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Sicilian
Etymology
From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܶܣܟܸܐܢܳܐ / ܡܶܣܟܸܢܳܐ / ܡܶܣܟܸܝܢܳܐ (meskēnā, “miserable, wretched”), from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “commoner, poor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈski.nu/,
- Hyphenation: mi‧schì‧nu
Adjective
mischinu (feminine singular mischina, masculine and feminine plural mischini)
- wretched, pitiful, unfortunate
Inflection
Noun
mischinu m (plural mischini)
- wretch, poor guy
- Synonym: puvireḍḍu
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