Arabic

Conjunction

فِيمَا • ‎(fīmā)

1. while
2. in that, as
3. in what (relative, not interrogative)

   فِيمَا مَضَى‎ ― fīmā maḍā ― in what has passed, in the past

Derived terms

• فِيمَا بَعْد ‎(fīmā baʿd, “in what follows, later”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “في”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4