żnied

Maltese

FWOTD – 18 September 2022

Root
ż-n-d
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic زِنَاد (zinād), originally plural of زَنْد (zand), but also used interchangeably.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /znɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt
• Homophone: żniet

Noun

żnied m (collective, singulative żnieda or żnada, plural żinda or iżinda, paucal żnidiet)

1. flint

Noun

żnied m

1. one's own invention

   Synonym: minn moħħ

   • 2017 August 21, “Il-kumment tal-Isqof dwar id-droga fil-festi mhux sostanzjata – Għaqda Każini tal-Banda”, in TVM‎^[1]:

     Monsinjur Grech min-naħa tiegħu insista li dak li qal fl-Omelija f’nhar Santa Marija ma kienx minn żniedu.

     Monsignor Grech for his part insisted that what he said during the homily on Assumption Day was not of his own invention.