faqqiegħ

Maltese

Root
f-q-għ
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فُقّاع (fuqqāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʔˈʔɪːħ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪːħ

Noun

faqqiegħ m (collective, singulative faqqiegħa, plural faqqigħat)

1. mushroom, mushrooms (several or a mass of them; the species as such)

   Synonym: fungi

   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

     u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
     u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
     bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
     ngħix ħajja waħdi.

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