gremxul
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Maltese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, suggested Arabic دَرَمَ (darama, “to run with short steps (said of a hare or hedgehog); to be thick and salient (said of houghs)”) + شَوِل (šawil), شَوْل (šawl, “agile, swift”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gremxul m (collective, singulative gremxula, paucal gremxuliet)
- lizards
- pipefish
- lizardfish
- Synonym: skalm
References
[edit]- Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, , →ISBN, page 364b