Lhudi

Maltese edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy, “Jew, Jewish”). The definite form اَلْيَهُودِيّ (al-yahūdiyy) underwent assimilation -ly- → -ll- (compare illum from il-jum), whence a new basic form *lahūdī, *lhūdī by backformation.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈluː.dɪ/

Noun edit

Lhudi m (plural Lhud, feminine Lhudija)

Jew (an adherent of Judaism or a person who claims a tribal or ancestral connection to the Jewish people)

Proper noun edit

l-Lhudi m

the Hebrew language

Adjective edit

Lhudi (feminine singular Lhudija, plural Lhudin)

Jewish