farfett

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Maltese

Farfett

Etymology

Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare especially Tunisian Arabic فرططو/فرفطو (farṭaṭṭu/farfaṭṭu), Moroccan Arabic فرططو (farṭuṭṭu, “butterfly”), but also Moroccan Arabic فرطوط (farṭūṭ, “moth”) etc. Eventually from Berber; compare Kabyle aferṭeṭṭu. The second -f- might be due to influence by Italian farfalla, which is either unrelated or itself from the Arabic (see the entry).

Pronunciation

Noun

farfett m (plural friefet)

  1. butterfly
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?
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    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:
      Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
      u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
      ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
      qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.
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