wiċċ

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Maltese

Root
w-ġ-ħ
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَجْه (wajh). Compare North Levantine Arabic وج (wijj), وش (wišš), وتش (witš) and Egyptian Arabic وِشّ (wišš).

Pronunciation

Noun

wiċċ m (plural wċuħ)

  1. (anatomy) face
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?
      For example, have you ever noticed the perfect bilateral symmetry of a butterfly’s wings, a peacock’s tail, or at least the human face?
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:
      taħt it-tbissima
      falza ta’ wiċċi
      kien hemm in-niket
      u dwejjaq kbar
      u biża’ minnek.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person wiċċi wiċċna
2nd person wiċċek wiċċkom
3rd person wiċċu wiċċha wiċċhom