Meaning of ittra | Babel Free

Definitions

1. letter (of the alphabet)
   feminine
2. letter (written message)
   feminine
3. academic title
   feminine
4. epistle (one of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle)
   feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“ittra majjuskla; ittra kbira; ittra kapitali ― capital letter”

“L-ittra Y ma tintużax fil-Malti.”

The letter Y is not used in Maltese.

“L-Istorja tal-ħajja jiktibha s-sħab kull jum fuq wiċċ l-għadajjar bl-ittri tad-dawl u d-dell...”

The story of life is written by the clouds each day on the face of the ponds with letters of light and shadow.

“[…] Eħxen u itqal milli ħsibtu. Niftħu u fuq l-ewwel paġna hemm stampat, b’ittri kbar: Fittixni, Jack Micallef. Inqalleb ftit il-paġni ta’ ġewwa u, b’sens ta’ delużjoni, ninduna li hu speċi ta’ manuskritt ta’ xi ktieb. Kliem u stejjer! Jaqq!”

[…] Thicker and heavier than I thought. I open it, and on the first page, printed in large letters, it says: Find Me, Jack Micallef. I flip through a few pages and feel a wave of disappointment when I realize it's some kind of manuscript for a book. Words and stories! Ugh!

“kaxxa tal-ittra ― letterbox”

“Ktibtilha ittra, imma ma weġbitx għaliha.”

I wrote her a letter, but she didn’t answer it.

“Tliet mitt ruħ Siman ġa tilef, għalhekk beda jaqta’ l-jies; dik l-ittra kompliet ġagħlitu biex tirtira jordna n-nies.”

Sinan had lost three hundred men, so he began to lose hope; the letter pushed him to order retreat.

“Kollox beda b’dik l-ittra twila u mimlija kliem bombastiku. Kliem, kliem u aktar kliem. Kienet waslet xi 7 xhur qabel, fil-bidu tas-sajf.”

Everything began with that long letter full of bombastic words. Words, words, and more words. It had arrived about seven months earlier, at the start of summer.

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