lejn
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic إِلَى أَيْنَ (ʔilā ʔayna). By surface analysis, lil + *ejn. The personal forms are from Arabic إِلَى (ʔilā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]lejn
- to, toward, towards (in the direction of, arriving at)
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- Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.
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Inflection
[edit]| Inflected forms of lejn | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||||
| m | f | ||||||
| 1st person | lejja | lejna | |||||
| 2nd person | lejk | lejkom | |||||
| 3rd person | lejh | lejha | lejhom | ||||
| Definite forms | |||||||
| Xemxin | Qamrin | ||||||
| lejn iċ- · lejn id- · lejn in- lejn ir- · lejn is- · lejn it- · lejn ix- · lejn iz- · lejn iż- |
lejn il- | ||||||