لنجاص

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From a nasalised variant of Arabic إجّاص (ʔijjāṣ) with a fused definite article. Compare Algerian Arabic لنجاص (lanjāṣ) and Maltese lanġas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lan.ɡaːsˤ/

Noun

لنجاص • (langāṣ) m (collective, singulative لنجاصة f (langāṣa), paucal لنجاصات (langāṣāt))

1. Alternative form of نجاص (ngāṣ): pears