mnieħer

Maltese

Root
n-ħ-r
3 terms

Alternative forms

imnieħer (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)

Etymology

From Arabic مَناخِير (manāḵīr), plural of مِنْخار (minḵār, “nostril”), whence Maltese minħar. Arabic dialects have widely lost the word أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) and replaced it with this word (either the plural as in Maltese, or the singular).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ɪ)mˈnɪː.ħɛr/

Noun

mnieħer m (plural (rare ad-hoc formations) mneħrijiet or mniħrijiet)

(anatomy) nose

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	m	f	plural
1^st person	mnieħri		mneħirna, mniħirna
2^nd person	mnieħrek		mneħirkom, mniħirkom
3^rd person	mnieħru	mneħirha, mniħirha	mneħirhom, mniħirhom

Noun

mnieħer

(archaic) plural of minħar (“nostril”)
Synonym: (usual) mnifsejn

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