sagrifiċċju
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian sacrificio and/or Sicilian sacrificiu, sacrifizziu, both from Latin sacrificium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sagrifiċċju m (plural sagrifiċċji)
- (religion) sacrifice, offering (act of giving something up willingly in order to honour a deity; that which is so offered)
- Synonym: debħa (narrower)
- (by extension) sacrifice (act of giving something up for the sake of something more important or pressing)