re

Borrowed from Sicilian re and/or Italian re, from Latin rēx.


baħri

mt-adjective

baħri (feminine singular baħrija, plural baħrin)

baħrija (feminine singular)
baħrin (plural)

From Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy). By surface analysis, baħar + -i.


torri

Borrowed from Sicilian turri and/or Italian torre, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).


żiemel

mt-noun

żiemel m (plural żwiemel, feminine debba, diminutive żwejmel)

żwiemel (plural)
debba (feminine)
żwejmel (diminutive)

From Arabic زَامِل (zāmil, “horse or wild ass”), related to زَامِلَة (zāmila, “(she-)camel used to carrying something”).


reġina

From Italian regina and/or Sicilian rigina, riggina, both from Latin rēgīna. If originally borrowed from Sicilian, the form would have been later influenced by either the masculine re (“king”) or the Italian form.


fotografu

mt-noun

fotografu m (plural fotografi, feminine fotografa)


furnar

furnar m (plural furnara, feminine furnara)

Borrowed from Sicilian furnaru, from Latin furnārius.


kimiku

kimiku m (plural kimiċi, feminine kimika)


gambetta

Borrowed from Italian gambetto. Doublet of gambit.

Alternative form: gambit


ekonomista

ekonomista m or f by sense (plural ekonomisti)


spiżjar

spiżjar m (plural spiżjari, feminine spiżjara)


astronomu

astronomu m (plural astronomi, feminine astronoma)


isqof

From Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). One of the specifically Christian words in Maltese that were inherited from Arabic, suggesting that there were Arabic-speaking Christians in Malta during the Islamic reign. Otherwise, the words must have been brought in by missionaries during the re-Christianisation process. These missionaries would probably have been Sicilians who had learnt Arabic, though it is also imaginable that some of them were brought in from Christian communities on the Arabic-speaking mainland.


professur

professur m (plural professuri, feminine professoressa)

professuri (plural)
professoressa (feminine)

Borrowed from Italian professore, from Latin professor.


biċċa

biċċa f (dual biċċtejn, plural bċejjeċ or biċċiet or bċieċ, diminutive bċejċa)

biċċtejn (dual)
bċejjeċ (plural)
biċċiet (plural)
bċieċ (plural)
bċejċa (diminutive)

Ultimately from Late Latin pettia, probably from Sicilian pezza or a variant of it.

(chess) piece (chess: figure other than pawn; similar counter in other games)


furketta

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


qartas

mt-verb

qartas (imperfect jqartas, past participle mqartas)

jqartas (imperfect)
mqartas (participle past)
qartast (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qartast (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qartas (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qartasna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
qartastu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qartsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qartast (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qartast (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qartset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qartasna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
qartastu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qartsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqartas (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqartas (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqartas (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqartsu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tqartsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqartsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqartas (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqartas (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqartas (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqartsu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tqartsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqartsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qartas (imperative second-person singular)
qartsu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), قُرْطَاس (qurṭās, “paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Doublet of karta (“paper in general, writing paper”).


baħħar

mt-noun

baħħar m (plural baħħara, feminine baħħara)

Occupational noun from Arabic بَحَّار (baḥḥār).


filosfu

Borrowed from Sicilian filòsufu and/or Italian filosofo, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).

Sokrate huwa meqjus wieħed mill-akbar filosfi ta’ kull żmien.

Socrates is considered one of the greatest philosophers of all time.


żerriegħ

żerriegħ m (plural żerriegħin, feminine żerriegħa)

żerriegħin (plural)
żerriegħa (feminine)


ċivilista

ċivilista m or f by sense (plural ċivilisti)


xellef

mt-verb

xellef (imperfect jxellef, past participle mxellef, verbal noun tixlif)

jxellef (imperfect)
mxellef (participle past)
tixlif (noun-from-verb)
xellift (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xellift (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xellef (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xellifna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
xelliftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xellfu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xellift (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xellift (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xellfet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xellifna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
xelliftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xellfu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxellef (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxellef (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxellef (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxellfu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
xxellfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxellfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxellef (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxellef (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxellef (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxellfu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
xxellfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxellfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xellef (imperative second-person singular)
xellfu (imperative plural second-person)

Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare North Levantine Arabic شلف (šalaf, “to throw”). The football sense is a calque of English chip.

cog

(soccer) to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)


elettriċista

mt-noun

elettriċista m or f by sense (plural elettriċisti)


fgura

fgura f (plural fgajjar, diminutive fgajra)


ffissa

mt-verb

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?].


sessologu

mt-noun

sessologu m (plural sessologi, feminine sessologa)


skakkumattu

Borrowed from Italian scacco matto. Doublet of ċekkmejt.


kwadratura

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


sismologu

sismologu m (plural sismologi, feminine sismologa)


astrologu

astrologu m (plural astrologi, feminine astrologa)


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)


bballottra

bballottra (imperfect jibballottra, past participle bballottrat, verbal noun bballottrar)

jibballottra (imperfect)
bballottrat (participle past)
bballottrar (noun-from-verb)
bballottrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bballottrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bballottra (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bballottrajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bballottrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bballottraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bballottrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bballottrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bballottrat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bballottrajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bballottrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bballottraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nibballottra (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibballottra (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jibballottra (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nibballottraw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tibballottraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jibballottraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nibballottra (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibballottra (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tibballottra (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nibballottraw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tibballottraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jibballottraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bballottra (imperative second-person singular)
bballottraw (imperative plural second-person)

(card games) to restrain from playing a better card for a later strategy


bazzika

(card games) a Maltese variant of bezique


ċekmejt

(chess) Alternative form of ċekkmejt: checkmate (said when making the conclusive move in chess)


ċekk

(chess) check (chess: when the king is directly threatened by an enemy piece)


ċekkmejt

Borrowed from English checkmate. Doublet of skakkumattu.

(chess) checkmate (said when making the conclusive move in chess)


ċċekkja

ċċekkja (imperfect jiċċekkja, past participle ċċekkjat, verbal noun ċċekkjar)

jiċċekkja (imperfect)
ċċekkjat (participle past)
ċċekkjar (noun-from-verb)
ċċekkjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ċċekkjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ċċekkja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ċċekkjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ċċekkjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ċċekkjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ċċekkjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ċċekkjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ċċekkjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ċċekkjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ċċekkjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ċċekkjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niċċekkja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiċċekkja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiċċekkja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niċċekkjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiċċekkjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiċċekkjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niċċekkja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiċċekkja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiċċekkja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niċċekkjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiċċekkjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiċċekkjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ċċekkja (imperative second-person singular)
ċċekkjaw (imperative plural second-person)

(chess) to check (chess: to make a move which puts an adversary's king in check)


ċċikkja

ċċikkja (imperfect jiċċikkja, past participle ċċikkjat, verbal noun ċċikkjar)

jiċċikkja (imperfect)
ċċikkjat (participle past)
ċċikkjar (noun-from-verb)
ċċikkjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ċċikkjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ċċikkja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ċċikkjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ċċikkjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ċċikkjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ċċikkjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ċċikkjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ċċikkjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ċċikkjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ċċikkjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ċċikkjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niċċikkja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiċċikkja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiċċikkja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niċċikkjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiċċikkjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiċċikkjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niċċikkja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiċċikkja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiċċikkja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niċċikkjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiċċikkjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiċċikkjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ċċikkja (imperative second-person singular)
ċċikkjaw (imperative plural second-person)

(chess) Alternative form of ċċekkja: to check (chess: to make a move which puts an adversary's king in check)


dinier

mt-noun

dinier m (plural dwiener, diminutive dwejner)

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār). Aquilina suggests a derivation from Sicilian dinaru but it is unlikely because of the plural dwiener.


zikketta

(children's games) a Maltese children's game played with beads or nuts