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Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic يَد (yad, “authority”, literally “hand”). Compare Latin manus, which may have influenced the semantic development. Doublet of id (“hand”), which continues the common dialectal Arabic form, while jedd was a more formal word that appeared in the classical shape.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jedd m (plural jeddijiet)
- a right, entitlement
- Synonym: (commoner) dritt
Tarifit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic جد (jadd, “grandfather”)
Noun[edit]
jedd m (Tifinagh spelling ⵊⴻⴷⴷ, plural rejdud, feminine jida)
- grandfather
- jeddi ― my grandfather
- jedds ― his grandfather
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