-erija
Maltese
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edit-erija f
- -ery (class, group, or classification of)
- ġifa (“coward”) + -erija → ġiferija (“cowardice”)
- ġwejjef (“timid”) + -erija → ġwejferija (“cowardice”)
- ħabib (“friend”) + -erija → ħbiberija (“friendship”)
- tabib (“doctor”) + -erija → tabiberija (“medicine”)
- added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice)
- siment (“cement”) + -erija → simenterija (“cement factory”)