-ijiet

Maltese Etymology From mt ar ـِيَّات, feminine plural of the derivational suffix ar ـِيّ, whence mt -i. Natively used with nouns in mt -ija, then probably first extended to Sicilian borrowings in mt -i and finally also to consonant-final borrowings. Pronunciation mt /ɪˈjɪːt/ Suffix suffix a common plural suffix for nouns used with native nouns in -ija as well as some borrowings with this ending (most Romance words have -iji instead) mt tfittxija<t:search> tfittxijiet<t:searches> mt gawwija<t:seagull> gawwijiet<t:seagulls> used with borrowed nouns in -i or consonants as well as a small number of native nouns mt impressjoni<t:impression> impressjonijiet<t:impressions> mt patt<t:pact> pattijiet<t:pacts> mt sptar<t:hospital> sptarijiet<t:hospitals> mt omm<t:mother> ommijiet<t:mothers> Related terms mt -iet See also mt -ejn -i -in