فيما

Arabic

Etymology

Composed of فِي (fī, “in”) +‎ ـمَا (-mā, “what”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiː.maː/

Conjunction

فِيمَا • (fīmā)

1. while
2. in that, as
3. in what (relative, not interrogative)

   فِيمَا مَضَى ― fīmā maḍā ― in what has passed, in the past

Derived terms

• فِيمَا بَعْد (fīmā baʕd, “in what follows, later”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “في”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN