qattus

Maltese

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Maghrebi Arabic (compare Tunisian Arabic ⁧قَطُّوس⁩ (qaṭṭūs), Libyan Arabic ⁧قَطُّوس⁩ (gaṭṭūs)), from a Berber language, probably from Latin cattus (compare Maltese fellus, a Berber word from Latin pullus, though there are apparently Nubian words for cat that might also explain the -s in qattus).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔatˈtuːs/
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Noun

qattus m (plural qtates, feminine qattusa, diminutive qtajtes)

  1. cat (male, domestic species)
  2. Euphemistic form of qaddis: one's way of thinking

See also
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