gremxul

Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown, suggested Arabic دَرَمَ (darama, “to run with short steps (said of a hare or hedgehog); to be thick and salient (said of houghs)”) + شَوِل (šawil), شَوْل (šawl, “agile, swift”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrɛmˈʃuːl/

Noun

gremxul m (collective, singulative gremxula, paucal gremxuliet)

  1. lizards
    Synonym: dirbi (dorbi)
    gremxula griża ― female lizard
    gremxula ħadra ― male lizard
  2. pipefish
    1. greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)
      Synonym: gremxul tal-baħar
    2. straightnose pipefish (Nerophis ophidion)
    3. broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)
  3. lizardfish
    Synonym: skalm

References
  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 364b
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