żnied

Maltese

FWOTD – 18 September 2022
Root
ż-n-d
4 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /znɪːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːt
  • Homophone: żniet

Noun

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

  1. flint

Noun

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.
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