lejn
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic إِلَى (ʾilā). The -ej- is due to backformation from the personal forms (Arabic stem ʾilay-), while the final -n was added by analogy with the dual suffix -ejn, which builds its personal forms in the same fashion; compare lejn → lejja, lejk with għajnejn (“eyes”) → għajnejja, għajnejk, etc.
Preposition
lejn
- to, toward, towards (in the direction of, arriving at)
Inflection
Inflected forms
| Base form | lejn | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Singular | Plural | |
| Masculine | Feminine | Common | |
| First person | lejja | lejna | |
| Second person | lejk | lejkom | |
| Third 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- | |