sekonda

(music) second (interval between two adjacent notes)


stalla

From older Sicilian *stalla (now stadda) and/or Italian stalla, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.

stable, sty, barn (building where animals are kept)


musmar

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

(masonry) header (brick that is laid sideways)


mandra

mt-noun

mandra f (plural mnadar, paucal mandriet, diminutive mnajdra)

mnadar (plural)
mandriet (paucal)
mnajdra (diminutive)

Borrowed from Italian mandra, variant of mandria, from Latin mandra, from Ancient Greek μάνδρα (mándra).

an outdoors pen, traditionally in the courtyard of a farmhouse, used mostly for small livestock such as chickens, goats, etc.


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)


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)


kċina

mt-noun

kċina f (plural kċejjen, diminutive kċejna)

Borrowed from Sicilian cucina, from Late Latin cocīna.

il-kċina Maltija


ġewnaħ

ġewnaħ m (dual ġwinħajn or ġwenħajn, plural ġwienaħ or ġnieħ, diminutive ġwejnaħ)

ġwinħajn (dual)
ġwenħajn (dual)
ġwienaħ (plural)
ġnieħ (plural)
ġwejnaħ (diminutive)

Back-formation from the plural ġwienaħ, itself from Arabic جَوَانِح (jawāniḥ), as if from a four-radical *جَوْنَح (*jawnaḥ), but actually plural of جَانِح (jāniḥ, “side, wing”). Compare also جَنَاح (janāḥ).


qanpiena

qanpiena f (plural qniepen, diminutive qnejpna)

Borrowed from Sicilian campana, from Late Latin campāna.

Il-qniepen bdew isejħu lill-fidili għall-quddiesa.

The bells were summoning the believers to mass.


denfil

From a dialectal variant of Arabic دَرْفِيل (darfīl), دُلْفِين (dulfīn), which also underlies in Moroccan Arabic دنفيل (danfīl). Ultimately from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís).


daqq

mt-verb

daqq (imperfect jdoqq, verbal noun daqq)

jdoqq (imperfect)
daqq (noun-from-verb)
daqqejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
daqqejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
daqq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
daqqejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
daqqejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
daqqew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
daqqejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
daqqejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
daqqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
daqqejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
daqqejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
daqqew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndoqq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddoqq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdoqq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndoqqu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ddoqqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdoqqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndoqq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddoqq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddoqq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndoqqu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ddoqqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdoqqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
doqq (imperative second-person singular)
doqqu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic دَقَّ (daqqa, “to knock”, dialectally also “play an instrument”).


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.


maqjel

maqjel m (plural mqajel or mqawel or mqajjel or mwieqel, diminutive (archaic) mqajjel)

mqajel (plural)
mqawel (plural)
mqajjel (plural)
mwieqel (plural)
mqajjel (archaic diminutive)

From an alteration (*maqyal) of Arabic مَقِيل (maqīl, “resting place”).

pen, sty, stall (fenced area or compartment for animals)


rokokò

Borrowed from Italian rococò, from French rococo.


qaffel

mt-verb

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)


ffissa

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?].


kwadratura

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


dwettista

mt-noun

dwettista m or f by sense (plural dwettisti)


edukandat

boarding school for girls (typically run by nuns)


kazzola

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


espressjoniżmu

espressjoniżmu m (plural espressjoniżmi)


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)


vvokalizza

vvokalizza (imperfect jivvokalizza, past participle vvokalizzat or vokalizzat, verbal noun vvokalizzar or vokalizzar)

jivvokalizza (imperfect)
vvokalizzat (participle past)
vokalizzat (participle past)
vvokalizzar (noun-from-verb)
vokalizzar (noun-from-verb)
vvokalizzajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
vvokalizzajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
vvokalizza (masculine perfect singular third-person)
vvokalizzajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
vvokalizzajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
vvokalizzaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
vvokalizzajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
vvokalizzajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
vvokalizzat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
vvokalizzajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
vvokalizzajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
vvokalizzaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nivvokalizza (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tivvokalizza (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jivvokalizza (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nivvokalizzaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tivvokalizzaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jivvokalizzaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nivvokalizza (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tivvokalizza (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tivvokalizza (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nivvokalizzaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tivvokalizzaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jivvokalizzaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
vvokalizza (imperative second-person singular)
vvokalizzaw (imperative plural second-person)


ċavi

Borrowed from Sicilian chiavi. Doublet of ċavu.

Alternative form: ċova

(architecture) keystone (the top stone of an arch)


fabbiżonju

(theater) props (items placed on a stage to create a scene)


dwella

(architecture) intrados (inner curve of an arch)


rdubblatura

(masonry) building a second wall besides an existing one


trukkatur

mt-noun

trukkatur m (plural trukkaturi, feminine trukkatura or trukkatriċi)

trukkaturi (plural)
trukkatura (feminine)
trukkatriċi (feminine)


ttrukka

mt-verb

ttrukka (imperfect jittrukka, past participle ttrukkat or trukkat, verbal noun ttrukkar or trukkar)

jittrukka (imperfect)
ttrukkat (participle past)
trukkat (participle past)
ttrukkar (noun-from-verb)
trukkar (noun-from-verb)
ttrukkajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ttrukkajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ttrukka (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ttrukkajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ttrukkajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ttrukkaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ttrukkajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ttrukkajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ttrukkat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ttrukkajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ttrukkajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ttrukkaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nittrukka (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tittrukka (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jittrukka (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nittrukkaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tittrukkaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jittrukkaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nittrukka (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tittrukka (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tittrukka (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nittrukkaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tittrukkaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jittrukkaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ttrukka (imperative second-person singular)
ttrukkaw (imperative plural second-person)


trombettier

mt-noun

trombettier m (plural trombettieri or trombettiera, feminine trombettiera)

trombettieri (plural)
trombettiera (plural)
trombettiera (feminine)