pizza

Borrowed from Sicilian pizza and/or Italian pizza. Further origin uncertain.


re

Borrowed from Sicilian re and/or Italian re, from Latin rēx.


rand

Laurus nobilis
Laurus nobilis#Translingual


birra

Borrowed from Italian birra, from Old High German bior, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą, of uncertain origin.


Abraham

Borrowed from Italian Abramo, from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām). The insertion of the mute -h- in the spelling directly after the Hebrew form; compare Għesaw (“Esau”).

der

Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām)

(chiefly biblical) Abraham (male personal name)


Koran

Borrowed from Italian Corano, from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). Related with inherited Maltese qara (“to read”). The inherited form would have been *qran.


baħri

mt-adjective

baħri (feminine singular baħrija, plural baħrin)

baħrija (feminine singular)
baħrin (plural)

From Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy). By surface analysis, baħar + -i.


torri

Borrowed from Sicilian turri and/or Italian torre, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).


żiemel

mt-noun

żiemel m (plural żwiemel, feminine debba, diminutive żwejmel)

żwiemel (plural)
debba (feminine)
żwejmel (diminutive)

From Arabic زَامِل (zāmil, “horse or wild ass”), related to زَامِلَة (zāmila, “(she-)camel used to carrying something”).


Indri

Borrowed from Sicilian Andrìa, from Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). It being an early borrowing, the initial vowel underwent regular imala. Otherwise one would expect Indrija. It may be conjectured that the -a was deleted in order to avoid the feminine-sounding ending and the stress then shifted to the first syllable according to the stress system of older Maltese.

(also biblical) a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Andrew


kannella

From Italian cannella or a Sicilian equivalent.


reġina

From Italian regina and/or Sicilian rigina, riggina, both from Latin rēgīna. If originally borrowed from Sicilian, the form would have been later influenced by either the masculine re (“king”) or the Italian form.


fotografu

mt-noun

fotografu m (plural fotografi, feminine fotografa)


furnar

furnar m (plural furnara, feminine furnara)

Borrowed from Sicilian furnaru, from Latin furnārius.


kimiku

kimiku m (plural kimiċi, feminine kimika)


Għanja tal-Għanjiet

l- Għanja tal-Għanjiet (canonical feminine)

Calque of Latin Canticum Canticorum, itself of Ancient Greek ᾎσμα τῶν ᾈσμάτων (Âisma tôn Āismátōn), itself of Hebrew שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (šīr haš-šīrīm).

der

ᾎσμα τῶν ᾈσμάτων

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים

šīr haš-šīrīm

(biblical) Canticles, Song of Songs, Song of Solomon


Marija

Borrowed from Sicilian Marìa, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (Maryām).

(also biblical) a female given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Aramaic], equivalent to English Mary


sahra

From Arabic سَهْرَة (sahra, “instance of waking the night”).

inh

Fir-raba’ sahra tal-lejl mar lejn in-naħa tagħhom miexi fuq il-baħar.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 14:25:

New International Version translation: Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.

(historical, biblical) watch; watch of the night (one of four divisions of the night in Antiquity)


gambetta

Borrowed from Italian gambetto. Doublet of gambit.

Alternative form: gambit


ekonomista

mt-noun

ekonomista m or f by sense (plural ekonomisti)


spiżjar

spiżjar m (plural spiżjari, feminine spiżjara)


librerija

Borrowed from Italian libreria (“bookshop; private library”), perhaps influenced semantically by English library.

bor+

Benna baqra għaqlija, kotba qrat fuq mija.
 U l-ħolma tagħha hija li taħdem ġo librerija.

2015, Michael Piscopo (lyrics and music), “Benna l-Baqra”performed by Phyllisienne Brincat and her Children’s Choir:

Benna is a clever cow, she’s read over a hundred books.
 And her dream is to work in a library.

library (book collection, whether private or accessible to the public)


orjentazzjoni sesswali

mt-noun

orjentazzjoni sesswali f (plural orjentazzjonijiet sesswali)


butir

Borrowed from Sicilian butiru, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).


ġelat

Borrowed from Italian gelato, from Latin gelātus.


astronomu

astronomu m (plural astronomi, feminine astronoma)


laħam

laħma (singulative)
laħmijiet (plural)
lħum (plural)
lħumijiet (plural)


nbid

Huma jieklu ħobż il-ħażen, u jixorbu nbid il-vjolenza.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-proverbji 4:17:

New International Version translation: They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Jagħtik Alla min-nida tas-smewwiet, u mill-frott tal-art, kotra ta’ qamħ u nbid.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 27:28:

New International Version translation: May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine.

U jagħmel il-Mulej tal-eżerċti għall-popli kollha fuq din il-muntanja, mejda b’ikel fin, mejda bi nbejjed ħelwa, b’laħam imsemmen bil-mudullun, u nbejjed fini.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Isaija 25:6:

New International Version translation: On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.


isqof

From Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). One of the specifically Christian words in Maltese that were inherited from Arabic, suggesting that there were Arabic-speaking Christians in Malta during the Islamic reign. Otherwise, the words must have been brought in by missionaries during the re-Christianisation process. These missionaries would probably have been Sicilians who had learnt Arabic, though it is also imaginable that some of them were brought in from Christian communities on the Arabic-speaking mainland.


kartun

(comics) cartoon (humorous drawing or strip)


professur

professur m (plural professuri, feminine professoressa)

professuri (plural)
professoressa (feminine)

Borrowed from Italian professore, from Latin professor.


biċċa

biċċa f (dual biċċtejn, plural bċejjeċ or biċċiet or bċieċ, diminutive bċejċa)

biċċtejn (dual)
bċejjeċ (plural)
biċċiet (plural)
bċieċ (plural)
bċejċa (diminutive)

Ultimately from Late Latin pettia, probably from Sicilian pezza or a variant of it.

(chess) piece (chess: figure other than pawn; similar counter in other games)


nisel lifgħat

From nisel + lifgħat, a calque of Ancient Greek γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν (gennḗmata ekhidnôn).

calque

γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν

Ja sriep u nisel il-lifgħat, kif se taħarbu mill-kundanna ta’ l-infern?

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 23:33:

King James Version translation: Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

generation of vipers
generation of vipers

John the Baptist
John the Baptist#English

(biblical) brood of vipers; generation of vipers; address used by Jesus for the Pharisees and Sadducees (three times in Matthew), and by John the Baptist for the unregerate Jews (Luke 3:7)


Xmun

From Sicilian Simuni, from Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn).

der

Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn)

(also biblical) a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Simon


Ġakbu

From Italian Giacobo or Sicilian *Giacubu (variants of Giacomo and Giacumu respectively), from Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ).

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)

(also biblical) a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English James


Għesaw

Borrowed from Italian Esaù, from Latin Esau, from Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw). The għ was added to the spelling etymologically after the Hebrew form.

Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw)


Ġakobb

Borrowed from Italian Giacobbe, from Latin Iacob, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ).

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)

(also biblical) a male given name from Italian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Jacob


furketta

Borrowed from Sicilian furchetta, diminutive of furca, from Latin furca.


qartas

mt-verb

qartas (imperfect jqartas, past participle mqartas)

jqartas (imperfect)
mqartas (participle past)
qartast (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qartast (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qartas (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qartasna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
qartastu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qartsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qartast (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qartast (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qartset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qartasna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
qartastu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qartsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqartas (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqartas (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqartas (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqartsu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tqartsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqartsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqartas (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqartas (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqartas (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqartsu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tqartsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqartsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qartas (imperative second-person singular)
qartsu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), قُرْطَاس (qurṭās, “paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Doublet of karta (“paper in general, writing paper”).


siegħ

From Arabic صَاع (ṣāʕ). As usual, the emphatic ṣ- was dissimilated against the final pharyngeal.

Anqas ma jixegħlu l-musbieħ u jqegħduh taħt is-siegħ, iżda fuq l-imnara, u hekk idawwal lil kull min ikun fid-dar.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 5:15:

King James Version translation: Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shines unto all that are in the house.

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, equivalent to 6 kejla, that is officially 111 imperial cubic inches (1.818 L).

(also biblical) a vessel of such measure, a bushel


ħarrub

ħarruba (singulative)
ħarrubiet (paucal)

Ceratonia siliqua
Ceratonia siliqua#Translingual

carob (fruit and tree of Ceratonia siliqua L.)


baħħar

mt-noun

baħħar m (plural baħħara, feminine baħħara)

Occupational noun from Arabic بَحَّار (baḥḥār).


ravjul

ravjula (singulative)
ravjuliet (paucal)


filosfu

Borrowed from Sicilian filòsufu and/or Italian filosofo, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).

Sokrate huwa meqjus wieħed mill-akbar filosfi ta’ kull żmien.

Socrates is considered one of the greatest philosophers of all time.


brijoxx

brijoxxa (singulative)
brijoxxi (plural)


Stiefnu

Borrowed from Sicilian Stefanu, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos). Being an early borrowing, the word shows the regular phonetic development, i.e. loss of internal unstressed vowels and raising of the imala vowel.

(biblical) Stephan (saint and first Christian martyr)


żerriegħ

żerriegħ m (plural żerriegħin, feminine żerriegħa)

żerriegħin (plural)
żerriegħa (feminine)


ċivilista

ċivilista m or f by sense (plural ċivilisti)


Iżakk

Borrowed from Italian Isacco, from Latin Isaac, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”). Doublet of jidħak.


xellef

mt-verb

xellef (imperfect jxellef, past participle mxellef, verbal noun tixlif)

jxellef (imperfect)
mxellef (participle past)
tixlif (noun-from-verb)
xellift (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xellift (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xellef (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xellifna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
xelliftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xellfu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xellift (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xellift (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xellfet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xellifna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
xelliftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xellfu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxellef (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxellef (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxellef (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxellfu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
xxellfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxellfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxellef (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxellef (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxellef (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxellfu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
xxellfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxellfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xellef (imperative second-person singular)
xellfu (imperative plural second-person)

Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare North Levantine Arabic شلف (šalaf, “to throw”). The football sense is a calque of English chip.

cog

(soccer) to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)


maqrut

From dialectal Arabic مَقْرُوط (maqrūṭ), from مَقْرُوض (maqrūḍ).


qubbajt

→ Sicilian: cubbàita, cupeta

→ Italian: cubbaita


elettriċista

mt-noun

elettriċista m or f by sense (plural elettriċisti)


fgura

fgura f (plural fgajjar, diminutive fgajra)


ffissa

mt-verb

ffissa (imperfect jiffissa, past participle ffissat or fissat, verbal noun ffissar or fissar)

jiffissa (imperfect)
ffissat (participle past)
fissat (participle past)
ffissar (noun-from-verb)
fissar (noun-from-verb)
ffissajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ffissajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ffissa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ffissajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ffissajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ffissaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ffissajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ffissajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ffissat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ffissajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ffissajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ffissaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niffissa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiffissa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiffissa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niffissaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiffissaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiffissaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niffissa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiffissa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiffissa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niffissaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiffissaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiffissaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ffissa (imperative second-person singular)
ffissaw (imperative plural second-person)

(photography) to fix (render a photographic impression)


sfoka

sfoka (imperfect jisfoka, past participle sfokat or sfukat, verbal noun sfokar or sfukar)

jisfoka (imperfect)
sfokat (participle past)
sfukat (participle past)
sfokar (noun-from-verb)
sfukar (noun-from-verb)
sfokajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sfokajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sfoka (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sfokajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sfokajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sfokaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sfokajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sfokajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sfokat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sfokajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sfokajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sfokaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisfoka (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisfoka (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisfoka (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisfokaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisfokaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisfokaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisfoka (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisfoka (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisfoka (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisfokaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisfokaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisfokaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sfoka (imperative second-person singular)
sfokaw (imperative plural second-person)
sfukajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sfukajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sfoka (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sfukajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sfukajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sfukaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sfukajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sfukajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sfukat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sfukajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sfukajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sfukaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisfoka (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisfoka (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisfoka (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisfukaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisfukaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisfukaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisfoka (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisfoka (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisfoka (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisfukaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisfukaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisfukaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sfoka (imperative second-person singular)
sfukaw (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Italian sfocare and/or Sicilian [Term?].


sessologu

mt-noun

sessologu m (plural sessologi, feminine sessologa)


fdewxa

fdewxa f (plural fdewwex, paucal fdewxiet)

Dialectal Arabic فِدَاوِش (fidāwiš, “noodles”), which may be from Italian fettuccia (“band, ribbon”)

a type of Maltese pasta similar to tagliatelle


skakkumattu

Borrowed from Italian scacco matto. Doublet of ċekkmejt.


kwadratura

(photography, film) shot (photography: single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures)


ċoff

Borrowed from Sicilian ciuffu and/or Italian ciuffo.


sismologu

sismologu m (plural sismologi, feminine sismologa)


astrologu

astrologu m (plural astrologi, feminine astrologa)


vvela

mt-verb

vvela (imperfect jivvela, past participle vvelat, verbal noun vvelar)

jivvela (imperfect)
vvelat (participle past)
vvelar (noun-from-verb)
vvelajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
vvelajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
vvela (masculine perfect singular third-person)
vvelajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
vvelajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
vvelaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
vvelajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
vvelajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
vvelat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
vvelajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
vvelajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
vvelaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nivvela (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tivvela (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jivvela (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nivvelaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tivvelaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jivvelaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nivvela (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tivvela (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tivvela (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nivvelaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tivvelaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jivvelaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
vvela (imperative second-person singular)
vvelaw (imperative plural second-person)


bballottra

bballottra (imperfect jibballottra, past participle bballottrat, verbal noun bballottrar)

jibballottra (imperfect)
bballottrat (participle past)
bballottrar (noun-from-verb)
bballottrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bballottrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bballottra (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bballottrajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bballottrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bballottraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bballottrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bballottrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bballottrat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bballottrajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bballottrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bballottraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nibballottra (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibballottra (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jibballottra (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nibballottraw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tibballottraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jibballottraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nibballottra (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibballottra (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tibballottra (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nibballottraw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tibballottraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jibballottraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bballottra (imperative second-person singular)
bballottraw (imperative plural second-person)

(card games) to restrain from playing a better card for a later strategy


bazzika

(card games) a Maltese variant of bezique


ċekmejt

(chess) Alternative form of ċekkmejt: checkmate (said when making the conclusive move in chess)


ċekk

(chess) check (chess: when the king is directly threatened by an enemy piece)


ċekkmejt

Borrowed from English checkmate. Doublet of skakkumattu.

(chess) checkmate (said when making the conclusive move in chess)


ċċekkja

ċċekkja (imperfect jiċċekkja, past participle ċċekkjat, verbal noun ċċekkjar)

jiċċekkja (imperfect)
ċċekkjat (participle past)
ċċekkjar (noun-from-verb)
ċċekkjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ċċekkjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ċċekkja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ċċekkjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ċċekkjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ċċekkjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ċċekkjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ċċekkjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ċċekkjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ċċekkjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ċċekkjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ċċekkjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niċċekkja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiċċekkja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiċċekkja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niċċekkjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiċċekkjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiċċekkjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niċċekkja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiċċekkja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiċċekkja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niċċekkjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiċċekkjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiċċekkjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ċċekkja (imperative second-person singular)
ċċekkjaw (imperative plural second-person)

(chess) to check (chess: to make a move which puts an adversary's king in check)


ċċikkja

ċċikkja (imperfect jiċċikkja, past participle ċċikkjat, verbal noun ċċikkjar)

jiċċikkja (imperfect)
ċċikkjat (participle past)
ċċikkjar (noun-from-verb)
ċċikkjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ċċikkjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ċċikkja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ċċikkjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ċċikkjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ċċikkjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ċċikkjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ċċikkjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ċċikkjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ċċikkjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ċċikkjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ċċikkjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niċċikkja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiċċikkja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiċċikkja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niċċikkjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiċċikkjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiċċikkjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niċċikkja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiċċikkja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiċċikkja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niċċikkjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiċċikkjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiċċikkjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ċċikkja (imperative second-person singular)
ċċikkjaw (imperative plural second-person)

(chess) Alternative form of ċċekkja: to check (chess: to make a move which puts an adversary's king in check)


dinier

mt-noun

dinier m (plural dwiener, diminutive dwejner)

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār). Aquilina suggests a derivation from Sicilian dinaru but it is unlikely because of the plural dwiener.


zikketta

(children's games) a Maltese children's game played with beads or nuts