ħaġra
Maltese
Etymology
Singulative derived from Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar, “stone”), which was taken as a mass noun (as in “made of stone”). The Arabic word is used both as a mass noun and as a countable noun (like English stone).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈħad͡ʒra/
Noun
ħaġra f (collective ħaġar, plural ħaġriet)
- a stone (single lump of stony material)
- (Judges 9:18, King James Version)
- Intom illum qomtu kontra dar missieri u qtiltu lil uliedu, sebgħin wieħed fuq ħaġra waħda.
- And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone.
- (Judges 9:18, King James Version)
Synonyms
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