plural

plural sħiħ

plural miksur


temp

Borrowed from Sicilian tempu and/or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.


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.


familja

mt-noun

familja f (construct state familt, plural familji)

familt (construct)
familji (plural)
familti (first-person singular)
familtna (first-person plural)
familtek (second-person singular)
familtkom (plural second-person)
familtu (masculine singular third-person)
familtha (feminine singular third-person)
familthom (plural third-person)


sentenza

(grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate)


frikativ

mt-adjective

frikativ (feminine singular frikativa, plural frikativi)

frikativa (feminine singular)
frikativi (plural)


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


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


Spanjol

Borrowed from Sicilian spagnolu and/or Italian spagnolo.


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)


Malti

From Arabic مالْطِيّ (mālṭiyy). By surface analysis, Malta + -i.


singulari

Borrowed from Italian singolare and/or Sicilian singulari, from Latin singularis.


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)


konjugazzjoni

mt-noun

konjugazzjoni f (plural konjugazzjonijiet)


qawwi

mt-adjective

qawwi (feminine singular qawwija, plural qawwijin, comparative aqwa or iqwa)

qawwija (feminine singular)
qawwijin (plural)
aqwa (comparative)
iqwa (comparative)


xemxi

xemxi (feminine singular xemxija, plural xemxin)

xemxija (feminine singular)
xemxin (plural)

From xemx (“sun”) + -i. As such perhaps inherited from Arabic شَمْسِيّ (šamsiyy, “solar”), but in the grammatical sense a calque of the Arabic.

(grammar, of a consonant) assimilating to the definite article il- (which see)


Olandiż

(common, sometimes proscribed) Dutch (language)


Maċedonjan

Maċedonjan (feminine singular Maċedonjana, plural Maċedonjani)

Maċedonjana (feminine singular)
Maċedonjani (plural)

North Macedonian
North Macedonian#English

North Macedonian (of, from or relating to North Macedonia)


Maċedonjan

mt-noun

Maċedonjan m (plural Maċedonjani, feminine Maċedonjana)

Maċedonjani (plural)
Maċedonjana (feminine)

North Macedonian (native or inhabitant of North Macedonia) (male or of unspecified gender)


Litwanjan

Synonym of Il-Litwan: Lithuanian (language)


għerq

għerq m (plural għeruq, diminutive għerejjaq or għerejjeq)

għeruq (plural)
għerejjaq (diminutive)
għerejjeq (diminutive)


infinit

mt-adjective

infinit (feminine singular infinita, plural infiniti)

infinita (feminine singular)
infiniti (plural)


kartun

(comics) cartoon (humorous drawing or strip)


artab

artab (feminine singular ratba, plural rotob)

ratba (feminine singular)
rotob (plural)

From Arabic رَطْب (raṭb). The Maltese feminine and plural go back directly to the Arabic adjective, while the masculine is the original comparative reinterpreted as the basic form by analogy with other adjectives for physical qualities and defects (compare aħrax, oħxon, etc.).


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


qamri

mt-adjective

qamri (feminine singular qamrija, plural qamrin)

qamrija (feminine singular)
qamrin (plural)

From qamar (“moon”) + -i. Probably not inherited from equivalent Arabic قَمَرِيّ (qamariyy), but in the grammatical sense calqued on the Arabic.

(grammar, of a consonant) not assimilating to the definite article il- (which see)


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


sħiħ

sħiħ (feminine singular sħiħa, plural sħaħ, diminutive sħajjaħ, comparative isħaħ or isħeħ or asaħħ)

sħiħa (feminine singular)
sħaħ (plural)
sħajjaħ (diminutive)
isħaħ (comparative)
isħeħ (comparative)
asaħħ (comparative)

inh

Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ)

Coordinate term: dgħajjef


tagħrib

Probably inherited from Arabic تَعْرِيب (taʕrīb), though it might have been re-formed independently at some point; compare how Arabic itself freely builds تَتْرِيك (tatrīk, “turkification”), تَرْوِيس (tarwīs, “russification”), etc. The use in linguistics is a recent semantic loan from Arabic. Otherwise, derived verbal noun of għarrab.

(especially linguistics) the adaptation of a loanword to the phonetic and morphologic system of Arabic or one of its descendants such as Maltese.


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)


pronom mehmuż

mt-noun

pronom mehmuż m (plural pronomi mehmużin)


Iżakk

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


appellattiv

mt-adjective

appellattiv (feminine singular appellattiva, plural appellattivi)

appellattiva (feminine singular)
appellattivi (plural)


kkonjuga

mt-verb

kkonjuga (imperfect jikkonjuga, past participle kkonjugat or konjugat, verbal noun kkonjugar or konjugar)

jikkonjuga (imperfect)
kkonjugat (participle past)
konjugat (participle past)
kkonjugar (noun-from-verb)
konjugar (noun-from-verb)
kkonjugajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kkonjugajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kkonjuga (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kkonjugajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
kkonjugajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kkonjugaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kkonjugajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kkonjugajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kkonjugat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kkonjugajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
kkonjugajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kkonjugaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nikkonjuga (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikkonjuga (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jikkonjuga (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nikkonjugaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tikkonjugaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jikkonjugaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nikkonjuga (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikkonjuga (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tikkonjuga (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nikkonjugaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tikkonjugaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jikkonjugaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kkonjuga (imperative second-person singular)
kkonjugaw (imperative plural second-person)


denominattiv

mt-adjective

denominattiv (feminine singular denominattiva, plural denominattivi)

denominattiva (feminine singular)
denominattivi (plural)


oġġett

Coordinate term: suġġett (soġġett)


suġġett

Coordinate term: oġġett (uġġett)


vokaliku

mt-adj

vokaliku (feminine singular vokalika, plural vokaliċi)

vokalika (feminine singular)
vokaliċi (plural)


vvokalizza

mt-verb

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)


deklinazzjoni

mt-noun

deklinazzjoni f (plural deklinazzjonijiet)


ddeklina

mt-verb

ddeklina (imperfect jiddeklina, past participle ddeklinat or deklinat, verbal noun ddeklinar or deklinar)

jiddeklina (imperfect)
ddeklinat (participle past)
deklinat (participle past)
ddeklinar (noun-from-verb)
deklinar (noun-from-verb)
ddeklinajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddeklinajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddeklina (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddeklinajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ddeklinajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddeklinaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddeklinajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddeklinajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddeklinat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddeklinajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ddeklinajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddeklinaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddeklina (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddeklina (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddeklina (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddeklinaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiddeklinaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddeklinaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddeklina (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddeklina (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddeklina (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddeklinaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiddeklinaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddeklinaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddeklina (imperative second-person singular)
ddeklinaw (imperative plural second-person)


determinattiv

mt-adjective

determinattiv (feminine singular determinattiva, plural determinattivi)

determinattiva (feminine singular)
determinattivi (plural)


dimostrattiv

dimostrattiv (feminine singular dimostrattiva, plural dimostrattivi)

dimostrattiva (feminine singular)
dimostrattivi (plural)