fena

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛna]
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: fe‧na

Noun

fena f

  1. bitch, she-dog (female dog)
    Synonyms: psice, čuba

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • fena in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • fena in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • fena in Internetová jazyková příručka

Latin

Noun

fēna

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fēnum

Maltese

Root
f-n-j
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic أَفْنَى (ʔafnā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.na/

Verb

fena (imperfect jifni, past participle mifni)

  1. to exhaust (somebody), to tire out (especially spiritually)
    Kemm jifnini dan it-tilwim kollu!
    All this quarrelling exhausts me so much!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m fnejt fnejt Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) fnejna fnejtu fnew
f fniet
imperfect m nifni tifni jifni nifnu tifnu jifnu
f tifni
imperative ifni ifnu

Mapudungun

Noun

fena (Unified spelling)

  1. oats

Portuguese

Verb

fena

  1. inflection of fenar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeːˌna/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish fina, of common Germanic origins. Possibly related to the Latin pinna (tip, point).

Noun

fena c

  1. The protruding appendage on a marine animal; fin, flipper.
  2. A stabilizing structural detail on various vehicles; fin.
  3. (in the idiom "inte röra en fena", literally "not move a fin") to stay completely still, to not move a muscle.
    De rörde inte en fena medan fiendepatrullen gick förbi
    They didn't move a muscle as the enemy patrol passed by
Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

Clipping of fenomenal. Its use as a noun is claimed to be a misunderstanding.[1]

Adjective

fena (not comparable)

  1. very good, skilled, phenomenal
Declension

Not compared or deflected.

Noun

fena c

  1. (in the idiom "vara en fena på något", literally "to be a fin at something") to be really good at something, to be a whiz at something
    Hon var en riktig fena på att köra bil
    She was really good at driving
Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

See also

References

  1. Fena på och haj på, Dagens Nyheter, 6 september 2008.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فنا, فناء (fena, bad; sick; immoral; disagreeable), from Arabic فَنَاء (fanāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

fena

  1. bad, evil
  2. sick

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), فنا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1397
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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