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Maltese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from dialectal North African Arabic. By surface analysis, b’ + *iex. Cognate with Moroccan Arabic باش (bāš, “so that”). Compare Maltese għax (“because”), which is from Arabic عَلَى شَأْنِ (ʕalā šaʔni, literally “on the issue of”), which is also present in Egyptian Arabic. Biex may be a similar formation.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
biex
- (final) so that; in order that; often rather expressed in English with to + infinitive
Adverb
biex
- (interrogative) with what