xejn
Maltese
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Etymology
[edit]From Arabic شَيْئًا (šayʔan), indefinite accusative of شَيْء (šayʔ, “thing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]xejn
- nothing, (not) anything
- Ma naf xejn fuq dan is-suġġett. ― I don’t know anything about this topic.
- 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
- Għax meta missieri kien jibni xi gallinar, jew xi xatba, jew xi kannizzata, qatt ma kien jixtri xejn, iżda jlaqqat u jillapazza b’dak li jsib. Imma jiena ma ridtx għarix mibni bl-imbarazz, iżda kamp sabiħ u pulit u b’saħħtu.
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