xita
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Maltese[edit]
Root |
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x-t-w |
4 terms |
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʾ, “winter, rainy season, rain”).
Noun[edit]
xita f
- rain
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, OCLC 923883657, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 7:12:
- U baqgħet nieżla x-xita fuq l-art għal erbgħin jum u erbgħin lejl.
- King James Version translation: And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
xita (imperfect jixti, past participle mixti)
- to rain