għasfur
Appearance
Maltese
[edit]Root |
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għ-s-f-r |
3 terms |
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic عَصْفُور (ʕaṣfūr, “small bird, sparrow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]għasfur m (plural għasafar, feminine għasfura, diminutive għasajfar)
- bird (male)
- Kull għasfur tal-faċilità jew unità ta’ kwarantina infettata jrid jinqatel jew jinqered.
- All birds of the infected quarantine facility or unit have to be killed and destroyed.
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:
- Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:
- U tela’ għas-sur, wisq imgħaddab,
u kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara,
u l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu
bl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-s-f-r
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
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- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
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