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Yemeni fils

Yemeni fils

9.5
A small coin of Yemen worth one hundredth of a rial
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : fils yemení
  • The price was listed as fifty Yemeni fils for a loaf of bread.

Examples

  • You can buy a snack for just 100 Yemeni fils!

  • The price of the book is 500 Yemeni fils.

  • He collected coins from around the world, including a rare Yemeni fils.

  • One Yemeni fils is almost worthless compared to the Yemeni rial.

  • The price was listed as fifty Yemeni fils for a loaf of bread.

  • One Yemeni fils is almost worthless compared to the Yemeni rial.

  • You can buy a snack for just 100 Yemeni fils!

Surface Forms

Yemeni fils singular
Yemeni fils plural

Morphology

Yemeni + fils

The phrase is a simple compound of the country adjective 'Yemeni' and the noun 'fils' (a monetary subunit), so its meaning as a currency unit of Yemen is directly inferable from the parts. A B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably deduce it denotes a Yemeni money subunit (even if they do not know the exact fractional value), making the expression compositionally transparent.

Etymology

Yemeni fils comes from the Arabic word fils, which was used for a very small coin and may come from an old name for cheap metal coins used by traders. So today Yemeni fils means a 'small coin' worth 'one hundredth of a rial'.