żnied
Maltese
FWOTD – 18 September 2022
| Root |
|---|
| ż-n-d |
| 4 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic زِنَاد (zinād), originally plural of زَنْد (zand), but also used interchangeably.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /znɪːt/
- Rhymes: -ɪːt
- Homophone: żniet
Noun
żnied m (collective, singulative żnieda or żnada, plural żinda or iżinda, paucal żnidiet)
- flint
Noun
żnied m
- one's own invention
- Synonym: minn moħħ
- 2017 August 21, “Il-kumment tal-Isqof dwar id-droga fil-festi mhux sostanzjata – Għaqda Każini tal-Banda”, in TVM:
- Monsinjur Grech min-naħa tiegħu insista li dak li qal fl-Omelija f’nhar Santa Marija ma kienx minn żniedu.
- Monsignor Grech for his part insisted that what he said during the homily on Assumption Day was not of his own invention.