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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic غَاغَة (ḡāḡa, “mob, crowd”). The word is an extreme example of how the loss/vowelisation of għ has weakened the phonetic shapes of many words in Maltese. One might think that għagħa would subsequently have come out of use, but it remains common.
Pronunciation
Noun
għagħa m or f
- upheaval, tumult
Usage notes
- Originally and still often feminine, but because of the now monosyllabic pronunciation it may also be construed as a masculine.
Verb
għagħa (imperfect jgħagħi)
- (obsolete) to breath heavily
Conjugation