biżżejjed
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Maltese
[edit]| Root |
|---|
| ż-j-d |
| 7 terms |
Alternative forms
[edit]- biż-żejjed (superseded)
Etymology
[edit]From underlying Arabic بِالزَّائِدِ (bi-z-zāʔidi), from زَائِد (zāʔid, “extra, surplus”), thus originally “more than enough”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]biżżejjed
- enough, sufficiently
- 2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 19:
- “Għomt biżżejjed. Fil-fatt kont qed nixxemmex ftit bil-ħsieb li wara mmur lura lejn id-dar”, weġibtu; u dikment qomt minfejn kont u ħejjejt ruħi biex nilbes.
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