في

See also: فی, قئ, فى, and قي

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiː/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

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).

Preposition

فِي ()

  1. in, within
  2. during, for a duration of
  3. in with, among, together with
  4. of, about, in regards to, pertaining to, in the subject or topic of
  5. on account of, for the reason of, in relation to
  6. times, multiplied by, to have a measure of this by this
Inflection

Etymology 2

Verb

فِي () (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of وَفَى (wafā)

Tunisian Arabic

Preposition

فِي ()

  1. in
    تُسْكُنْ عَايِلْتِي فِي سُوسَةtuskun ʿāyiltī sūsaMy family lives in Sousse
    هِيَّ بِشْ تْجِي فِي مَارِسْhiyya biš tjī marsShe will come in March
    نَّجِّمْ نَعْمِلْ الْخِدْمَة هَاذِي فِي ثْلَاثَة يَّامnnajjim naʿmil ilḫidma hāḏī ṯlāṯa yyāmI can do this work in three days
    هِيَّ فِي صَحَّة طَيّْبَةhiyya ṣaḥḥa ṭayybaShe is in good health
Inflection
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