"rgħajn" meaning in Maltese

See rgħajn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɣajn/, /raːjn/, /rajn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn). The spelling ‹rgħ› is a merely linguistic convention, due to the use of [ʁ] for ‹r› in languages like French or German as well as in Maltese speakers with a rhotacism. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|mt|ar|غَيْن|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn), {{bor+|mt|ar|غَيْن}} Borrowed from Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn) Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=f}} rgħajn f
  1. the voiced velar or voiced uvular fricative /ɣ~ʁ/, an archaic phoneme in Maltese; see għ for more Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-rgħajn-mt-noun-RA5IHZKy Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for rgħajn meaning in Maltese (1.4kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "غَيْن",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "غَيْن"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn). The spelling ‹rgħ› is a merely linguistic convention, due to the use of [ʁ] for ‹r› in languages like French or German as well as in Maltese speakers with a rhotacism.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "rgħajn f",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the voiced velar or voiced uvular fricative /ɣ~ʁ/, an archaic phoneme in Maltese; see għ for more"
      ],
      "id": "en-rgħajn-mt-noun-RA5IHZKy",
      "links": [
        [
          "phoneme",
          "phoneme"
        ],
        [
          "għ",
          "għ#Maltese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣajn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/raːjn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rajn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rgħajn"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "غَيْن",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "غَيْن"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn). The spelling ‹rgħ› is a merely linguistic convention, due to the use of [ʁ] for ‹r› in languages like French or German as well as in Maltese speakers with a rhotacism.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "rgħajn f",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese 1-syllable words",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese feminine nouns",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese nouns",
        "Maltese terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms spelled with Għ",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the voiced velar or voiced uvular fricative /ɣ~ʁ/, an archaic phoneme in Maltese; see għ for more"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phoneme",
          "phoneme"
        ],
        [
          "għ",
          "għ#Maltese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣajn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/raːjn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rajn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rgħajn"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Maltese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.