xita

Maltese

Root
x-t-w

Ix-xita

Etymology

From Arabic شِتَاء‎ (šitāʾ, “winter, rainy season, rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪ.ta/

Noun

xita f

1. rain
   • (Genesis 7:12, King James Version)

     U baqgħet nieżla x-xita fuq l-art għal erbgħin jum u erbgħin lejl.

     And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Related terms

• xitwa