bettieħ
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Maltese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic بِطِّيخ (biṭṭīḵ). The etymologically more justified (and prescriptively preferred) spelling bettiħ is very rare in practice since the word is treated as belonging to the common measure C-e-CC-ie-C. (The phonemes /iː/ and /ɪː/ are merged before /ħ/ and /ʔ/.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bettieħ m (collective, singulative bettieħa, plural btietaħ, paucal bettiħat or bettiħiet)