wiċċ

Maltese

Root
w-ċ-ċ
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic وَجْه (wajh). Compare North Levantine Arabic وج (wijj), وش (wišš), وتش (witš) and Egyptian Arabic وِشّ (wišš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪt͡ʃ

Noun

wiċċ m (plural wċuħ, diminutive uċejjaħ)

1. (anatomy) face
   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?

     For example, have you ever noticed the perfect bilateral symmetry of a butterfly’s wings, a peacock’s tail, or at least the human face?

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     taħt it-tbissima
     falza ta’ wiċċi
     kien hemm in-niket
     u dwejjaq kbar
     u biża’ minnek.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Niftakar”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     Niftakar
     tal-qniepen il-mota ferrieħa,
     u l-Ave Maria ta’ Schubert
     taż-żahar il-fwieħa
     u l-għafsa ta’ driegħek ma’ driegħi,
     u l-ħeġġa ta’ wiċċek ħamrani,
     u l-mantar bajdani
     jitkaxkar mal-qiegħa
     tal-korsija:
     id-dija u d-dawl tal-parilja,
     il-ħsejjes taż-żwiemel għaddejja,
     

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflection of wiċċ

		singular		plural
		m	f
singular	1st person	wiċċi		wiċċna
	2nd person	wiċċek		wiċċkom
	3rd person	wiċċu	wiċċha	wiċċhom

Derived terms

• twiċċeċ
• twiċċiċ
• weċċa
• wiċċeċ
• wiċċieni