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Arabic
Etymology
Composed of فِي (fī, “in”) + ـمَا (-mā, “what”).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
فِيمَا • (fīmā)
- while
- in that, as
- in what (relative, not interrogative)
- فِيمَا مَضَى ― fīmā maḍā ― in what has passed, in the past
Derived terms
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “في”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN