mewt

Maltese
Root
m-w-t
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْت‎ (mawt). The plural mwiet is originally that of the adjective mejjet (“dead”). It is still used as such in the set phrase qam minn bejn l-imwiet (“to rise from the dead”). The feminine gender probably through influence by Sicilian morti, Italian morte, both from Latin mors f; perhaps reinforced by analogy with the antonym ħajja (“life”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛwt/

Noun

mewt f (collective, singulative mewta, plural mwiet, paucal mewtiet)

  1. death

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْت‎ (mawt).

Noun

mewt f

  1. death
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