bugħaddas

Maltese
Root
għ-d-s

Etymology

The regular agent noun *għaddas has been reinforced with bu (literally “father”). Thus perhaps from a merger of the said agent noun with a formation *bugħadis (“he who always dives”, literally “father of diving”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʊ.wadˈdaːs/
  • IPA(key): /bʊ.aˤːdˈdaːs/ (archaic)

Noun

bugħaddas m (plural bugħaddasa, feminine bugħaddasa)

  1. diver
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