mil

mt-noun

mil m (dual milejn, plural mjiel or mili)

milejn (dual)
mjiel (plural)
mili (plural)


terz

Borrowed from Sicilian terzu or Italian terzo.

(historical units of measurement) a unit of volume:

for spirits that is officially half an imperial pint (284.1 mL).

for milk and oil that is officially 11+¹⁄₄ imperial fluid ounces (319.6 mL).


qantar

qantar m (dual qantarejn, plural qnatar)

From Arabic قِنْطار (qinṭār), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܛܝܢܪܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium. Doublet of ċentinarju.

a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming, equivalent to 100 ratal, that is officially 175 imperial pounds (79.38 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 80 kilogrammes


lumin

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume that is officially 1.849 imperial cubic inches (30.31 mL).


ċentru

center (place where a function or activity occurs)


tomna

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, equivalent to 10 siegħ, that is officially 0.6422 imperial cubic feet (18.18 L).


ċirku

ċirku m (plural ċrieki or ċirkijiet, diminutive ċrejjek)

ċrieki (plural)
ċirkijiet (plural)
ċrejjek (diminutive)


unità astronomika

unità astronomika f (plural unitajiet astronomiċi)

Internationalism; compare English astronomical unit, Italian unità astronomica.


modd

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, that is officially 10.27 imperial cubic feet (290.9 L).


wiżna

wiżna f (dual wiżintejn, plural użieni, paucal wiżniet)

wiżintejn (dual)
użieni (plural)
wiżniet (paucal)

a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming and household contexts, equivalent to 5 ratal, that is officially 8.75 imperial pounds (3.969 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 4 kilogrammes


ratal

From Arabic رَطْل (raṭl), from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ (rīṭlā), metathesis of ܠܝܛܪܐ (līṭrā), from Ancient Greek λῑ́τρᾱ (lī́trā).

a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in household contexts, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes


uqija

uqija f (dual uqitejn, plural ewwieq or ewieq or wieq, paucal uqijiet or uqiet)

uqitejn (dual)
ewwieq (plural)
ewieq (plural)
wieq (plural)
uqijiet (paucal)
uqiet (paucal)

From Arabic أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya), from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ (ʾūnqīyā), from Ancient Greek οὐγγία (oungía), from Latin ūncia.


nofs

nofs m (plural nofsijiet or (only in sense 3) nfas)

From Arabic نُصْف (nuṣf) with metathesis.

for spirits, equivalent to 2 terz, that is officially one imperial pint (568.3 mL).

for milk and oil, equivalent to 2 terz, that is officially 22+¹⁄₂ imperial fluid ounces (639.3 mL).


raġġ

Borrowed from Sicilian raggiu and/or Italian raggio, from Latin radius.


siegħ

From Arabic صَاع (ṣāʕ). As usual, the emphatic ṣ- was dissimilated against the final pharyngeal.

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, equivalent to 6 kejla, that is officially 111 imperial cubic inches (1.818 L).

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.

(also biblical) a vessel of such measure, a bushel

(historical units of measurement) a unit of surface area, equivalent to 10 kejla, that is officially 224.1 imperial square yards (187.4 m2).


xiber

xiber m (dual xibrejn, plural xbar, diminutive xbejjer)

xibrejn (dual)
xbar (plural)
xbejjer (diminutive)


kejla

(historical units of measurement) a unit of surface area that is officially 22.41 imperial square yards (18.74 m2).

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, equivalent to 10 lumin, that is officially 18.49 imperial cubic inches (303.1 mL).


eptagonu

Alternative form: ettagonu


ugwali

equal
(mathematics) equal [with għal ‘to’]


wejba

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, equivalent to 4 tomna, that is officially 2.5688 imperial cubic feet (72.72 L).


ċirkumferenza

Borrowed from Italian circonferenza, probably with influence from English circumference