qdusija

Maltese

Root
q-d-s
11 terms

Etymology

Derived from qaddis (“holy”) with the common measure for abstract nouns, perhaps as an alteration of Arabic قُدْسِيّة (qudsiyya), which would have yielded Maltese *qudsija or *qodsija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔduˈsiːja/

Noun

qdusija f (plural qdusijiet)

1. holiness

   Synonym: qodos