قطوس

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Maghrebi Arabic (compare Tunisian Arabic قَطُّوس (qaṭṭūs), Maltese qattus), from a Berber language, probably from Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡatˤ.tˤuːs/

Noun

قطوس (gaṭṭūsm (feminine قطوسة (gaṭṭūsa))

  1. cat