niket

Maltese

Root
n-k-t
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَكْد (nakd) with generalisation of final devoicing throughout the root.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɪ.kɛt/

Noun

niket m

  1. sorrow, sadness, grief
    Synonym: hemm
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:
      taħt it-tbissima
      falza ta’ wiċċi
      kien hemm in-niket
      u dwejjaq kbar
      u biża’ minnek.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

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