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Maltese
Etymology
Inherited from dialectal Maghrebi Arabic (compare Tunisian Arabic قَطُّوس (qaṭṭūs), Libyan Arabic قَطُّوس (gaṭṭūs)), from a Berber language, probably from Latin cattus (compare Maltese fellus, a Berber word from Latin pullus, though there are apparently Nubian words for cat that might also explain the -s in qattus).
Pronunciation
Noun
qattus m (plural qtates, feminine qattusa, diminutive qtajtes)
- cat (male, domestic species)
- Euphemistic form of qaddis: one's way of thinking
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