ġjaċint
Appearance
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian giacinto.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ġjaċint m (plural ġjaċinti)
- hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
- 1936, R. M. B., “Għal kull ma ħlaqtilna iċ-ċaħda trid minn’na”, in Lehen il-Malti, numbers 61-62, lines 7–9:
- …U kemm ilwien ta’ ward ! xi ġmiel ! x’ħuġġieġa !
ġjaċinti, vjoli, qronfol, residan,
ħommejr, sagħtar, narċis, u ward il-hena- (please add an English translation of this quotation)