driegħ

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Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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driegħ m (dual dirgħajn, plural dirgħajn or idirgħa, diminutive drejjagħ)

  1. (anatomy) arm
    • 2023, Nathan Anthony Pace, dbilt qabel kbirt, →ISBN, page 9:
      Xejn ma baqa’ mill-biża’ f’għajnejk u xejn ma baqa’ mir-reżistenza f’dirgħajk.
      Nothing remained of the fear in your eyes and nothing remained of the resistance in your arms.
  2. (figuratively) power

Inflection

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    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person driegħi driegħna
2nd person driegħek driegħkom
3rd person driegħu driegħha driegħhom