żnied

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Maltese

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Root
ż-n-d
4 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic زِنَاد (zinād), originally plural of زَنْد (zand), but also used interchangeably.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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żnied m (collective, singulative żnieda or żnada, plural żinda or iżinda, paucal żnidiet)

  1. flint

Noun

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żnied m

  1. one's own invention
    Synonym: minn moħħ
    • 2017 August 21, “Il-kumment tal-Isqof dwar id-droga fil-festi mhux sostanzjata – Għaqda Każini tal-Banda”, in TVM[1]:
      Monsinjur Grech min-naħa tiegħu insista li dak li qal fl-Omelija f’nhar Santa Marija ma kienx minn żniedu.
      Monsignor Grech for his part insisted that what he said during the homily on Assumption Day was not of his own invention.