mibegħda

Maltese

Root
b-għ-d (hate)
3 terms

Etymology

Either inherited from rare Arabic مَبْغَضة (mabḡaḍa, “an object or cause of hatred”) or otherwise an independent formation from bagħad with the same measure. The underlying form is *mibgħda, where -e- was inserted to break up the inadmissible consonant cluster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈbɛː.da/
  • IPA^(key): /mɪˈbɛˤː.da/ (archaic)
  • IPA^(key): /mɪˈbɛɣ.da/ (archaic, rural)
• Rhymes: -ɛːda, -ɛˤːda, -ɛɣda

Noun

mibegħda f

1. hate, hatred

See also

• mbiegħda (not to be confused)