midra
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Maltese
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d-r-j |
3 terms |
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic مِذْرَاة (miḏrāh), مِذْرَى (miḏrā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]midra f (plural mdieri)
- winnowing fork or shovel
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 3:12:
- Il-midra qiegħda f’idu, biex iderri l-qiegħa tiegħu u jiġbor il-qamħ fil-maħżen, imma t-tiben jaħarqu b’nar li ma jintefiex.
- King James Version translation: His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.