ġebel

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See also: Gebel

Maltese

Root
ġ-b-l
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal, mountain, rock).

Pronunciation

Noun

ġebel m (collective, singulative ġebla, paucal ġebliet)

  1. stones
    Synonym: ħaġar
    • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 35:14:
      U Ġakobb waqqaf plier fejn kien kellmu, plier tal-ġebel; u raxxax l-inbid fuqu u sawwab iż-żejt.
      King James Version translation: And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

Noun

ġebel m (plural iġbla)

  1. (now chiefly in placenames or in the plural) a mountain
    Synonym: muntanja