biżżejjed

Maltese

Root
ż-j-d
7 terms

Alternative forms

• biż-żejjed (superseded)

Etymology

From underlying Arabic بِالزَّائِدِ (bi-z-zāʔidi), from زَائِد (zāʔid, “extra, surplus”), thus originally “more than enough”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪzˈzɛj.jɛt/

Adverb

biżżejjed

1. enough, sufficiently
   • 2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 19:

     “Għomt biżżejjed. Fil-fatt kont qed nixxemmex ftit bil-ħsieb li wara mmur lura lejn id-dar”, weġibtu; u dikment qomt minfejn kont u ħejjejt ruħi biex nilbes.

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