assassí

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين(ḥaššāšīn, hashish users) or أَسَاسِيُّون(ʔasāsiyyūn), attested from 1284.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

assassí (feminine assassina, masculine plural assassins, feminine plural assassines)

  1. murderous
  2. fatal

Noun[edit]

assassí m (plural assassins, feminine assassina)

  1. assassin
  2. murderer, killer

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ assassí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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