masfa
Maltese
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s-f-j |
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Etymology
From Arabic مَصْفَى (maṣfā, literally “place of purification”), a calque of Latin purgatorium, whence also the modern word. Arabic-speaking Catholics use مَطْهَر (maṭhar), an equivalent formation from a synonymous root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmas.fa/
Noun
masfa m (plural msafa or masfiet)
- (Roman Catholicism, archaic) purgatory
- Synonyms: purgatorju, (obsolete) saffajja