"jien" meaning in Maltese

See jien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /jɪːn/
Etymology: From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā) with expressive lengthening of the first syllable (*ʾānā) as generally in Maghrebi dialects; compare Tunisian Arabic آنا (ʔāna), Moroccan Arabic آنا (ʔāna). Eventually from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku. Prefixed j- occurs more often in Maltese (compare jew); in this case perhaps generalised from a position after the personal suffixes -i, -ni, as in dari jien(a) (“my own house”). This construction is not very common anymore in Maltese, but it is throughout Arabic. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|أَنَا}} Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā), {{cog|aeb|آنا|tr=ʔāna}} Tunisian Arabic آنا (ʔāna), {{cog|ary|آنا|tr=ʔāna}} Moroccan Arabic آنا (ʔāna), {{inh|mt|sem-pro|*ʔanāku}} Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku Head templates: {{mt-pronoun}} jien Inflection templates: {{mt-infl-personal pronoun|jiena, jien|ma jiniex, miniex|tiegħi|-i, -ja|-ni|-li}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], jiena [positive], jien [positive], ma jiniex [negative], miniex [negative], tiegħi [possessive, pronoun], -i [suffix], -ja [suffix], -ni [direct-object, suffix], -li [indirect-object, suffix]
  1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun) Synonyms: jiena

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَنَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aeb",
        "2": "آنا",
        "tr": "ʔāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Tunisian Arabic آنا (ʔāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ary",
        "2": "آنا",
        "tr": "ʔāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic آنا (ʔāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā) with expressive lengthening of the first syllable (*ʾānā) as generally in Maghrebi dialects; compare Tunisian Arabic آنا (ʔāna), Moroccan Arabic آنا (ʔāna). Eventually from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku. Prefixed j- occurs more often in Maltese (compare jew); in this case perhaps generalised from a position after the personal suffixes -i, -ni, as in dari jien(a) (“my own house”). This construction is not very common anymore in Maltese, but it is throughout Arabic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-jiena",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiena",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jien",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ma jiniex",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miniex",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiegħi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ja",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "direct-object",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-li",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indirect-object",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jien",
      "name": "mt-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jiena, jien",
        "2": "ma jiniex, miniex",
        "3": "tiegħi",
        "4": "-i, -ja",
        "5": "-ni",
        "6": "-li"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-personal pronoun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I (first-person singular subject pronoun)"
      ],
      "id": "en-jien-mt-pron-P0qr2HCo",
      "links": [
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jiena"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jien"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَنَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aeb",
        "2": "آنا",
        "tr": "ʔāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Tunisian Arabic آنا (ʔāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ary",
        "2": "آنا",
        "tr": "ʔāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic آنا (ʔāna)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*ʔanāku"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā) with expressive lengthening of the first syllable (*ʾānā) as generally in Maghrebi dialects; compare Tunisian Arabic آنا (ʔāna), Moroccan Arabic آنا (ʔāna). Eventually from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku. Prefixed j- occurs more often in Maltese (compare jew); in this case perhaps generalised from a position after the personal suffixes -i, -ni, as in dari jien(a) (“my own house”). This construction is not very common anymore in Maltese, but it is throughout Arabic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-jiena",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jiena",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jien",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ma jiniex",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miniex",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tiegħi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "pronoun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ja",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "direct-object",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-li",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indirect-object",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jien",
      "name": "mt-pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jiena, jien",
        "2": "ma jiniex, miniex",
        "3": "tiegħi",
        "4": "-i, -ja",
        "5": "-ni",
        "6": "-li"
      },
      "name": "mt-infl-personal pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese pronouns",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "I (first-person singular subject pronoun)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɪːn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "jiena"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jien"
}

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