msiba

Maltese

Root
s-j-b
11 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ɪ)mˈsiː.ba/

Noun

msiba f (plural msejjeb)

  1. discovery, invention

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُصِيبَة (muṣība).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

msiba class III (plural misiba class IV)

  1. misfortune, disaster, catastrophe
  2. bereavement, sorrow

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 183 Nr. 1627
  2. ^ Krumm, Bernhard (1932) Wörter und Wortformen orientalischen Ursprungs im Suaheli‎[1] (in German), Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., →DOI, →ISBN, pages 51-52
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