في

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في

/fiː/

Where it comes from

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”), and Proto-Semitic *piʔat- (“side; border; front, facing part of anything”), i. e. the same word as فِئَة (fiʔa, “troop”), since this word is retained in Ge'ez only in the combination ለፌ (läfe, “in the direction of or from, thence or thither”). It has also functions originally borne by Proto-Semitic *bV-, potentially perceived or originating as a devoiced form of it.

preposition فِي · fī · فِيَّ · فِينَا

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 عِنْدِي سُؤَالٌ فِي النَّحْوِ
on account of, for the reason of, in relation to عُوقِبْتُ فِي ذَنْبِي
times, multiplied by, to have a measure of this by this أَرْبَعَةٌ فِي خَمْسَةٍ يُسَاوِي عِشْرِينَ
Opposite: عَلَىٰ

In English

on at the date of
in contained by
at indicating time
by not later than
into going to a geographic region
through surrounded by (while moving)
during for all of a given time interval
vee name of the letter V, v
times multiplied by
a per; each (time unit)

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {في},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%8A},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}