ħaġar

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Maltese

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Root
ħ-ġ-r
5 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar, stone), which was reinterpreted as collective. Compare Moroccan Arabic حجر (ḥjar, stones), حجرة (ḥajra, a stone).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ħaġar m (collective, singulative ħaġra, plural ħġar or ħġur or eħġar, paucal ħaġriet)

  1. stones
    Synonym: ġebel
    • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Imħallfin 9:18:
      Intom illum qomtu kontra dar missieri u qtiltu lil uliedu - sebgħin wieħed fuq ħaġra waħda - u għamiltu lil Abimelek, bin il-konkubina tiegħu, fuq in-nies ta’ Sikem, għax hu ħukom.
      New International Version translation: But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.