mewt
Maltese edit
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m-w-t |
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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)
Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mewt f