żrinġ

See also: zrinġ

Maltese

Etymology

From a Maghrebi Arabic form akin to Moroccan Arabic جْرَانَة‎ (žrāna), from a Berber language; compare Kabyle ajṛun. Possibly from an alteration of Latin rāna with initial g- imitating the croaking sound of a frog, as in Catalan granota and French grenouille.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zrɪntʃ/

Noun

żrinġ m (plural żrinġijiet)

  1. frog
    • (Exodus 8:7, KJV)
      U s-saħħara bis-sħarijiet tagħhom tellgħu huma wkoll iż-żrinġijiet għal fuq l-art ta' l-Eġittu.
      And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
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