edit- Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “fɛ̃i̯n”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 245
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- Rhymes:Slovincian/ɛjn
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