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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic جِلاد (jilād, “sword fight”), جِدال (jidāl, “fight, quarrel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ġlieda f (plural ġlidiet or ġlied)
- fight, quarrel, argument
- Synonym: argument
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
ja Sena Ġdida?
Ah! biegħed minna
il-għelt, il-ġlied,
id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
ġibilna l-għaqda,
ġibilna s-sliem,
ġibilna l-ħelsien!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- fighting, fight
- Synonyms: tqabid, tqatil