għagħa

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic غاغة‎ (ḡāḡa, “mob, crowd”). The word is an extreme example of how the loss/vowelisation of għ has weakened the phonetic shapes of many words in Maltese. One might think that għagħa would subsequently have come out of use, but it remains common.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aː/
- IPA^(key): /aˤː/ (archaic)
- IPA^(key): /ˈɣaː.ɣa/ (archaic, rural)

Noun

għagħa f or m

upheaval, tumult

Usage notes

Originally and still often feminine, but because of the now monosyllabic pronunciation it may also be construed as a masculine.

单词	għagħa
释义	għagħa Maltese Etymology From Arabic غاغة‎ (ḡāḡa, “mob, crowd”). The word is an extreme example of how the loss/vowelisation of għ has weakened the phonetic shapes of many words in Maltese. One might think that għagħa would subsequently have come out of use, but it remains common. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /aː/ IPA^(key): /aˤː/ (archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈɣaː.ɣa/ (archaic, rural) Noun għagħa f or m upheaval, tumult Usage notes Originally and still often feminine, but because of the now monosyllabic pronunciation it may also be construed as a masculine.
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