Maltese edit

Root
m-w-t
8 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt). The plural mwiet is originally that of the adjective mejjet (dead). It is still used as such in the set phrase qam minn bejn l-imwiet (to rise from the dead). The feminine gender probably through influence by Sicilian morti, Italian morte, both from Latin mors f; perhaps reinforced by analogy with the antonym ħajja (life).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mewt f (collective, singulative mewta, plural mwiet, paucal mewtiet)

  1. death

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt).

Noun edit

mewt f

  1. death