masfa

Maltese

Root
s-f-j
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَصْفَى (maṣfā, literally “place of purification”), a calque of Latin purgatorium, whence also the modern word. Arabic-speaking Catholics use مَطْهَر (maṭhar), an equivalent formation from a synonymous root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas.fa/

Noun

masfa m (plural msafa or masfiet)

1. (Roman Catholicism, archaic) purgatory

   Synonyms: purgatorju, (obsolete) saffajja