في
ArabicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Ultimately Proto-Semitic *pV(y)- (“in, at, or about a place or time; to be in with, to be among, during”) possibly related to Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth, an orifice, an entrance, a means in or to enter”). Cognates with Hebrew פֹּה (“here”) and פִּי (“multiplied, -fold”, literally “with, to have this length with this width”) and Ugaritic 𐎔 (p, “here, in this place or in this time; in the manner of, relating or pertaining to”).
PrepositionEdit
فِي • (fī)
- in, within
- during, for a duration of
- in with, among, together with
- of, about, in regards to, pertaining to, in the subject or topic of
- on account of, for the reason of, in relation to
- times, multiplied by, to have a measure of this by this
InflectionEdit
Inflected forms
| Base form | فِي (fī) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | فِيَّ (fiyya) | فِينَا (fīnā) | |||
| Second person | فِيكَ (fīka) | فِيكِ (fīki) | فِيكُمَا (fīkumā) | فِيكُمْ (fīkum) | فِيكُنَّ (fīkunna) |
| Third person | فِيهِ (fīhi) | فِيهَا (fīhā) | فِيهِمَا (fīhimā) | فِيهِمْ (fīhim) | فِيهِنَّ (fīhinna) |
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
- second-person feminine singular active imperative of وَفَى (wafā)
Tunisian ArabicEdit
PrepositionEdit
فِي (fī)
- in
- تُسْكُنْ عَايِلْتِي فِي سُوسَة ― tuskun ʿāyiltī fī sūsa ― My family lives in Sousse
- هِيَّ بِشْ تْجِي فِي مَارِسْ ― hiyya biš tjī fī mars ― She will come in March
- نَّجِّمْ نَعْمِلْ الْخِدْمَة هَاذِي فِي ثْلَاثَة يَّام ― nnajjim naʿmil ilḫidma hāḏī fī ṯlāṯa yyām ― I can do this work in three days
- هِيَّ فِي صَحَّة طَيّْبَة ― hiyya fī ṣaḥḥa ṭayyba ― She is in good health