uġigħ
Maltese
Alternative forms
- wġigħ (sometimes after vowels, but u is mostly considered part of the stem)
- uġiegħ, wġiegħ (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Arabic وَجِيع (wajīʕ, “painful”) and/or Arabic أَوْجاع (ʔawjāʕ), plural of وَجَع (wajaʕ, “pain”). Both forms would have merged phonetically in Maltese.
Pronunciation
Noun
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