ħmerija

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Maltese

Root
ħ-m-r (2)
3 terms

Etymology

From ħmar (ass, donkey; jackass) +‎ -ija, equivalent to Arabic حِمارِيّة (ḥimāriyya), which is occasionally found in the same sense. Uncertain whether inherited or independent, though the -e- (vis-à-vis the -a- in ħmar) shows that the formation goes back at least to a time when imala was still active.

Pronunciation

Noun

ħmerija f (plural ħmerijiet)

  1. nonsense, silliness