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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy, “Jew, Jewish”). The definite form اَلْيَهُودِيّ (al-yahūdiyy) underwent assimilation -ly- → -ll- (compare illum from il-jum), whence a new basic form *lahūdī, *lhūdī by backformation.
Pronunciation
Noun
Lhudi m (plural Lhud, feminine Lhudija)
- Jew (an adherent of Judaism or a person who claims a tribal or ancestral connection to the Jewish people)
Proper noun
l-Lhudi m
- the Hebrew language
Adjective
Lhudi (feminine singular Lhudija, plural Lhudin)
- Jewish
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