weraq

Maltese

Root
w-r-q
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَق (waraq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ.raʔ/

Noun

weraq m (collective, singulative werqa, dual werqtejn, paucal werqat or werqiet)

1. leaves
   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
     bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
     il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
     u rix mitbiela,

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