אַיִן II, where? (only with pref. מ or ל). לְאַ׳ whither? מֵאַ׳ whence? Y. Snh. X, 28ᵈ bot; Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵃ bot. מא׳ ולא׳ whence and whither?—Aboth III, 1. Gen. R. s. 2 מא׳ הרגלים whence art thou coming? i.e. where hast thou been staying?—Y. Snh. X, 28ᵇ top היה לו מא׳ ללמוד he had (a precedent) to learn from.—Contr. of מן אין: מִנַיִן, v. מִן.