mnieħer

Maltese

Root
n-ħ-r
3 terms

Alternative forms

• imnieħer (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)

Etymology

From Arabic مَناخِير (manāḵīr), plural of مِنْخار (minḵār, “nostril”), whence Maltese minħar. Arabic dialects have widely lost the word أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) and replaced it with this word (either the plural as in Maltese, or the singular).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ɪ)mˈnɪː.ħɛr/

Noun

mnieħer m (plural (rare ad-hoc formations) mneħrijiet or mniħrijiet)

1. (anatomy) nose

Inflection

Inflection of mnieħer

		singular		plural
		m	f
singular	1st person	mnieħri		mneħirna, mniħirna
	2nd person	mnieħrek		mneħirkom, mniħirkom
	3rd person	mnieħru	mneħirha, mniħirha	mneħirhom, mniħirhom

Noun

mnieħer

1. (archaic) plural of minħar (“nostril”)

   Synonym: (usual) mnifsejn