medda

Maltese
Root
m-d-d
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُدَّة‎ (mudda, “while, length of time”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛd.da/
  • Homophone: meddha

Noun

medda f (plural meded)

  1. a length, stretch (of time or space)
    F’medda ta’ għaxar snin kisret diversi rekords dinjin.
    Over a length of ten years she broke several world records.
    • 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 6:
      Sadattant, mal-medda tas-snin dan l-antagoniżmu anti-Semitiku baqa’ dejjem jiżdied, anki fost il-Ġermaniżi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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