gremxul

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Maltese

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Etymology

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Unknown, suggested Arabic دَرَمَ (darama, to run with short steps (said of a hare or hedgehog); to be thick and salient (said of houghs)) + شَوِل (šawil), شَوْل (šawl, agile, swift).

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Noun

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gremxul m (collective, singulative gremxula, paucal gremxuliet)

  1. lizards
    Synonym: dirbi (dorbi)
    gremxula griżafemale lizard
    gremxula ħadramale lizard
    • 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. pipefish
    1. greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)
      Synonym: gremxul tal-baħar
    2. straightnose pipefish (Nerophis ophidion)
    3. broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)
  3. lizardfish
    Synonym: skalm

References

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  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 364b