musrana

From Arabic مُصْرَان (muṣrān). Compare Tunisian Arabic مصرانة (muṣrāna), Moroccan Arabic مصران (maṣrān, muṣrān), مصرانة (maṣrāna, muṣrāna).

• IPA^(key): /musˈraː.na/

musrana f (plural msaren, paucal musraniet)

1. (anatomy) intestine, bowel

   musrana għamja ― appendix (literally, “blind intestine”)

   musrana rqiqa ― small intestine (literally, “thin intestine”)

   musrana ħoxna ― large intestine (literally, “thick intestine”)

   musrana sajma ― jejunum (literally, “fasting intestine”)

   musrana wieqfa ― rectum (literally, “standing intestine”)

   musrana dritta ― rectum (literally, “straight intestine”)

   musrana rieqda ― transverse colon (literally, “sleeping intestine”)

   musrana barranija

   a person who is entirely unrelated by blood or family ties; a complete outsider

   (literally, “foreign intestine”)

   musrana tat-tnax ― garbage (literally, “intestine of twelve”)

   msaren tal-ħut ― garbage (literally, “intestines of fish”)

   msarnu f’saqajh ― terrified (literally, “his intestines in his legs”)

   qatta’ msaren ― to worry to death (literally, “to cut intestines”)

   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Ommi kienet tirrakkonta li huma u għaddejjin minn quddiem Kreta, li kienet għadha taħt idejn in-Nażi, kulħadd niżlulu msarnu f’saqajh hekk kif minn fuqhom għadda jittajjar ajruplan Ġermaniż tat-tiftix.

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   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Imma niftakar li waqt il-ħin barrani konna qattajna msarna, […]

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2. (in the plural) diarrhea

   b’imsarnu ― suffering from diarrhea

   għamel imsarnu ― to suffer from diarrhea

   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Darba kienu tawna l-lampuki u xi ħadd qal li sab xi tnejn għadhom bl-imsaren.

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