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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain, rock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ġebel m (collective, singulative ġebla, paucal ġebliet)
- 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)
- (now chiefly in placenames or in the plural) a mountain
- Synonym: muntanja