Where does “beżżiegħi” come from?

beżżiegħi (Maltese) comes from Maltese -i, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

beżżiegħi (Maltese): cowardly, timorous, fearful

Definitions

  1. cowardly, timorous, fearful

Ancestry of “beżżiegħi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltese-ia derivational suffix, chiefly creating...
2Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
Every word from Arabic ـِيّ →Every word from Maltese -i →