disat

See also: disąt

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

disat

1. high ground

Maltese

Maltese numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  8	9	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: disgħa     Attributive cardinal: (short form) disa’, (long form) disat     Ordinal: disa’     Adverbial: disa’ darbiet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ.sat/
• Rhymes: -ɪsat

Numeral

disat m or f

1. long attributive form of disgħa (“nine”)

   Coordinate term: (short attributive form) disa’

Usage notes

• The attributive forms are used before counted nouns.
• The long form is often favoured in words containing fewer syllables and beginning with either an epenthetic vowel or a consonant cluster requiring an epenthetic vowel before the first consonant. In the latter case, the epenthetic vowel is added as in the following example: tfal (“children”) → disat itfal (“nine children”). Note, only select exceptional words such as (i)jiem, erwieħ or snin strictly warrant the long form, other words merely consider it optional and usage varies from speaker to speaker from time to time. That is to say disa' tfal is possible, but unlikely given the consonant cluster & monosyllabic nature of the word.