biex

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • sabiex

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal North African Arabic. By surface analysis, b’ +‎ *iex. Cognate with Moroccan Arabic and Tunisian Arabic باش (bāš, “so that”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪːʃ/

Conjunction

biex

  1. (final) so that; in order that; often rather expressed in English with to + infinitive

Adverb

biex

  1. (interrogative) with what?
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