mbiegħed

Maltese

Root
b-għ-d (distance)
4 terms

Alternative forms

imbiegħed (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)

Etymology

From Arabic مُبَاعَد (mubāʕad). Past participle of biegħed (“to remove”). Compare Moroccan Arabic مباعد (mbāʕad, mbāʕid).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ɪ)mˈbɪː.jɛt/, /(ɪ)mˈbɪː.jat/
IPA^(key): /(ɪ)mˈbɪː.əˤt/ (archaic)
Rhymes: -ɪːjɛt, -ɪːjat, -ɪːəˤt

Adjective

mbiegħed (feminine singular mbiegħda, plural mbiegħda or mbegħdin)

far, far away, distant, remote
Synonym: (dated) bgħid

pajjiżi mbiegħda
far-away countries
(figuratively) alienated, estranged
Huwa mbiegħed minn Alla.
He is far from God.

See also

mibegħda (not to be confused)

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