xita

Maltese
Ix-xita

Etymology

From Arabic شِتَاء‎ (šitāʾ, “winter, rainy season, rain”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪtɐ/

Noun

xita f

  1. rain
    • (Genesis 7:12, King James Version)
      U baqgħet nieżla x-xita fuq l-art għal erbgħin jum u erbgħin lejl.
      And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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