qattus
Maltese
editEtymology
editInherited from dialectal Maghrebi Arabic (compare Tunisian Arabic قَطُّوس (qaṭṭūs), Libyan Arabic قَطُّوس (gaṭṭūs)), from a Berber language, probably from Latin cattus (compare Maltese fellus, a Berber word from Latin pullus, though there are apparently Nubian words for cat that might also explain the -s in qattus).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editqattus m (plural qtates, feminine qattusa, diminutive qtajtes)
See also
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- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Berber languages
- Maltese terms derived from Latin
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms with audio links
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Maltese euphemisms
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