delu

mt-noun

delu m (plural idilwa or delijiet or dliewa or dliewi)

idilwa (plural)
delijiet (plural)
dliewa (plural)
dliewi (plural)


musmar

From Arabic مِسْمَار (mismār). Compare Moroccan Arabic مسمار (musmār).

(masonry) header (brick that is laid sideways)


kesa

mt-verb

kesa (imperfect jiksi, past participle miksi, verbal noun kisi)

jiksi (imperfect)
miksi (participle past)
kisi (noun-from-verb)
ksejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ksejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kesa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ksejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ksejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ksew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ksejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ksejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ksiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ksejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ksejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ksew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niksi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiksi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiksi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niksu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiksu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiksu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niksi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiksi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiksi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niksu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiksu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiksu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iksi (imperative second-person singular)
iksu (imperative plural second-person)


borża

mt-noun

borża f (plural boroż, diminutive borżetta)


martell

martell m (plural mrietel, diminutive mrejtel)

Borrowed from Italian martello or from an older variant of Sicilian marteddu, both from Late Latin martellus.

Raġel armat b’martell attakka u darab lil talanqas 20 tfal fi skola primarja ta’ Beijing qabel spiċċa arrestat mill-pulizija.

2019, Richard Cassar, “Iċ-Ċina: Tfal midruba minn raġel armat b’martell”, in Net News:

A man armed with a hammer attacked and wounded at least 20 children in a primary school in Beijing before ending up being arrested by police.


deheb

deheb m (plural dehbijiet or dhub or dhubiet or dhubijiet)

dehbijiet (plural)
dhub (plural)
dhubiet (plural)
dhubijiet (plural)


qoffa

qoffa f (dual qofftejn, plural qofof or qfief, paucal qoffiet, diminutive qfejfa or qoffina)

qofftejn (dual)
qofof (plural)
qfief (plural)
qoffiet (paucal)
qfejfa (diminutive)
qoffina (diminutive)


tebut

U Ġużeppi miet ta’ mija u għaxar snin; ibbalzmawh u qegħduh f’tebut l-Eġittu.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 50:26:

New International Version translation: So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.


dgħajsa

→ English: dghaisa

Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic دغيسة (dḡīsa, “lightship”). Apparently a diminutive form.

cog

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.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Għerf 14:6:

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.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Għerf ta' Ġesú Bin Sirak 33:2:

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.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 4:22:

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


sikkina

mt-noun

sikkina f (plural skieken, diminutive skejkna)

From Arabic سِكِّينَة (sikkīna), alternative form of سِكِّين (sikkīn).

U nissaħħar nisma’ dak it-tvenvin xħin tibda tiddwella mas-sikkina bil-ħila u l-ħeffa tal-aqwa gwerrier.

2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:


sellum

From a variant of Arabic سُلَّم (sullam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic سلوم (sallūm).


senduq

senduq m (plural sniedaq, diminutive snejdaq)

Jekk jitqiegħdu fuq il-gverta, għandhom jingħalqu ġo kabinett jew senduq.

If placed on deck, they must be enclosed in a cabinet or chest.


luzzu

→ English: luzzu

Borrowed from Sicilian guzzu, from Italian guzzo.


mgħażqa

imgħażqa

optionally after a consonant, but almost always after the article


kuċċarina

From a diminutive of Sicilian cucciara, cucchiara, from Latin cochlearium, ultimately from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlíās, “snail”).


milgħaqa

From Arabic مِلْعَقة (milʕaqa, “spoon”, literally “licking tool”).
A more etymological spelling would be milagħqa, because the underlying form is *milgħqa, where -a- was inserted to break up the inadmissible consonant cluster (as similarly in mibegħda). The spelling milgħaqa implies an Arabic *مِلْعاقة (*milʕāqa). However, Maltese does not apply the etymological principle slavishly.


ddawnlowdja

mt-verb

ddawnlowdja (imperfect jiddawnlowdja, past participle ddawnlowdjat, verbal noun ddawnlowdjar)

jiddawnlowdja (imperfect)
ddawnlowdjat (participle past)
ddawnlowdjar (noun-from-verb)
ddawnlowdjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddawnlowdjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddawnlowdja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddawnlowdjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ddawnlowdjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddawnlowdjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddawnlowdjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddawnlowdjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddawnlowdjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddawnlowdjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ddawnlowdjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddawnlowdjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddawnlowdja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddawnlowdja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddawnlowdja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddawnlowdjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiddawnlowdjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddawnlowdjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddawnlowdja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddawnlowdja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddawnlowdja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddawnlowdjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiddawnlowdjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddawnlowdjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddawnlowdja (imperative second-person singular)
ddawnlowdjaw (imperative plural second-person)


furketta

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


katina

mt-noun

katina f (plural ktajjen or katini, diminutive ktajna)

ktajjen (plural)
katini (plural)
ktajna (diminutive)

Borrowed from Sicilian catina, from Latin catēna. Cognate with English chain.


skaner

(computing) scanner (device which scans documents)


ġewlaq

ġewlaq m (plural ġwielaq, diminutive ġwejlaq)

From Arabic جَوْلَق (jawlaq, “kind of sack or bag”), alteration of جُوَالَق (juwālaq), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/guwālak/).

inh

a wicker basket, typically with a handle


ħadida tal-mogħdija

mt-noun

ħadida tal-mogħdija f (plural ħdejjed tal-mogħdija)


mehrież

mehrież m (plural mhiereż, diminutive mhejreż)


dikxiena

dikxiena f (plural dkiexen or dikxeniet)


kuċċarun

From an augmentative of Sicilian cucciara, cucchiara, from Latin cochlearium.


applowdja

mt-verb

applowdja (imperfect japplowdja, past participle applowdjat, verbal noun applowdjar)

japplowdja (imperfect)
applowdjat (participle past)
applowdjar (noun-from-verb)
applowdjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
applowdjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
applowdja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
applowdjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
applowdjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
applowdjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
applowdjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
applowdjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
applowdjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
applowdjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
applowdjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
applowdjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
napplowdja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tapplowdja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
japplowdja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
napplowdjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tapplowdjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
japplowdjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
napplowdja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tapplowdja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tapplowdja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
napplowdjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tapplowdjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
japplowdjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
applowdja (imperative second-person singular)
applowdjaw (imperative plural second-person)


radju

Borrowed from Italian radio, from French radium.


qaffel

qaffel (imperfect jqaffel, past participle mqaffel, verbal noun taqfil)

jqaffel (imperfect)
mqaffel (participle past)
taqfil (noun-from-verb)
qaffilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qaffilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qaffel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qaffilna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
qaffiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qafflu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qaffilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qaffilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qafflet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qaffilna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
qaffiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qafflu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqaffel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqaffel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqaffel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqafflu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tqafflu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqafflu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqaffel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqaffel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqaffel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqafflu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tqafflu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqafflu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qaffel (imperative second-person singular)
qafflu (imperative plural second-person)


skuna

Borrowed from Italian scuna and/or Sicilian scuna.


qarraba

mt-noun

qarraba f (plural qrareb, paucal qarrabiet)

Inherited from Arabic قَرَّابَة (qarrāba, “flask; carafe?”), derived from قِرْبَة (qirba) or قِرَاب (qirāb) better known as جِرَاب (jirāb).


kazzola

Sense 1 from Italian casseruola. Sense 2 from Sicilian cazzola and/or Italian cazzola.

(cooking) saucepan (deep cooking vessel)


protattinju

(chemistry) protactinium (chemical element)


plutonju

(chemistry) plutonium (chemical element)


nettunju

(chemistry) neptunium (chemical element)


ameriċju

(chemistry) americium (chemical element)


berkelju

(chemistry) berkelium (chemical element)


lawrenzju

(chemistry) lawrencium (chemical element)


kalifornju

(chemistry) californium (chemical element)


mendelevju

(chemistry) mendelevium (chemical element)


einsteinju

(chemistry) einsteinium (chemical element)


stronzju

(chemistry) strontium (chemical element)


bblokkja

mt-verb

bblokkja (imperfect jibblokkja, past participle bblokkjat, verbal noun bblokkjar)

jibblokkja (imperfect)
bblokkjat (participle past)
bblokkjar (noun-from-verb)
bblokkjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bblokkjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bblokkja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bblokkjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bblokkjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bblokkjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bblokkjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bblokkjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bblokkjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bblokkjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bblokkjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bblokkjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nibblokkja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibblokkja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jibblokkja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nibblokkjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tibblokkjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jibblokkjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nibblokkja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibblokkja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tibblokkja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nibblokkjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tibblokkjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jibblokkjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bblokkja (imperative second-person singular)
bblokkjaw (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from English to block. Doublet of bblokka


ċipp

Borrowed from Italian ceppo. Sense 3 is from English chip.


ċċettja

ċċettja (imperfect jiċċettja, past participle ċċettjat, verbal noun ċċettjar)

jiċċettja (imperfect)
ċċettjat (participle past)
ċċettjar (noun-from-verb)
ċċettjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ċċettjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ċċettja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ċċettjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ċċettjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ċċettjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ċċettjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ċċettjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ċċettjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ċċettjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ċċettjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ċċettjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niċċettja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiċċettja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiċċettja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niċċettjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiċċettjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiċċettjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niċċettja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiċċettja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiċċettja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niċċettjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiċċettjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiċċettjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ċċettja (imperative second-person singular)
ċċettjaw (imperative plural second-person)


rdubblatura

(masonry) building a second wall besides an existing one


grammofonu

Borrowed from Italian grammofono. Doublet of gramofown, from English.

Alternative form of gramofown: record player, gramophone, phonograph


gramofown

Borrowed from English gramophone. Doublet of grammofonu, from Italian.