rix

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See also: rîx and Rix

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رِيش (rīš).

Pronunciation

Noun

rix m (collective, singulative rixa, paucal rixiet)

  1. feathers; plumage
    • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
      U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
      bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
      il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
      u rix mitbiela,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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