قطوس

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Maghrebi Arabic (compare Tunisian Arabic قَطُّوس (qaṭṭūs), Maltese qattus), from a Berber language (cf. Awjila aqəṭṭùš (“cat”), Nefusa aqaṭṭus (“cat”), and Ghadames akaṭṭus (“cat”)), from Latin cattus (“cat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡatˤ.tˤuːs/

Noun

قطوس (gaṭṭūs) m (feminine قطوسة (gaṭṭūsa))

  1. cat
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