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Maltese
- imbiegħed (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
Etymology
From Arabic مُبَاعَد (mubāʕad). Past participle of biegħed (“to remove”). Compare Moroccan Arabic مباعد (mbāʕad, mbāʕid).
Pronunciation
Adjective
mbiegħed (feminine singular mbiegħda, plural mbiegħda or mbegħdin)
- far, far away, distant, remote
- Synonym: (dated) bgħid
- pajjiżi mbiegħda ― far-away countries
- (figuratively) alienated, estranged
- Huwa mbiegħed minn Alla. ― He is far from God.
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