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Maltese
Etymology
Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic دغيسة (dḡīsa, “lightship”). Apparently a diminutive form.
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaːj.sa/, /ˈdaj.sa/
- IPA(key): /ˈdaˤːj.sa/ (archaic)
- IPA(key): /ˈdɣaj.sa/ (archaic, rural)
Noun
dgħajsa f (plural dgħajjes)
- boat
c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Għerf 14:6:Hekk ukoll, meta kienu qegħdin jinqerdu l-ġganti l-kbar, fuq dgħajsa skansat it-tama tad-dinja u, immexxija minn idek, ħalliet lid-dinja żerriegħa ta’ nisel ġdid.- King James Version translation: For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.
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