Lhudi

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy, “Jew, Jewish”). The definite form اَلْيَهُودِيّ (al-yahūdiyy) underwent assimilation -ly- → -ll- (compare illum from il-jum), whence a new basic form *lahūdī, *lhūdī by backformation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː.dɪ/

Noun

Lhudi m (plural Lhud, feminine Lhudija)

1. Jew (an adherent of Judaism or a person who claims a tribal or ancestral connection to the Jewish people)

Proper noun

l-Lhudi m

1. the Hebrew language

Adjective

Lhudi (feminine singular Lhudija, plural Lhudin)

1. Jewish

See also

• Ġudaiżmu