fena

fena

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fena f

1. bitch, she-dog (female dog)

   Synonyms: psice, čuba

Declension

Declension of fena

	singular	plural
nominative	fena	feny
genitive	feny	fen
dative	feně	fenám
accusative	fenu	feny
vocative	feno	feny
locative	feně	fenách
instrumental	fenou	fenami

Derived terms

• fenka

Further reading

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

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Latin

Noun

fēna

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fēnum

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Maltese

Root
f-n-j
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic أَفْنَى‎ (ʾafnā).

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!

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Mapudungun

Noun

fena (Unified spelling)

1. oats

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Portuguese

Verb

fena

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

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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, "not moving 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

Declension of fena
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fena	fenan	fenor	fenorna
Genitive	fenas	fenans	fenors	fenornas

Related terms

• analfena
• bröstfena
• hajfena
• finne
• ryggfena
• stjärtfena

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 good at something.

   Hon var en riktig fena på att köra bil.

   She was really good at driving.

Declension

Declension of fena
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fena	fenan	fenor	fenorna
Genitive	fenas	fenans	fenors	fenornas

See also

• haj

References

• fena in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fena in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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

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Turkish

Etymology

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

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