"bettieħ" meaning in Maltese

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Noun

IPA: /bɛtˈtɪːħ/ Forms: bettieħa [singulative], btietaħ [plural], bettiħat [paucal], bettiħiet [paucal]
Etymology: From Arabic بِطِّيخ (biṭṭīḵ). The etymologically more justified (and prescriptively preferred) spelling bettiħ is very rare in practice since the word is treated as belonging to the common measure C-e-CC-ie-C. (The phonemes /iː/ and /ɪː/ are merged before /ħ/ and /ʔ/.) Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|بِطِّيخ}} Arabic بِطِّيخ (biṭṭīḵ)
  1. melon, melons Tags: collective, masculine Categories (lifeform): Fruits
    Sense id: en-bettieħ-mt-noun-IsZXItk4 Disambiguation of Fruits: 82 18 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. (Gozo, humorous) testicles of a donkey Tags: collective, humorous, masculine
    Sense id: en-bettieħ-mt-noun-vh-r2vur Categories (other): Gozitan Maltese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bettiħ, bittiħ

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for bettieħ meaning in Maltese (1.5kB)

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