mibegħda

Maltese
Root
b-għ-d (hate)
3 terms

Etymology

Either inherited from rare Arabic مَبْغَضة‎ (mabḡaḍa, “an object or cause of hatred”) or otherwise an independent formation from bagħad with the same measure. The underlying form is *mibgħda, where -e- was inserted to break up the inadmissible consonant cluster.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɪˈbɛː.da/
    • IPA(key): /mɪˈbɛˤː.da/ (archaic)
    • IPA(key): /mɪˈbɛɣ.da/ (archaic, rural)
  • Rhymes: -ɛːda, -ɛˤːda, -ɛɣda

Noun

mibegħda f

  1. hate, hatred

See also
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