niexef

Maltese

Root
n-x-f
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَاشِف (nāšif).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪːʃɛf/

Adjective

niexef (feminine singular niexfa, plural nexfin or niexfa, diminutive nwejxef)

1. dry

   Synonym: xott

   Antonyms: mxarrab, umdu

   • Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:

     Fis-sajf il-għolja
     libset il-libsa skura
     tal-ħaxix niexef.

     In summer the hill
     put on the brown frock
     of the fried grass.

2. thin, emaciated
3. dumbfounded