birra

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


Marte

Borrowed from Italian Marte, from Latin Mārs.


landa

suldati tal-landa


blu

From Sicilian and/or Italian blu, from Old French bloe, from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.


Venere

Borrowed from Italian Venere, from Latin Venus.


sekonda

(music) second (interval between two adjacent notes)


qawsalla

Univerbation of qaws Alla, from Arabic قَوْس الله (qaws allāh, “bow of God”), pious alteration of قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ), which was named after a pre-Islamic deity, but continues to be the predominant form in Arabic. The plural is formed with a Romance ending. Originally it must have been *qwas Alla; compare qwas, plural of qaws.


nixxiegħa

/nɪʃˈʃɪː.ja/

/nɪʃˈʃɪː.aˤ/

Il-Għanja tiegħi tazza
mimlija min-nixxiegħa
tal-ferħ li ssaqqi u tkabbar
il-ħlejjaq fir-rebbiegħa.

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti”, in Mill-Gallarija ta’ Żgħożiti:


ħarifa

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:


rebbiegħa

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:


ċomb

Borrowed from Sicilian chiummu, chiumbu (“lead”).


ħadid

ħadida (singulative)
ħdejjed (plural)
ħadidiet (paucal)


palladju

(chemistry) palladium (chemical element)


punent

Borrowed from Sicilian punenti, from Latin ponens.


lvant

Borrowed from Sicilian livanti, from Latin levans.


għadira

mt-noun

għadira f (plural għadajjar, diminutive għadajra)

għadajjar (plural)
għadajra (diminutive)

From Arabic غَدِير (ḡadīr, “brook, pond, puddle”).


demm

mt-noun

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

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

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:


kewkba

kewkba f (plural kwiekeb, paucal kewkbiet)


oċean

/ɔˈt͡ʃɛː.an/


qamar

qamar m (plural qmura or oqmra or qomra, diminutive qmajjar)

qmura (plural)
oqmra (plural)
qomra (plural)
qmajjar (diminutive)

Stagħnejt, ja Qamar,
dal-lejl bil-poeżija
tar-realtà.

1998, Anton Buttigieg, “Lill-Qamar”, in Żibeġ u Boċċi:


idroġenu

Borrowed from Italian idrogeno, from French hydrogène.


ażotu

Borrowed from Italian azoto, influenced by English azote.

(chemistry) Synonym of nitroġenu: nitrogen


baħar

baħar m (plural ibħra or bħur or bħura or bħar, diminutive bħajjar or bħajjer)

ibħra (plural)
bħur (plural)
bħura (plural)
bħar (plural)
bħajjar (diminutive)
bħajjer (diminutive)
baħri (first-person singular)
baħarna (first-person plural)
baħrek (second-person singular)
baħarkom (plural second-person)
baħru (masculine singular third-person)
baħarha (feminine singular third-person)
baħarhom (plural third-person)


orjentazzjoni sesswali

orjentazzjoni sesswali f (plural orjentazzjonijiet sesswali)


żerriegħa

żerriegħa f (plural żrieragħ, paucal żerrigħat)

From Arabic زَرِّيعَة (zarrīʕa, “seed”).


unità astronomika

unità astronomika f (plural unitajiet astronomiċi)

Internationalism; compare English astronomical unit, Italian unità astronomica.


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.)


riħ solari

/ˌrɪːħ sɔˈlaː.rɪ/


molibdenu

(chemistry) molybdenum (chemical element)


deheb

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

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


sajf

Fis-sajf il-għolja
libset il-libsa skura
tal-ħaxix niexef.

Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:

In summer the hill
put on the brown frock
of the fried grass.


xitwa

U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
u rix mitbiela,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


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.


kubrit

kubrita (singulative)
kubritiet (paucal)


fosfru

(chemistry) Alternative form of fosforu: phosphorus


tramuntana

Borrowed from Sicilian tramuntana (“north wind; north”), from Latin transmontanus (“beyond the mountains”). The use for a north wind is found in several Romance languages; it seems not quite clear what mountains it originally referred to.


qanpiena

mt-noun

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.


weraq

werqa (singulative)
werqtejn (dual)
werqat (paucal)
werqiet (paucal)


xlokk

From Arabic شَلُوق (šalūq), شَلُوك (šalūk, “southeastern wind”), probably acquired through Italo-Romance, see Italian scirocco. A doublet may be at hand in xellug (“left”), which see.


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”).


staġun

Borrowed from Sicilian staggiuni, from Latin statio. Doublet of stazzjon (“station”).


nofsinhar

From Arabic نِصْف النَّهَار (niṣf an-nahār, “midday; meridian”). By surface analysis, nofs (“mid, half”) + nhar (“day”). Sense 2 is a calque of Italian mezzogiorno.

نِصْف النَّهَار


ħenna

From Arabic حِنّاء (ḥinnāʔ). Probably not inherited, but borrowed through English henna, Italian henna.


silika

(inorganic chemistry) silica (silicon dioxide)


majjistral

Borrowed from Sicilian maistral, from Latin magistralis.


grigal

Borrowed from Sicilian [Term?], from Latin graecalis, from graecus, thus “the direction of Greece”.


lbiċ

Borrowed from Sicilian libiciu, itself probably from Arabic رِيح لَبَاج / لَبَاش (rīḥ labāj / labāš), from Ancient Greek λίψ (líps).

der

رِيح لَبَاج / لَبَاش


glukows

(biochemistry) Alternative form of glukożju: glucose


radju

Borrowed from Italian radio, from French radium.


għarrex

mt-verb

għarrex (imperfect jgħarrex, past participle mgħarrex)

jgħarrex (imperfect)
mgħarrex (participle past)
għarrixt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għarrixt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għarrex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għarrixna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għarrixtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għarrxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għarrixt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għarrixt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għarrxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għarrixna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għarrixtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għarrxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħarrex (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħarrex (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħarrex (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħarrxu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħarrxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħarrxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħarrex (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħarrex (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħarrex (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħarrxu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħarrxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħarrxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għarrex (imperative second-person singular)
għarrxu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic عَرَّشَ (ʕarraša). The sense “to become overcast” from the use of għarix for a shade-giving tent or awning. The sense “to peer” is less straightforward. Possibly from the idea that someone on the lookout would build themselves such a tent. Or perhaps in the sense of English to shadow, German beschatten (“secretly follow and observe”).


ħarif

(obsolete) Alternative form of ħarifa: autumn (season)


beżqa

mt-noun

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

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

(figuratively) small quantity (of liquids)


bnazzi

Borrowed from Sicilian bunazzi, plural of bunazza.


ssuwiċida

mt-verb

ssuwiċida (imperfect jissuwiċida, past participle ssuwiċidat or suwiċidat, verbal noun ssuwiċidar or suwiċidar)

jissuwiċida (imperfect)
ssuwiċidat (participle past)
suwiċidat (participle past)
ssuwiċidar (noun-from-verb)
suwiċidar (noun-from-verb)
ssuwiċidajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ssuwiċidajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ssuwiċida (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ssuwiċidajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ssuwiċidajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ssuwiċidaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ssuwiċidajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ssuwiċidajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ssuwiċidat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ssuwiċidajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ssuwiċidajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ssuwiċidaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nissuwiċida (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tissuwiċida (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jissuwiċida (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nissuwiċidaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tissuwiċidaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jissuwiċidaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nissuwiċida (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tissuwiċida (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tissuwiċida (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nissuwiċidaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tissuwiċidaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jissuwiċidaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ssuwiċida (imperative second-person singular)
ssuwiċidaw (imperative plural second-person)


dwettista

mt-noun

dwettista m or f by sense (plural dwettisti)


qarraba

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).


idroġnu

(chemistry) Alternative form of idroġenu: hydrogen


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)


seaborgju

(chemistry) seaborgium (chemical element)


rutherfordju

(chemistry) rutherfordium (chemical element)


lawrenzju

(chemistry) lawrencium (chemical element)


kalifornju

(chemistry) californium (chemical element)


darmstadtju

(chemistry) darmstadtium (chemical element)


mendelevju

(chemistry) mendelevium (chemical element)


einsteinju

(chemistry) einsteinium (chemical element)


itterbju

(chemistry) ytterbium (chemical element)


meitnerju

(chemistry) meitnerium (chemical element)


disprożju

(chemistry) dysprosium (chemical element)


gadolinju

(chemistry) gadolinium (chemical element)


neodimju

(chemistry) neodymium (chemical element)


promezju

(chemistry) promethium (chemical element)


praseodimju

(chemistry) praseodymium (chemical element)


lantanju

(chemistry) lanthanum (chemical element)


tellurju

(chemistry) tellurium (chemical element)


rutenju

(chemistry) ruthenium (chemical element)


teknezju

(chemistry) technetium (chemical element)


stronzju

(chemistry) strontium (chemical element)


żirkonju

(chemistry) zirconium (chemical element)


ġermanju

(chemistry) germanium (chemical element)


roentgenju

(chemistry) roentgenium (chemical element)


manganiż

(chemistry) manganese (chemical element)


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)


Għaqreb

Alternative form of Il-Għakreb:
(astronomy) Scorpius (constellation)

Alternative form of Il-Għakreb:
Scorpius (constellation)


depressjoni

(meteorology) depression, low (area of lowered air pressure)


trombettier

mt-noun

trombettier m (plural trombettieri or trombettiera, feminine trombettiera)

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


ovazjoni

(historical, Ancient Rome) ovation (victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph)