għajn
Maltese edit
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għ-j-n (eye) |
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għ-j-n (spring) |
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /aːjn/, /ajn/
- IPA(key): /aˤːjn/ (archaic)
Audio (Gozo) (file) - Homophone: għin (one pronunciation)
Noun edit
għajn f (plural għajnejn)
- (anatomy) eye
- 2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 80:
- ”Taħseb li r-Russi m’humiex b’seba’ għajnejn biex jaraw min qed jidħol fl-Ammbaxxati tal-Punent? Jien għandi ħsieb ieħor”, qalilna Alexander.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (in the definite) the evil eye
- 1865, P. P. Castagna, Malta bil ghzejer tahha u li ghadda min ghaliha: It-tieni parti[1], page 61:
- Bosta jemnu bil għain, u forsi nemmen biha jen ucoll; għax bosta circostanzi għaddeu min għalìa, li ma staitx ma nemminx illi jinsabu certi bnedmin li b’ħarsitom igħainu dac l’icun tant għogiobom.
- Many believe in the evil eye, and maybe I believe in it too; because many circumstances have happened to me, such that I have been unable not to believe that there are certain people who with their glance curse that which has appealed to them so much.
Inflection edit
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Personal-pronoun- including forms |
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m | f | ||
1st person | għajni | għajnna | |
2nd person | għajnek | għajnkom | |
3rd person | għajnu | għajnha | għajnhom |
- Especially in informal Maltese, the possessive inflections of the plural are also used with singular meaning, then taking singular agreement, e.g. għajnejh il-leminija (“his right eye”) instead of għajnu l-leminija. This use occurs also with other paired body parts and is always restricted to the possessive.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
għajn f (plural għejun, diminutive għawejna)