dagħbien
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Maltese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Arabic دَعَبَ (daʕaba, “to thrust, push”, and of wind or water “to be violent”). The sense “abyss” then probably from the violent currents at the bottom of a steep coast, transferred to the coast itself.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dagħbien m (plural dgħaben)