medda

Maltese

Root
m-d-d
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُدَّة (mudda, “while, length of time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛd.da/
• Homophone: meddha

Noun

medda f (plural meded)

1. a length, stretch (of time or space)

   F’medda ta’ għaxar snin kisret diversi rekords dinjin.

   Over a length of ten years she broke several world records.

   • 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 6:

     Sadattant, mal-medda tas-snin dan l-antagoniżmu anti-Semitiku baqa’ dejjem jiżdied, anki fost il-Ġermaniżi.

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