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فآنٞى

fɔ́ne

formerly
ранее
قديما

LS 337; CSOL I 535; CSOL II 456; Naumkin et al. 2015a:67

text examples

wa-fɔ́ne men di-báˁaḷ férhim di-sáṭahan wa-šéˀef ses ľázem yekɛ́ˀɛ ḷe-ˁóŝi dor be-ṭádaˁ di-feráš ‘Now formerly, when someone married a sultan’s daughter and slept with her, the next morning some blood had to be left on the sheet’ (CSOL I 19:22)

semantic notes

fɔ́ne be-zemán ‘in former times’

root

fny

derivates

fíni 1. to turn one’s face, to head for; 2. to favor somebody
fin(i) ŝéľeʰ two days before yesterday
fin(i) fin(i) ŝéľeʰ three days before yesterday

etymology

PS *pan(ay)- face

continental MSA

Mhr. fōnәh earlier, before
Mhr. fәnōhәn earlier, firstly; in front of, before
Mhr. fәnfәnw- in front of, before
Jib. fέnε face, front part
Jib. fέnέ earlier, firstly; in front of
Jib. fónә on the point of, about to; formerly, earlier
Jib. efní to move (cows) from one area to another
Jib. fútni to return
Jib. féní to vanish