biża'
Maltese
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b-ż-għ |
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Alternative forms
edit- biżgħa (rare, perhaps nonstandard)
Etymology
editFrom Arabic فَزَع (fazaʕ) with irregular development of the onset (probably at first in the verb beża’, which see). Originally and still frequently masculine, but also feminine after the final [a]-sound.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbiża’ m or f (instance noun beżgħa)
- verbal noun of beża’: fear
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:
- taħt it-tbissima
falza ta’ wiċċi
kien hemm in-niket
u dwejjaq kbar
u biża’ minnek.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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- Maltese terms belonging to the root b-ż-għ
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪza
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪza/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪzaˤ
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɪzaˤ/2 syllables
- Maltese terms with homophones
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Maltese feminine nouns
- Maltese nouns with multiple genders
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