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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic رِيح (rīḥ). Originally a feminine, but masculine in Maltese (unlike related ruħ, which remained feminine).
Pronunciation
Noun
riħ m (plural rjieħ)
- wind
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)
- direction
Noun
riħ m (plural rjiħat)
- cold (sickness)
Noun
riħ m (plural rwieħ)
- shade