spraġ

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Maltese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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In all likelihood from Arabic أَسْفَراج (ʔasfarāj), from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos). While the Maltese -p- may be due to influence by cognate Sicilian spàraciu, the -ra- strongly points to inheritance.

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Noun

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spraġ m (collective, singulative spraġa, paucal spraġiet)

  1. asparagus