dagħbien
Maltese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editDerived from Arabic دَعَبَ (daʕaba, “to thrust, push”, and of wind or water “to be violent”). The sense “abyss” then probably from the violent currents at the bottom of a steep coast, transferred to the coast itself.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdagħbien m (plural dgħaben)