Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy, Jew, Jewish). The definite form اَلْيَهُودِيّ (al-yahūdiyy) underwent assimilation -ly--ll- (compare illum from il-jum), whence a new basic form *lahūdī, *lhūdī by backformation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Lhudi m (plural Lhud, feminine Lhudija)

  1. Jew (an adherent of Judaism or a person who claims a tribal or ancestral connection to the Jewish people)

Proper noun

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l-Lhudi m

  1. the Hebrew language

Adjective

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Lhudi (feminine singular Lhudija, plural Lhudin)

  1. Jewish

See also

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