dgħajsa

Maltese

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic دغيسة (dḡīsa, “lightship”). Apparently a diminutive form. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdaːj.sa/, /ˈdaj.sa/
- IPA^(key): /ˈdaˤːj.sa/ (archaic)
- IPA^(key): /ˈdɣaj.sa/ (archaic, rustic)

Noun

dgħajsa f (plural dgħajjes)

boat
Hypernyms: mirkeb, bastiment

Coordinate terms: ġifen, xini, vapur
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Għerf 14:6:
  Hekk ukoll, meta kienu qegħdin jinqerdu l-ġganti l-kbar, fuq dgħajsa skansat it-tama tad-dinja u, immexxija minn idek, ħalliet lid-dinja żerriegħa ta’ nisel ġdid.
  King James Version translation: For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Għerf ta' Ġesú Bin Sirak 33:2:
  Bniedem għaqli ma jobgħodx il-Liġi, u min juri wiċċ b’ieħor fil-ħarsien tagħha qisu dgħajsa fil-maltemp.
  King James Version translation: A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 4:22:
  Minnufih telqu d-dgħajsa u lil missierhom, u marru warajh.
  New International Version translation: and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Descendants

→ English: dghaisa