għagħa

== Maltese == === Etymology === From Arabic غَاغَة (ḡāḡa, “mob, crowd”). The word is an extreme example of how the loss/vowelisation of għ has weakened the phonetic shapes of many words in Maltese. One might think that għagħa would subsequently have come out of use, but it remains common. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaː/ IPA(key): /ˈaˤː/ (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈɣaː.ɣa/ (archaic, rustic) Rhymes: -aː, -aːɣa, -aˤː === Noun === għagħa m or f upheaval, tumult ==== Usage notes ==== Originally and still often feminine, but because of the now monosyllabic pronunciation it may also be construed as a masculine. === Verb === għagħa (imperfect jgħagħi) (obsolete) to breathe heavily ==== Conjugation ====