wiċċ

Maltese

Root
w-ġ-ħ
5 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪt͡ʃ/

Noun

wiċċ m (plural wċuħ)

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?

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   • 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)

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	wiċċi		wiċċna
2nd person	wiċċek		wiċċkom
3rd person	wiċċu	wiċċha	wiċċhom