gozz
English
editEtymology
editAlteration of gob. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Verb
editgozz (third-person singular simple present gozz, present participle gozzing, simple past and past participle gozzed)
Maltese
editRoot |
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g-z-z |
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic كُدْس (kuds, “heap of grain”). In the original plural أَكْداس (ʔakdās) and in certain forms of the related verb كَدَسَ (kadasa), the -k- was voiced by assimilation to the following -d-, and this voicing was then generalised (as in gideb, gidem etc.). In a second step the cluster -ds- was reanalysed as -zz-, leading to the new plural gzuz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgozz m (plural gzuz)