id

mt-noun

id f (plural idejn, plural construct state idej, diminutive wejda)

idejn (plural)
idej (construct plural)
wejda (diminutive)
idi (first-person singular)
idna (first-person plural)
idek (second-person singular)
idkom (plural second-person)
idu (masculine singular third-person)
idha (feminine singular third-person)
idhom (plural third-person)

From general dialectal Arabic ايد (ʔīd), variant of classical يَد (yad). Doublet of jedd.

Wara l-bibien,
fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
batejt
il-għeja
il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
iżda ġarrabt ukoll
il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
li kull tallab iħoss
x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:


pene

Borrowed from Italian pene, sometimes used in Maltese in place of the everyday żobb.


ras

ras f (dual (uncommon) rasejn, plural rjus, diminutive rwajsa)

rasejn (dual uncommon)
rjus (plural)
rwajsa (diminutive)

From Arabic رَأْس (raʔs). The word is masculine in standard Arabic, but the feminine is found in some dialects, so there is no need to assume influence by Sicilian testa (though this is not ruled out).

X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
ja Sena Ġdida?
Ah! biegħed minna
il-għelt, il-ġlied,
id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
ġibilna l-għaqda,
ġibilna s-sliem,
ġibilna l-ħelsien!

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:


spalla

spallejn (dual)
spalel (plural)
spallti (first-person singular)
spallitna (first-person plural)
spalltek (second-person singular)
spallitkom (plural second-person)
spalltu (masculine singular third-person)
spallitha (feminine singular third-person)
spallithom (plural third-person)

Borrowed from Italian spalla or an older variant of Sicilian spadda, both from Latin spatula.


ħalq

ħalq m (plural ħluq, diminutive ħlejjaq or ħlajjaq)

ħluq (plural)
ħlejjaq (diminutive)
ħlajjaq (diminutive)
ħalqi (first-person singular)
ħalqna (first-person plural)
ħalqek (second-person singular)
ħalqkom (plural second-person)
ħalqu (masculine singular third-person)
ħalqha (feminine singular third-person)
ħalqhom (plural third-person)

From Arabic حَلْق (ḥalq, “throat”). Cognate with Gulf Arabic حلج (ḥalj, “mouth”).


kolera

Ultimately from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).


xagħar

xagħra (singulative)
xagħriet (paucal)
xagħri (first-person singular)
xagħarna (first-person plural)
xagħrek (second-person singular)
xagħarkom (plural second-person)
xagħru (masculine singular third-person)
xagħarha (feminine singular third-person)
xagħarhom (plural third-person)

Għandu xagħru iswed.

He has black hair. (literally, “He has his hair black.”)


mnieħer

mnieħer m (plural (rare ad-hoc formations) mneħrijiet or mniħrijiet)

mneħrijiet (plural rare)
mniħrijiet (plural)
mnieħri (first-person singular)
mneħirna (first-person plural)
mniħirna (first-person plural)
mnieħrek (second-person singular)
mneħirkom (plural second-person)
mniħirkom (plural second-person)
mnieħru (masculine singular third-person)
mneħirha (feminine singular third-person)
mniħirha (feminine singular third-person)
mneħirhom (plural third-person)
mniħirhom (plural third-person)

From Arabic مَناخِير (manāḵīr), plural of مِنْخار (minḵār, “nostril”), whence Maltese minħar. Arabic dialects have widely lost the word أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) and replaced it with this word (either the plural as in Maltese, or the singular).


difer

difer m (dual difrejn, plural difrejn or dwiefer)

difrejn (dual)
difrejn (plural)
dwiefer (plural)
difri (first-person singular)
difirna (first-person plural)
difrek (second-person singular)
difirkom (plural second-person)
difru (masculine singular third-person)
difirha (feminine singular third-person)
difirhom (plural third-person)

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr). The unexpected imala may be connected to an irregular development in some roots with final /r/, compare deher and sider.


żaqq

żaqq f (plural żquq, diminutive żqajqa or żaqquqa)

żquq (plural)
żqajqa (diminutive)
żaqquqa (diminutive)

From Arabic زِقّ (ziqq, “skin bag for liquids, waterskin”), from Classical Syriac ܙܩܐ (zeqqā, “idem”), which might be a variant of ܣܩܐ (saqqā, “sack, bag”). The last is cognate with Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag, sackcloth”), whence also English sack and Maltese saqqu (“mattress”).


widna

mt-noun

widna f (dual widintejn, plural widnejn)

widintejn (dual)
widnejn (plural)
widinti (first-person singular)
widnitna (first-person plural)
widintek (second-person singular)
widnitkom (plural second-person)
widintu (masculine singular third-person)
widnitha (feminine singular third-person)
widnithom (plural third-person)


demm

demm m (plural dmija or dmum or dmiem or dmijiet)

dmija (plural)
dmum (plural)
dmiem (plural)
dmijiet (plural)


għajn

għajnejn (plural)
għajni (first-person singular)
għajnna (first-person plural)
għajnek (second-person singular)
għajnkom (plural second-person)
għajnu (masculine singular third-person)
għajnha (feminine singular third-person)
għajnhom (plural third-person)

”Taħseb li r-Russi m’humiex b’seba’ għajnejn biex jaraw min qed jidħol fl-Ammbaxxati tal-Punent? Jien għandi ħsieb ieħor”, qalilna Alexander.

2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 80:


mimmi

(anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)


wirk

wirk m (dual wirkejn, plural uriek, diminutive wrejjek)

wirkejn (dual)
uriek (plural)
wrejjek (diminutive)


velu

Borrowed from Sicilian velu and/or Italian velo, from Latin velum.


qalb

qlub (plural)
qalbi (first-person singular)
qalbna (first-person plural)
qalbek (second-person singular)
qalbkom (plural second-person)
qalbu (masculine singular third-person)
qalbha (feminine singular third-person)
qalbhom (plural third-person)

From Arabic قَلْب (qalb). The feminine gender in Maltese is unusual since the Arabic etymon is masculine, its form is that of a masculine, and even the Romance equivalents (Sicilian cori, Italian cuore) are masculine. One might suspect influence by the semantically related ras (“head”) and ruħ (“soul”), which are feminine; but this is mere conjecture.

Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:

Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
li dejjem ta’ kull sena
titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
u kull April tinbena,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


ħabb

ħabba (singulative)
ħabbtejn (dual)
ħbub (plural)
ħabbiet (paucal)

Root
 ħ-b-b (seed)
 0 terms
From Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb)


ġilda

ġilda f (plural ġlud, diminutive ġlejda)

ġlud (plural)
ġlejda (diminutive)
ġildti (first-person singular)
ġilditna (first-person plural)
ġildtek (second-person singular)
ġilditkom (plural second-person)
ġildtu (masculine singular third-person)
ġilditha (feminine singular third-person)
ġildithom (plural third-person)


prepuzju

F’xi kulturi jaqtgħu l-prepuzju tat-trabi.

In some cultures they cut babies’ foreskin.


borża

borża f (plural boroż, diminutive borżetta)


sorm

srum (plural)
sram (plural)
sorom (plural)

X’sorm għandu dak ir-raġel.

(anatomy, potentially vulgar) butt, buttocks, arse, ass


toqba tas-sorm

toqba tas-sorm f (plural toqob tas-srum)

Ilek ma taħsel it-toqba ta’ sormok.


wiċċ

wċuħ (plural)
wiċċi (first-person singular)
wiċċna (first-person plural)
wiċċek (second-person singular)
wiċċkom (plural second-person)
wiċċu (masculine singular third-person)
wiċċha (feminine singular third-person)
wiċċhom (plural third-person)

From Arabic وَجْه (wajh). Compare North Levantine Arabic وج (wijj), وش (wišš), وتش (witš) and Egyptian Arabic وِشّ (wišš).

Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?

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

For example, have you ever noticed the perfect bilateral symmetry of a butterfly’s wings, a peacock’s tail, or at least the human face?

taħt it-tbissima
falza ta’ wiċċi
kien hemm in-niket
u dwejjaq kbar
u biża’ minnek.


ġisem

iġsma (plural)
ġismi (first-person singular)
ġisimna (first-person plural)
ġismek (second-person singular)
ġisimkom (plural second-person)
ġismu (masculine singular third-person)
ġisimha (feminine singular third-person)
ġisimhom (plural third-person)

Għandi ġismi kbir.

I have a big body. (literally, “I have my body big.”)


żerriegħa

żerriegħa f (plural żrieragħ, paucal żerrigħat)

From Arabic زَرِّيعَة (zarrīʕa, “seed”).


gerżuma

gerżuma f (dual griżmejn, plural grieżem)

From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language. Compare Libyan Arabic قرجومة (garjūma), Moroccan Arabic قرجوطة (qarjūṭa).


driegħ

driegħ m (dual dirgħajn, plural dirgħajn or idirgħa, diminutive drejjagħ)

dirgħajn (dual)
dirgħajn (plural)
idirgħa (plural)
drejjagħ (diminutive)
driegħi (first-person singular)
driegħna (first-person plural)
driegħek (second-person singular)
driegħkom (plural second-person)
driegħu (masculine singular third-person)
driegħha (feminine singular third-person)
driegħhom (plural third-person)

Xejn ma baqa’ mill-biża’ f’għajnejk u xejn ma baqa’ mir-reżistenza f’dirgħajk.

2023, Nathan Anthony Pace, dbilt qabel kbirt, →ISBN, page 9:

Nothing remained of the fear in your eyes and nothing remained of the resistance in your arms.


lsien

lsien m (plural ilsna, diminutive lsejjen)

ilsna (plural)
lsejjen (diminutive)
lsieni (first-person singular)
lsienna (first-person plural)
lsienek (second-person singular)
lsienkom (plural second-person)
lsienu (masculine singular third-person)
lsienha (feminine singular third-person)
lsienhom (plural third-person)


xoffa

xoffa f (plural xufftejn or xofftejn or xoffiet, diminutive xfejfa)

xufftejn (plural)
xofftejn (plural)
xoffiet (plural)
xfejfa (diminutive)
xoffti (first-person singular)
xoffitna (first-person plural)
xofftok (second-person singular)
xoffitkom (plural second-person)
xofftu (masculine singular third-person)
xoffitha (feminine singular third-person)
xoffithom (plural third-person)


beżżula

beżżula f (plural bżieżel or beżżuliet, diminutive bżejżla)

bżieżel (plural)
beżżuliet (plural)
bżejżla (diminutive)

From Arabic بَزُّولَة (bazzūla). Compare Moroccan Arabic بزولة (bazzūla, “breast”), Tunisian Arabic بزّولة (bazzūla/bizzūla, “breast”).

cog

ras il-beżżula


rektum

Ultimately from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”).


awrina

From Italian urina or less probably Sicilian orina, both from Latin urīna. The initial a- would seem due to a backformation from l-awrina, from Italian la urina with the definite article. (The contraction l'urina was not obligatory in older Italian.)


tirma

Compare to Moroccan Arabic ترمة (tarma, “ass, buttocks”) and Tunisian Arabic ترمة (tirma, “ass, buttocks”). The term possibly traces back to an old dialect word "ṯulma", meaning breach, hole, gap.

cog

(anatomy, vulgar) backside, ass, arse, buttocks


sieq

Is-sieq ma tistax titpoġġa fuq il-pedala.


fwied

mt-noun

fwied m (plural ifwda or fwidien, diminutive fwejjed)

ifwda (plural)
fwidien (plural)
fwejjed (diminutive)
fwiedi (first-person singular)
fwiedna (first-person plural)
fwiedek (second-person singular)
fwiedkom (plural second-person)
fwiedu (masculine singular third-person)
fwiedha (feminine singular third-person)
fwiedhom (plural third-person)


koxxa

koxxa f (plural koxox or koxxtejn or kxiex)

koxox (plural)
koxxtejn (plural)
kxiex (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian coscia (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”, later also “thigh”).


xaħam

Il-konsum tax-xaħam kuljum għandu jitqassam fuq tliet ikliet prinċipali.

The daily intake of fat should be distributed over three main meals.


riġel

riġlejn (plural)
riġli (first-person singular)
riġilna (first-person plural)
riġlek (second-person singular)
riġilkom (plural second-person)
riġlu (masculine singular third-person)
riġilha (feminine singular third-person)
riġilhom (plural third-person)

Ir-riġel tal-lemin tal-manikin sewwieq għandu jkun fi pjan vertikali.

The right leg of the driver dummy shall be in a vertical plane.


qarn

qarn m (plural qrun, diminutive qrajjen or qrajna or qrejna)

qrun (plural)
qrajjen (diminutive)
qrajna (diminutive)
qrejna (diminutive)

Il-bodbod hu s-sultan tal-Greċja, u l-qarn il-kbir li rajtlu bejn għajnejh hu l-ewwel sultan.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Danjel 8:21:

New International Version translation: The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.


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).

Rajtu intom x’għamilt lill-Eġizzjani, u kif lilkom ġarrejtkom fuq il-ġwienaħ tal-ajkli u ressaqtkom lejja.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 19:4:

New International Version translation: ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.


sider

isdra (plural)
sdur (plural)
sdura (plural)
sidri (first-person singular)
sidirna (first-person plural)
sidrek (second-person singular)
sidirkom (plural second-person)
sidru (masculine singular third-person)
sidirha (feminine singular third-person)
sidirhom (plural third-person)

(anatomy) a woman’s breasts collectively


dafar

mt-verb

dafar (imperfect jidfor, past participle midfur, verbal noun dfir)

jidfor (imperfect)
midfur (participle past)
dfir (noun-from-verb)
dfart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dfart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
dafar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dfarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
dfartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dafru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dfart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dfart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dafret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dfarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
dfartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dafru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidfor (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidfor (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidfor (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidfru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tidfru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidfru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidfor (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidfor (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidfor (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidfru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tidfru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidfru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idfor (imperative second-person singular)
idfru (imperative plural second-person)


nbid

mt-noun

nbid m (dual (obsolete) nbidejn, plural nbejjed)

nbidejn (dual obsolete)
nbejjed (plural)

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.


għonq

għenuq (plural)
għonqi (first-person singular)
għonqna (first-person plural)
għonqek (second-person singular)
għonqkom (plural second-person)
għonqu (masculine singular third-person)
għonqha (feminine singular third-person)
għonqhom (plural third-person)


musrana

From Arabic مُصْرَان (muṣrān). Compare Tunisian Arabic مصرانة (muṣrāna), Moroccan Arabic مصران (maṣrān).


ħadd

ħaddejn (plural)
ħaddi (first-person singular)
ħaddna (first-person plural)
ħaddek (second-person singular)
ħaddkom (plural second-person)
ħaddu (masculine singular third-person)
ħaddha (feminine singular third-person)
ħaddhom (plural third-person)

kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi
għax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.
għax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek
u dalgħodu stenbaħt
b’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel
u d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.

2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:


għaksa

Root
 għ-k-s
 0 terms
Perhaps from Arabic عَجُز (ʕajuz, “buttocks; hindlegs; rear of anything”). For the phonetics compare the argumentation at għakkes.


kilwa

mt-noun

kilwa f (dual kilwtejn or kilwejn, plural kliewi, paucal kilwiet)

kilwtejn (dual)
kilwejn (dual)
kliewi (plural)
kilwiet (paucal)
kiliwti (first-person singular)
kilwitna (first-person plural)
kiliwtek (second-person singular)
kilwitkom (plural second-person)
kiliwtu (masculine singular third-person)
kilwitha (feminine singular third-person)
kilwithom (plural third-person)


moħħ

mħuħ (plural)
moħħi (first-person singular)
moħħna (first-person plural)
moħħok (second-person singular)
moħħkom (plural second-person)
moħħu (masculine singular third-person)
moħħha (feminine singular third-person)
moħħhom (plural third-person)


żokra

żokra f (plural żokor or żkieri, paucal żokriet)

żokor (plural)
żkieri (plural)
żokriet (paucal)

From Arabic زُكْرَة (zukra, “small hose”), thus probably originally referring to the umbilical cord or navel-string.


dahar

dahar m (plural dhur or dhura or idhra, diminutive dhajjar)

dhur (plural)
dhura (plural)
idhra (plural)
dhajjar (diminutive)
dahri (first-person singular)
daharna (first-person plural)
dahrek (second-person singular)
daharkom (plural second-person)
dahru (masculine singular third-person)
daharha (feminine singular third-person)
daharhom (plural third-person)

f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
tat-terrakotta － ’kk tmisshom,
isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha －
għoddha qalftitni fatat.

[…] u nġiegħel l-għedewwa tiegħek idawru daharhom lejk.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 23:27:

King James Version translation: […] and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.


riċetta

Borrowed from Italian ricetta, from Latin recepta, feminine of receptus, whence also razzett.


rkoppa

rkoppa f (dual rkupptejn or rkopptejn, plural rkupptejn or rkopptejn or rkopop)

rkupptejn (dual)
rkopptejn (dual)
rkupptejn (plural)
rkopptejn (plural)
rkopop (plural)
rkoppti (first-person singular)
rkoppitna (first-person plural)
rkopptek (second-person singular)
rkoppitkom (plural second-person)
rkopptu (masculine singular third-person)
rkoppitha (feminine singular third-person)
rkoppithom (plural third-person)

From Arabic رُكْبَة (rukba). The modern Maltese form with metathesis, gemination and devoicing is a backformation from the plural (or original dual). From the expected *rokba, it would yield *rukbtejn, where the triple consonant cluster was simplified to *rkubtejn. Compare the same in mnifsejn (instead of *minfsejn), plural of minfes (“nostril”).

It-tubu tal-irkoppa għandu żewġ toqob li jillimitaw il-moviment tar-riġel.

The knee tube has two lugs which limit the movement of the lower leg.


fomm

fomm m (plural fmien or fommijiet or fmum)

fmien (plural)
fommijiet (plural)
fmum (plural)
fommi (first-person singular)
fommna (first-person plural)
fommok (second-person singular)
fommkom (plural second-person)
fommu (masculine singular third-person)
fommha (feminine singular third-person)
fommhom (plural third-person)

From Arabic فَم (fam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic فم (fumm).


denb

dnub (plural)
denbi (first-person singular)
denbna (first-person plural)
denbek (second-person singular)
denbkom (plural second-person)
denbu (masculine singular third-person)
denbha (feminine singular third-person)
denbhom (plural third-person)

U l-Mulej qal lil Mosè: Midd idek, u aqbdu minn denbu - u medd idu u qabdu, u sar ħatar f’idu.

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

New International Version translation: Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.


ħanek

ħanek m (plural ħniek or eħinka, diminutive ħanka)

ħniek (plural)
eħinka (plural)
ħanka (diminutive)


darsa

From Arabic ضِرْس (ḍirs), though properly perhaps a backformation from the plural, as also in nejba (“canine”). Compare Tunisian Arabic زرسة (zarsa), Moroccan Arabic ضرسة (ḍarsa).


nejba

Back-formation from Arabic أَنْيَاب (ʔanyāb), plural of نَاب (nāb), compare Tunisian Arabic نيبة


kustilja

From Italo-Romance, from a diminutive of Latin costa. Compare Italian costola, Spanish costilla.

(anatomy) rib (bone on the side of the upper body)


ġenb

ġenb m (dual ġenbejn, plural ġnub or ġnieb, diminutive ġnejba)

ġenbejn (dual)
ġnub (plural)
ġnieb (plural)
ġnejba (diminutive)


laqqam

mt-verb

laqqam (imperfect jlaqqam, past participle mlaqqam, verbal noun tilqim)

jlaqqam (imperfect)
mlaqqam (participle past)
tilqim (noun-from-verb)
laqqamt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
laqqamt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
laqqam (masculine perfect singular third-person)
laqqamna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
laqqamtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
laqqmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
laqqamt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
laqqamt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
laqqmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
laqqamna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
laqqamtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
laqqmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nlaqqam (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlaqqam (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jlaqqam (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nlaqqmu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tlaqqmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jlaqqmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nlaqqam (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlaqqam (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tlaqqam (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nlaqqmu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tlaqqmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jlaqqmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
laqqam (imperative second-person singular)
laqqmu (imperative plural second-person)


ħabba

Root
 ħ-b-b (seed)
 0 terms
From Arabic حَبّة (ḥabba).

U waqt li nħares fuq ta’ qalbi x-xitla
tat-tifkiriet tinbet tifkira ġdida,
b’warda ta’ swied il-qalb fejn tilma demgħa
minn ħbub għajnejja.

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Fuq Qabar Oħti”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:


għarqub

mt-noun

għarqub m (dual għarqbejn, plural għerieqeb)


minkeb

minkeb m (dual minkbejn or mnikbejn, plural (unusual) mniekeb)

minkbejn (dual)
mnikbejn (dual)
mniekeb (plural)
minkbi (first-person singular)
minkibna (first-person plural)
minkbek (second-person singular)
minkibkom (plural second-person)
minkbu (masculine singular third-person)
minkibha (feminine singular third-person)
minkibhom (plural third-person)

Titbiegħed ftit minni u titfa’ minkbejk fuq irkopptejk, bit-tazza bejn il-pali ta’ jdejk.

2023, Nathan Anthony Pace, “Linja f’Laħmek”, in Glen Calleja, Clare Azzopardi, editors, Iż-Żmien Kurjuż taż-Żgħożija [The Curious Period of Youth], →ISBN, page 130:

You move a bit farther from me and put your elbows on your knees, with the cup between the palms of your hands.


kitf

kitfejn (dual)
kotof (plural)
kitfi (first-person singular)
kitfna (first-person plural)
kitfek (second-person singular)
kitfkom (plural second-person)
kitfu (masculine singular third-person)
kitfha (feminine singular third-person)
kitfhom (plural third-person)


minfes

minfes m (dual mnifsejn, plural mnifsejn or (unusual) mniefes)

mnifsejn (dual)
mnifsejn (plural)
mniefes (plural)
minfsi (first-person singular)
minfisna (first-person plural)
minfsek (second-person singular)
minfiskom (plural second-person)
minfsu (masculine singular third-person)
minfisha (feminine singular third-person)
minfishom (plural third-person)


tqala

From Arabic ثَقالة (ṯaqāla, “heaviness”), compare English gravidity.


weħel

mt-verb

weħel (imperfect jeħel, past participle meħul, verbal noun uħil or tewħil or tuħil)

jeħel (imperfect)
meħul (participle past)
uħil (noun-from-verb)
tewħil (noun-from-verb)
tuħil (noun-from-verb)
weħilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
weħilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
weħel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
weħilna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
weħiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
weħlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
weħilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
weħilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
weħlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
weħilna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
weħiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
weħlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
neħel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
teħel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jeħel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
neħlu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
teħlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jeħlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
neħel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
teħel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
teħel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
neħlu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
teħlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jeħlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
eħel (imperative second-person singular)
eħlu (imperative plural second-person)


ġbin

ġbien (plural)
iġbna (plural)
ġbini (first-person singular)
ġbinna (first-person plural)
ġbinek (second-person singular)
ġbinkom (plural second-person)
ġbinu (masculine singular third-person)
ġbinha (feminine singular third-person)
ġbinhom (plural third-person)


barxa fl-istonku

mt-noun

barxa fl-istonku f (plural barxiet fl-istonku)


fibrillazzjoni

fibrillazzjoni f (plural fibrillazzjonijiet)


qannuba

From Arabic. Related with قُنْب (qunb, “clitoris”).

L-irġiel ma jafux fejn qiegħda l-qannuba.


ernja

Borrowed from Italian ernia, from Latin hernia.


bażwa

From Arabic بَزْو (bazw), verbal noun of بَزَا (bazā), which refers to a deforming protrusion of a body part (chest, belly, back, or posterior).


fetqa

fetqa f (plural fetqiet, diminutive ftejqa)


rkobba

rkobbti (first-person singular)
rkobbitna (first-person plural)
rkobbtek (second-person singular)
rkobbitkom (plural second-person)
rkobbtu (masculine singular third-person)
rkobbitha (feminine singular third-person)
rkobbithom (plural third-person)

(anatomy, archaic) Alternative form of rkoppa: knee


kappell tal-għajn

kappell tal-għajn m (plural kpiepel tal-għajnejn)


vvaċċinar

verbal noun of vvaċċina:
(medicine) vaccination


tilqim

verbal noun of laqqam:
(medicine) vaccination


għatu tal-għajn

għatu tal-għajn m (plural għotjien tal-għajnejn)


bxima

From Arabic مَشِيمَة (mašīma). Compare Tunisian Arabic بشيمة (bšīma).


beżqa

beżqa f (dual beżqtejn, plural beżqiet, diminutive bżejqa)

beżqtejn (dual)
beżqiet (plural)
bżejqa (diminutive)

(figuratively) small quantity (of liquids)


ċefalalġiku

mt-adjective

ċefalalġiku (feminine singular ċefalalġika, plural ċefalalġiċi)

ċefalalġika (feminine singular)
ċefalalġiċi (plural)


pelviku

pelviku (feminine singular pelvika, plural pelviċi)

pelvika (feminine singular)
pelviċi (plural)


pexxun

(anatomy) calf (back of the leg below the knee)


rkippa

rkippti (first-person singular)
rkippitna (first-person plural)
rkipptek (second-person singular)
rkippitkom (plural second-person)
rkipptu (masculine singular third-person)
rkippitha (feminine singular third-person)
rkippithom (plural third-person)

(anatomy, Xagħra) Alternative form of rkoppa


depressjoni

(medicine, psychology) dejection, depression, despondency (state of mind producing serious long-term lowering of enjoyment)


tebqa tas-sorm

mt-noun

tebqa tas-sorm f (plural tebqiet tas-sorm)


ħabba tal-għajn

ħabba tal-għajn f (plural ħbub tal-għajnejn)


ttrombja

mt-verb

ttrombja (imperfect jittrombja, past participle ttrombjat or trombjat, verbal noun ttrombjar or trombjar or trumbjar)

jittrombja (imperfect)
ttrombjat (participle past)
trombjat (participle past)
ttrombjar (noun-from-verb)
trombjar (noun-from-verb)
trumbjar (noun-from-verb)
ttrombjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ttrombjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ttrombja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ttrombjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ttrombjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ttrombjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ttrombjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ttrombjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ttrombjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ttrombjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ttrombjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ttrombjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nittrombja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tittrombja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jittrombja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nittrombjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tittrombjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jittrombjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nittrombja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tittrombja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tittrombja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nittrombjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tittrombjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jittrombjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ttrombja (imperative second-person singular)
ttrombjaw (imperative plural second-person)


ngħas

inh

Arabic نُعَاس


qanpiena tal-ħalq

mt-noun

qanpiena tal-ħalq f (plural qniepen tal-ħalq)

Għandi infezzjoni fil-qanpiena ta’ ħalqi.