xedd

Maltese edit

FWOTD – 7 May 2021

Root
x-d-d
2 terms

From Arabic شَدَّ (šadda).

xedd (imperfect jxidd, past participle mixdud)

(transitive) to harness, saddle, or load (a pack animal)
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 22:3:
  U Abraham bakkar mas-sebħ, xedd il-ħmar tiegħu, ħa tnejn mill-qaddejja tiegħu, u lil ibnu Iżakk. Qatta’ l-ħatab għas-sagrifiċċju tal-ħruq, u qam, u telaq lejn il-post li qallu bih Alla.
  King James Version translation: And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
(transitive) to put on or wear (clothes)
Synonym: libes

Antonym: neża’