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Meaning of dgħajsa | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
ˈdaːj.sa

Definitions

  1. boat
    feminine
  2. Equivalent to 'boat': A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard...

Equivalents

English boat

Examples

“Hekk ukoll, meta kienu qegħdin jinqerdu l-ġganti l-kbar, fuq dgħajsa skansat it-tama tad-dinja u, immexxija minn idek, ħalliet lid-dinja żerriegħa ta’ nisel ġdid.”

King James Version translation: For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.

“Bniedem għaqli ma jobgħodx il-Liġi, u min juri wiċċ b’ieħor fil-ħarsien tagħha qisu dgħajsa fil-maltemp.”

King James Version translation: A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.

“Minnufih telqu d-dgħajsa u lil missierhom, u marru warajh.”

New International Version translation: and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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