ħaġġar

ħaġġar (imperfect jħaġġar, past participle mħaġġar, verbal noun taħġir)

jħaġġar (imperfect)
mħaġġar (participle past)
taħġir (noun-from-verb)
ħaġġart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħaġġart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħaġġar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħaġġarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħaġġartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħaġġru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħaġġart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħaġġart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħaġġret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħaġġarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħaġġartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħaġġru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħaġġar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħaġġar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħaġġar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħaġġru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tħaġġru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħaġġru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħaġġar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħaġġar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħaġġar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħaġġru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tħaġġru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħaġġru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħaġġar (imperative second-person singular)
ħaġġru (imperative plural second-person)
ħaġġartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħaġġartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħaġġarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħaġġarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħaġġartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħaġġrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħaġġartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħaġġartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħaġġritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħaġġarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħaġġartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħaġġrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħaġġarx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħaġġarx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħaġġarx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħaġġrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tħaġġrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħaġġrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħaġġarx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħaġġarx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħaġġarx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħaġġrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tħaġġrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħaġġrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tħaġġarx (imperative second-person singular)
tħaġġrux (imperative plural second-person)

to stone (kill or drive away by throwing stones at)


mkisser

mt-past participle

mkisser (feminine mkissra, plural mkissrin or mkissra)

mkissra (feminine)
mkissrin (plural)
mkissra (plural)
imkisser (alternative also)


nkiser

jinkiser (imperfect)
nksirt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nksirt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nkiser (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nksirna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
nksirtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nkisru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nksirt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nksirt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nkisret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nksirna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
nksirtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nkisru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninkiser (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinkiser (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinkiser (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninkisru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tinkisru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinkisru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninkiser (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinkiser (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinkiser (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninkisru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tinkisru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinkisru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nkiser (imperative second-person singular)
nkisru (imperative plural second-person)


ddejjaq

jiddejjaq (imperfect)
ddejjaqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddejjaqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddejjaq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddejjaqna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ddejjaqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddejqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddejjaqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddejjaqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddejqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddejjaqna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ddejjaqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddejqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddejjaq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddejjaq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddejjaq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddejqu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiddejqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddejqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddejjaq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddejjaq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddejjaq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddejqu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiddejqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddejqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddejjaq (imperative second-person singular)
ddejqu (imperative plural second-person)
ddejjaqtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddejjaqtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddejjaqx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddejjaqniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ddejjaqtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddejqux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddejjaqtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddejjaqtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddejqitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddejjaqniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ddejjaqtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddejqux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddejjaqx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddejjaqx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddejjaqx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddejqux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiddejqux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddejqux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddejjaqx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddejjaqx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddejjaqx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddejqux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiddejqux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddejqux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tiddejjaqx (imperative second-person singular)
tiddejqux (imperative plural second-person)
iddejjaq (alternative also)

From a merger of Arabic تَضَيَّقَ (taḍayyaqa) and تَضايَقَ (taḍāyaqa), both from ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq, “narrow”).

(rare) to be narrowed; to become narrower

mediopassive of dejjaq:
to be narrowed; to become narrower

to be bored, displeased, annoyed, depressed


nnifs-

nnifsi (first-person singular)
nfusna (first-person plural)
nnifsek (second-person singular)
nfuskom (plural second-person)
nnifsu (masculine singular third-person)
nnifsha (feminine singular third-person)
nfushom (plural third-person)
innifs- (alternative also)

From Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “self, soul, living being”), related with Maltese nifs (“breath”), from Arabic نَفَس (nafas). Regarding the initial gemination in some of the forms perhaps through the prepositional construction بِنَفْسِي (binafsī), بِنَفْسِكَ (binafsika), etc.

inh

jiena nnifsi

Alla nnifsu

-self; used with a pronominal suffix to form emphatic pronouns


politiċi

/pɔˈliːtɪt͡ʃɪ/


xniegħa

From Arabic شَنَاعَة (šanāʕa, “repulsiveness, abomination”), probably referring to the scandalous subject matter, but perhaps also because gossip is itself repulsive.


għarwien

mt-adjective

għarwien (feminine singular għarwiena, plural għarwenin or għeriewen or għariewen)

għarwiena (feminine singular)
għarwenin (plural)
għeriewen (plural)
għariewen (plural)

From Arabic عُرْيان (ʕuryān, “naked”) with irregular -w- instead of -j-.


bugħarwien

From bu (“father”) + għarwien (“naked”), thus “father of naked”, meaning “the one who’s always naked”. Compare semantically German Nacktschnecke, Greek γυμνοσάλιαγκας (gymnosáliagkas).

cog

γυμνοσάλιαγκας


jishar

third-person singular imperfect of sahar


idden

jidden (imperfect)
iddint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
iddint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
idden (masculine perfect singular third-person)
iddinna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
iddintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
iddnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
iddint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
iddint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
iddnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
iddinna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
iddintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
iddnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidden (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidden (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidden (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddnu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiddnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidden (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidden (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidden (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddnu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiddnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idden (imperative second-person singular)
iddnu (imperative plural second-person)
iddintx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
iddintx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
iddinx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
iddinniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
iddintux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
iddnux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
iddintx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
iddintx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
iddnitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
iddinniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
iddintux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
iddnux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddinx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddinx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddinx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddnux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiddnux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddnux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddinx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddinx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddinx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddnux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiddnux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddnux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tiddinx (imperative second-person singular)
tiddnux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic أَذَّنَ (ʔaḏḏana, “to call to prayer; to crow”).

inh

Qallu Ġesù: “Tassew, ngħidlek, li dal-lejl, qabel ma jidden is-serduk, int tkun ġa ċħadtni tliet darbiet.”

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 26:34:

New International Version translation: “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”


kiefer

mt-adjective

kiefer (feminine singular kiefra, plural kefrin)

kiefra (feminine singular)
kefrin (plural)


ċentupied

From Italian centopiedi or a Sicilian equivalent.


mbagħad

From Arabic مِنْ بَعْدِ (min baʕdi). Compare Tunisian Arabic مبعد (mbaʕd, “then”).

imbagħad (alternative also)
bbagħad (alternative)

Naqbeż għal fuq saqajja u mbagħad Miss Camilleri teħodli b’idi mingħajr ma tħares lejja.

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


imbagħad

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of mbagħad


għassa

From Arabic عَسَّة (ʕassa, “guard”). Compare Moroccan Arabic عسة (ʕassa).


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.

scirocco; sirocco (hot southeastern wind)


fannad

mt-verb

fannad (imperfect jfannad, past participle mfannad)

jfannad (imperfect)
mfannad (participle past)
fannadt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fannadt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fannad (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fannadna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
fannadtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fanndu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fannadt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fannadt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fanndet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fannadna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
fannadtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fanndu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nfannad (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfannad (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jfannad (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nfanndu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tfanndu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jfanndu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nfannad (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfannad (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tfannad (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nfanndu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tfanndu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jfanndu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
fannad (imperative second-person singular)
fanndu (imperative plural second-person)
fannadtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fannadtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fannadx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fannadniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
fannadtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fanndux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fannadtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fannadtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fannditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fannadniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
fannadtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fanndux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nfannadx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfannadx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jfannadx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nfanndux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tfanndux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jfanndux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nfannadx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfannadx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tfannadx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nfanndux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tfanndux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jfanndux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tfannadx (imperative second-person singular)
tfanndux (imperative plural second-person)


heda

jehda (imperfect)
hedejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
hedejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
heda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
hedejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
hedejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
hedew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
hedejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
hedejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
hediet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
hedejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
hedejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
hedew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nehda (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tehda (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jehda (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nehdew (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tehdew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jehdew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nehda (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tehda (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tehda (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nehdew (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tehdew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jehdew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ehda (imperative second-person singular)
ehdew (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic هَدَأَ (hadaʔa). One of the few extant verbs with initial h- that are not geminated (Arabic stems II or V); compare hemeż.


heda

heda (imperfect jehda, past participle mehdi)

jehda (imperfect)
mehdi (participle past)
hedejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
hedejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
heda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
hedejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
hedejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
hedew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
hedejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
hedejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
hediet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
hedejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
hedejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
hedew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nehda (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tehda (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jehda (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nehdew (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tehdew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jehdew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nehda (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tehda (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tehda (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nehdew (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tehdew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jehdew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ehda (imperative second-person singular)
ehdew (imperative plural second-person)


stagħġeb

stagħġeb (imperfect jistagħġeb, active participle mistagħġeb, verbal noun stagħġib)

jistagħġeb (imperfect)
mistagħġeb (active participle)
stagħġib (noun-from-verb)
stagħġibt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stagħġibt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
stagħġeb (masculine perfect singular third-person)
stagħġibna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
stagħġibtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
stagħġbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
stagħġibt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stagħġibt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
stagħġbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
stagħġibna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
stagħġibtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
stagħġbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nistagħġeb (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistagħġeb (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jistagħġeb (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nistagħġbu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tistagħġbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jistagħġbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nistagħġeb (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistagħġeb (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tistagħġeb (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nistagħġbu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tistagħġbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jistagħġbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
stagħġeb (imperative second-person singular)
stagħġbu (imperative plural second-person)

inh

اِسْتَعْجَبَ


għaġġeb

mt-verb

għaġġeb (imperfect jgħaġġeb, past participle mgħaġġeb, verbal noun tagħġib or tgħaġġib)

jgħaġġeb (imperfect)
mgħaġġeb (participle past)
tagħġib (noun-from-verb)
tgħaġġib (noun-from-verb)
għaġġibt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaġġibt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għaġġeb (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għaġġibna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għaġġibtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għaġġbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għaġġibt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaġġibt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għaġġbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għaġġibna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għaġġibtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għaġġbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħaġġeb (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħaġġeb (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħaġġeb (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħaġġbu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħaġġbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħaġġbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħaġġeb (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħaġġeb (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħaġġeb (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħaġġbu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħaġġbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħaġġbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għaġġeb (imperative second-person singular)
għaġġbu (imperative plural second-person)
għaġġibtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaġġibtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għaġġibx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għaġġibniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għaġġibtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għaġġbux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għaġġibtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaġġibtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għaġġbitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għaġġibniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għaġġibtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għaġġbux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħaġġibx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħaġġibx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħaġġibx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħaġġbux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħaġġbux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħaġġbux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħaġġibx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħaġġibx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħaġġibx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħaġġbux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħaġġbux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħaġġbux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħaġġibx (imperative second-person singular)
tgħaġġbux (imperative plural second-person)


jgħaġġeb

third-person masculine singular imperfect of għaġġeb


mistagħġeb

mistagħġba (feminine)
mistagħġbin (plural)

active participle of stagħġeb: amazed, astonished, surprised


jistagħġeb

third-person masculine singular imperfect of stagħġeb


għanqbuta

singulative of għanqbut: a spiderweb, a cobweb; a single network construed by a spider


għanqbut

għanqbuta (singulative)
għanqbutiet (paucal)

From Arabic عَنْكَبُوت (ʕankabūt, “spider”).


għanqbutiet

paucal of għanqbuta: 2 to 10 spiderwebs; a small number of individual spiderwebs


żara'

żara’ (imperfect jiżra’, past participle miżrugħ, verbal noun żrigħ)

żara’ (canonical)
jiżra’ (imperfect)
miżrugħ (participle past)
żrigħ (noun-from-verb)
żrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żara’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żrajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
żrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żargħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żargħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żrajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
żrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żargħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżra’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżra’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżra’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżargħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiżargħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżargħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżra’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżra’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżra’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżargħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiżargħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżargħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iżra’ (imperative second-person singular)
iżargħu (imperative plural second-person)
żrajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żrajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żarax (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żrajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
żrajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żargħux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żrajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żrajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żargħitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żrajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
żrajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żargħux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżrax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżrax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżrax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżargħux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiżargħux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżargħux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżrax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżrax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżrax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżargħux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiżargħux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżargħux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tiżrax (imperative second-person singular)
tiżargħux (imperative plural second-person)
żera’ (alternative)


hewden

jhewden (imperfect)
hewdint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
hewdint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
hewden (masculine perfect singular third-person)
hewdinna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
hewdintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
hewdnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
hewdint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
hewdint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
hewdnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
hewdinna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
hewdintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
hewdnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nhewden (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
thewden (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jhewden (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nhewdnu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
thewdnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jhewdnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nhewden (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
thewden (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
thewden (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nhewdnu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
thewdnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jhewdnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
hewden (imperative second-person singular)
hewdnu (imperative plural second-person)
hewdintx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
hewdintx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
hewdenx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
hewdinniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
hewdintux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
hewdnux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
hewdintx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
hewdintx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
hewdnitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
hewdinniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
hewdintux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
hewdnux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nhewdenx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
thewdenx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jhewdenx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nhewdnux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
thewdnux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jhewdnux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nhewdenx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
thewdenx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
thewdenx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nhewdnux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
thewdnux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jhewdnux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
thewdenx (imperative second-person singular)
thewdnux (imperative plural second-person)

Perhaps an extended form of Arabic هَوَّدَ (hawwada), which originally means “to make or be gentle, slow, languid” and thence “to murmur, make demonic insinuations” as well as “to make drunk and sleepy”. The Maltese verb apparently has an archaic sense “to go mad, rave”, which can be derived from this as well.


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).

der

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 or Jacob


Xmun

From Sicilian Simuni, from Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn).

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


qawmien

Derived from qam. The Arabic verbal noun is قِيام (qiyām), whence قِيامة (qiyāma, “resurrection”).

the act of standing up, rising, or awaking


għatx

Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:


għatxan

mt-adjective

għatxan (feminine singular għatxana, plural għatxana or għatxanin)

għatxana (feminine singular)
għatxana (plural)
għatxanin (plural)

inh

Arabic عَطْشان (ʕaṭšān)


jibgħat

third-person masculine singular imperfect of bagħat


mibgħut

mt-past participle

mibgħut (feminine mibgħuta, plural mibgħutin)

(nominalised) envoy; messenger; one sent in official function


għattan

jgħattan (imperfect)
għattant (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għattant (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għattan (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għattanna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għattantu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għattnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għattant (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għattant (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għattnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għattanna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għattantu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għattnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħattan (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħattan (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħattan (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħattnu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħattnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħattnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħattan (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħattan (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħattan (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħattnu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħattnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħattnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għattan (imperative second-person singular)
għattnu (imperative plural second-person)
għattantx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għattantx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għattanx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għattanniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għattantux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għattnux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għattantx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għattantx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għattnitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għattanniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għattantux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għattnux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħattanx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħattanx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħattanx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħattnux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħattnux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħattnux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħattanx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħattanx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħattanx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħattnux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħattnux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħattnux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħattanx (imperative second-person singular)
tgħattnux (imperative plural second-person)

In all likelihood from Arabic. Barring irregular phonetic developments, the only possible etymon seems to be عَطَّنَ (ʕaṭṭana, “to steep skin in a septic liquid for tanning”). Semantically, this is plausible through figurative use; compare e.g. English tan, Latin macerare, older German gerben.


jgħattan

third-person singular imperfect of għattan


għad

From Arabic عَادَ (ʕāda, “he returned, did again”). Compare مَا عادَ (mā ʕāda, “he stopped, did no more”), which has also become an adverb in many dialects and may be construed with pronominal suffixes in some of them. Compare Moroccan Arabic عاد (ʕād) and Hebrew עוד (ʿōd, “still”).


għad

From Arabic أَعَادَ (ʔaʕāda, “to repeat, say repeatedly”)

Only used in għad li (“it is said that”)


għadsa

għads (collective)
għadsiet (paucal)
għazza (alternative)


għadsa

singulative of għads: a dive, an instance of diving


għads

għadsa (singulative)
għadsiet (paucal)
għazz (alternative)


Ġakobb

Borrowed from Italian Giacobbe, from Latin Iacob, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ).

der

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


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)


joħloq

third-person singular imperfect of ħalaq


jgħin

third-person masculine singular imperfect of għen


ħawħ

peach, peaches (several fruits; peach as a mass, taste, species)


ħawħiet

paucal of ħawħa: 2 to 10 peaches; a small number of individual peaches


mmisja

mt-verb

mmisja (imperfect jimmisja, past participle mmisjat)

jimmisja (imperfect)
mmisjat (participle past)
mmisjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mmisjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
mmisja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
mmisjajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
mmisjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
mmisjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
mmisjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mmisjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
mmisjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
mmisjajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
mmisjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
mmisjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nimmisja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timmisja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jimmisja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nimmisjaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
timmisjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jimmisjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nimmisja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timmisja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
timmisja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nimmisjaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
timmisjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jimmisjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
mmisja (imperative second-person singular)
mmisjaw (imperative plural second-person)
mmisjajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mmisjajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
mmisjajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
mmisjajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
mmisjawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
mmisjajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mmisjajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
mmisjatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
mmisjajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
mmisjajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
mmisjawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nimmisjax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timmisjax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jimmisjax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nimmisjawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
timmisjawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jimmisjawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nimmisjax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timmisjax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
timmisjax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nimmisjawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
timmisjawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jimmisjawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
timmisjax (imperative second-person singular)
timmisjawx (imperative plural second-person)
immisja (alternative also)

Borrowed from English to miss, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną.

Nimmisjak ħafna.

to miss (long for someone or something that is far or absent)


fsied

From Arabic فَساد (fasād, “corruption, decadence”) and/or إفْساد (ʔifsād, “the act of corrupting, making decadent”). Both forms would have merged phonetically in Maltese.


fissed

mt-verb

fissed (imperfect jfissed, past participle mfissed)

jfissed (imperfect)
mfissed (participle past)
fissidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fissidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fissed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fissidna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
fissidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fissdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fissidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fissidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fissdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fissidna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
fissidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fissdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nfissed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfissed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jfissed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nfissdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tfissdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jfissdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nfissed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfissed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tfissed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nfissdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tfissdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jfissdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
fissed (imperative second-person singular)
fissdu (imperative plural second-person)
fissidtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fissidtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fissidx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fissidniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
fissidtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fissdux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fissidtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fissidtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fissditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fissidniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
fissidtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fissdux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nfissidx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfissidx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jfissidx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nfissdux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tfissdux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jfissdux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nfissidx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfissidx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tfissidx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nfissdux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tfissdux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jfissdux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tfissidx (imperative second-person singular)
tfissdux (imperative plural second-person)

Second stem replacing Arabic أَفْسَدَ (ʔafsada, “to corrupt, make decadent”).

der

to spoil; to pamper; to be indulgent with


tfissed

jitfissed (imperfect)
tfissidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tfissidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tfissed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tfissidna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tfissidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tfissdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tfissidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tfissidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tfissdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tfissidna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tfissidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tfissdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitfissed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titfissed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitfissed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitfissdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titfissdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitfissdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitfissed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titfissed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titfissed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitfissdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titfissdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitfissdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tfissed (imperative second-person singular)
tfissdu (imperative plural second-person)
tfissidtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tfissidtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tfissidx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tfissidniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tfissidtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tfissdux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tfissidtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tfissidtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tfissditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tfissidniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tfissidtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tfissdux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitfissidx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titfissidx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitfissidx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitfissdux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titfissdux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitfissdux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitfissidx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titfissidx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titfissidx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitfissdux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titfissdux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitfissdux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
titfissidx (imperative second-person singular)
titfissdux (imperative plural second-person)

to be (made) spoilt; to become spoilt; to be pampered

to be caressed; to caress one another; to cuddle


xema'

xema’ (canonical masculine)
xemgħa (singulative)
xemgħat (paucal)
xama’ (alternative)


bxara

From Arabic بِشَارَة (bišāra, “good news”).

announcement, message, especially a positive one


jixgħel

third-person masculine singular imperfect of xegħel


mixgħul

mt-past participle

mixgħul (feminine mixgħula, plural mixgħulin)

past participle of xegħel: lit, alight, on, turned on


mixgħul

mt-adjective

mixgħul (feminine singular mixgħula, plural mixgħulin)

mixgħula (feminine singular)
mixgħulin (plural)

inh

Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl)

Geit ghandek scbini, ghandi en kelmek iek ma entis[c] mescghul.

ca. 1760, G.P.F. Agius de Soldanis, Discorso tra due contadini sopra il nuovo matrimonio di un figlio:

I’ve come to you, my friend. I need to talk to you, if you’re not busy.

Ġejt għandek, xbini. Għandi nkellmek, jekk m’intix mixgħul.


wegħidt

first/second-person singular perfect of wiegħed


wiegħdet

third-person feminine singular imperfect of wiegħed


wiegħdu

inflection of wiegħed:
third-person plural perfect

inflection of wiegħed:
second-person plural imperative


nadif

mt-adjective

nadif (feminine singular nadifa, plural ndaf or nodfa, comparative (dialectal) indaf)

nadifa (feminine singular)
ndaf (plural)
nodfa (plural)
indaf (comparative dialectal)

Ħalli postok nadif meta tmur.


keffen

mt-verb

keffen (imperfect jkeffen, past participle mkeffen, verbal noun tikfin)

jkeffen (imperfect)
mkeffen (participle past)
tikfin (noun-from-verb)
keffint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
keffint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
keffen (masculine perfect singular third-person)
keffinna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
keffintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
keffnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
keffint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
keffint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
keffnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
keffinna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
keffintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
keffnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkeffen (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkeffen (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkeffen (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkeffnu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tkeffnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkeffnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkeffen (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkeffen (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkeffen (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkeffnu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tkeffnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkeffnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
keffen (imperative second-person singular)
keffnu (imperative plural second-person)
keffintx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
keffintx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
keffinx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
keffinniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
keffintux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
keffnux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
keffintx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
keffintx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
keffnitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
keffinniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
keffintux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
keffnux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkeffinx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkeffinx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkeffinx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkeffnux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tkeffnux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkeffnux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkeffinx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkeffinx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkeffinx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkeffnux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tkeffnux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkeffnux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tkeffinx (imperative second-person singular)
tkeffnux (imperative plural second-person)

(by extension or figurative) to wrap (entirely)


lamtu

Borrowed from Sicilian àmitu (with a fused definite article), from Latin amidum, from older amylum, from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon).

L-għaġin u l-patata fihom ħafna lamtu.

Pasta and potatoes contain a lot of starch.


qamel

qamla (singulative)
qmiel (plural)
qmul (plural)
qamliet (paucal)


qamliet

paucal of qamel: 2 to 10 lice; a small number of individual lice


sogħob

From Arabic صَعُبَ (ṣaʕuba, “to be difficult”).

inh

Jisgħob bija għal dak li għamilt.

There is regret with me on that which I did.

(impersonal) there to be regret or sorrow; (in context) to regret; to be sorry


jisgħob

third-person singular imperfect of sogħob


għajjat

mt-verb

għajjat (imperfect jgħajjat, past participle mgħajjat, verbal noun għajat)

jgħajjat (imperfect)
mgħajjat (participle past)
għajat (noun-from-verb)
għajjatt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għajjatt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għajjat (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għajjatna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għajjattu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għajtu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għajjatt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għajjatt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għajtet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għajjatna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għajjattu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għajtu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħajjat (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħajjat (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħajjat (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħajtu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħajtu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħajtu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħajjat (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħajjat (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħajjat (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħajtu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħajtu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħajtu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għajjat (imperative second-person singular)
għajtu (imperative plural second-person)
għajjattx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għajjattx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għajjatx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għajjatniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għajjattux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għajtux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għajjattx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għajjattx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għajtitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għajjatniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għajjattux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għajtux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħajjatx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħajjatx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħajjatx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħajtux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħajtux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħajtux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħajjatx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħajjatx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħajjatx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħajtux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħajtux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħajtux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħajjatx (imperative second-person singular)
tgħajtux (imperative plural second-person)

Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.


jinsa

third-person masculine singular imperfect of nesa


Mulej

From Arabic مَوْلايَ (mawlāya, “my lord, master, sir”), first-person singular possessive form of مَوْلَى (mawlā, “master, he whom one owes loyalty”). By surface analysis, mula + -i.

inh

(in Christianity especially) Jesus Christ as God in the flesh.


tlugħ

mt-verbal noun

tlugħ m (instance noun telgħa or talgħa)


Tlugħ il-Mulej fis-Sema

Literally: “the Lord’s ascension to heaven”.

(Christianity) Ascension (Christ’s rising to heaven after being resurrected; the ecclesiastic feast commemorating this)


staqsa

jistaqsi (imperfect)
staqsejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
staqsejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
staqsi (masculine perfect singular third-person)
staqsejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
staqsejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
staqsew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
staqsejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
staqsejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
staqsiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
staqsejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
staqsejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
staqsew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nistaqsi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistaqsi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jistaqsi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nistaqsu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tistaqsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jistaqsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nistaqsi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistaqsi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tistaqsi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nistaqsu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tistaqsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jistaqsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
staqsi (imperative second-person singular)
staqsu (imperative plural second-person)


żarbun

żarbuna (singulative)
żraben (plural)
żarbuniet (paucal)

From regional Arabic زَرْبُون (zarbūn), also زَرْبُول (zarbūl, “slipper, sandal, boot, stiletto”, etc., depending on dialect), from Ancient Greek σέρβουλα (sérboula, “shoe, buskin”), from Latin servulus, servula (“slave”) through some sort of figurative use. There is no relation with phonetically similar Italian scarpone (“boot”).

der

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

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


qaleb

mt-verb

qaleb (imperfect jaqleb, past participle maqlub, verbal noun qlib)

jaqleb (imperfect)
maqlub (participle past)
qlib (noun-from-verb)
qlibt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qlibt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qaleb (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qlibna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
qlibtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qalbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qlibt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qlibt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qalbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qlibna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
qlibtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qalbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naqleb (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqleb (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaqleb (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naqilbu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taqilbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaqilbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naqleb (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqleb (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taqleb (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naqilbu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taqilbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaqilbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aqleb (imperative second-person singular)
aqilbu (imperative plural second-person)
qlibtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qlibtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qalibx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qlibniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
qlibtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qalbux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qlibtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qlibtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qalbitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qlibniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
qlibtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qalbux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naqlibx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqlibx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaqlibx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naqilbux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taqilbux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaqilbux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naqlibx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqlibx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taqlibx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naqilbux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taqilbux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaqilbux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
taqlibx (imperative second-person singular)
taqilbux (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive) to turn over; turn upside down

Qalbet l-għanja mill-Ingliż għall-Malti.

She translated the song from English to Maltese.

Se taqlibhielek.

(by extension) to cheat on someone [with lil]


qaleb

From Arabic قالَب (qālab, “mould”), itself probably from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον (kalopódion), the semantic relation with the above verb being coincidental.

a mould for baby cheese in the shape of a small hat or basket


jaqleb

third-person singular imperfect of qaleb


maqlub

mt-past participle

maqlub (feminine maqluba, plural maqlubin)


ġbejna

mt-noun

ġbejna f (dual ġbintejn, plural ġbejniet)

Diminutive of ġobna (“lump or wheel of cheese”), singulative of ġobon (“cheese”).

a baby cheese, especially a certain kind that is common in Maltese cuisine (in local English called a cheeselet)


ċagħqa

ċagħqtejn (dual)
ċgħaq (plural)
ċgħuq (plural)
ċagħqiet (paucal)
ċagħka (alternative)

/ˈt͡ʃaˤː.ʔa/


ċagħaq

ċagħqa (singulative)
ċagħqtejn (dual)
ċgħaq (plural)
ċgħuq (plural)
ċagħqiet (paucal)
ċagħak (alternative)

From Sicilian ciaca (“pebble”). għ was probably inserted in Maltese to preserve the central realisation of the -a- (as in some other early Romance borrowings).


ċagħqiet

/t͡ʃaˤːˈʔɪːt/

paucal of ċagħqa: 2 to 10 pebbles; a small number of individual pebbles


uża

mt-verb

uża (imperfect juża, past participle użat, verbal noun użar)

juża (imperfect)
użat (participle past)
użar (noun-from-verb)
użajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
użajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
uża (masculine perfect singular third-person)
użajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
użajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
użaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
użajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
użajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
użat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
użajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
użajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
użaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nuża (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tuża (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
juża (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nużaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tużaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jużaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nuża (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tuża (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tuża (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nużaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tużaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jużaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
uża (imperative second-person singular)
użaw (imperative plural second-person)
użajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
użajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
użajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
użajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
użawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
użajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
użajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
użatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
użajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
użajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
użawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nużax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tużax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jużax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nużawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tużawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jużawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nużax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tużax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tużax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nużawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tużawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jużawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tużax (imperative second-person singular)
tużawx (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian usari and/or Italian usare.


ntuża

jintuża (imperfect)
ntużajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ntużajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ntuża (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ntużajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ntużajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ntużaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ntużajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ntużajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ntużat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ntużajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ntużajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ntużaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nintuża (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tintuża (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jintuża (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nintużaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tintużaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jintużaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nintuża (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tintuża (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tintuża (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nintużaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tintużaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jintużaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ntuża (imperative second-person singular)
ntużaw (imperative plural second-person)
ntużajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ntużajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ntużajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ntużajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ntużawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ntużajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ntużajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ntużatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ntużajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ntużajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ntużawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nintużax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tintużax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jintużax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nintużawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tintużawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jintużawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nintużax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tintużax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tintużax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nintużawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tintużawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jintużawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tintużax (imperative second-person singular)
tintużawx (imperative plural second-person)
intuża (alternative also)


bajdiet

paucal of bajda: 2 to 10 eggs; a small number of individual eggs


badtejn

(non-obligatory, limited use) dual of bajda: two eggs

non-obligatory; limited use; non-obligatory; limited use


sarġ

mt-noun

sarġ m (plural sruġ or sraġ, diminutive srajjeġ)

sruġ (plural)
sraġ (plural)
srajjeġ (diminutive)


mqass

mqassijiet (plural)
imqass (alternative also)


ħalliel

ħalliel m (plural ħallelin, feminine ħalliela)


jiġifieri

/jɪ.d͡ʒɪˈfɪː.rɪ/

Probably from a contraction of jiġi affari ta’ (literally “it comes [to] a bargain of”), a phrase said by Joseph Aquilina to mean “it amounts to [a price]”. Or, according to Martin Zammit, from a contraction of jiġi fir-raj (literally “it comes to the mind”).


xandar

mt-verb

xandar (imperfect jxandar, past participle mxandar, verbal noun xandir)

jxandar (imperfect)
mxandar (participle past)
xandir (noun-from-verb)
xandart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xandart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xandar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xandarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
xandartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xandru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xandart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xandart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xandret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xandarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
xandartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xandru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxandar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxandar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxandar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxandru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
xxandru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxandru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxandar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxandar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxandar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxandru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
xxandru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxandru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xandar (imperative second-person singular)
xandru (imperative plural second-person)
xandartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xandartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xandarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xandarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
xandartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xandrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xandartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xandartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xandritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xandarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
xandartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xandrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxandarx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxandarx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxandarx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxandrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
xxandrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxandrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxandarx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxandarx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxandarx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxandrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
xxandrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxandrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xxandarx (imperative second-person singular)
xxandrux (imperative plural second-person)

Perhaps from a merger of Arabic شَنَّرَ (šannara) and شَذَّرَ (šaḏḏara), both roughly “to berate, blame, expose someone’s faults, make notorious, put to shame”, and thence generalised to “revealing, making known” in any context. In light of the frequent use in religious context (“spread the gospel”, etc.), however, compare also Aramaic שדר (š-ḏ-r, “to send”).

“Jgħidilhom dwar Doris?!” sploda s-Surmast. “Niftaħlu rasu ktieb! Dan mnejn safejn ixandar l-affarijiet privati tiegħi?! Intom għidtuli li se jitkellem biss dwar il-kotba tiegħu!”

2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:


xandar

mt-noun

xandar m (plural xandarin or xnadar, feminine xandara)

xandarin (plural)
xnadar (plural)
xandara (feminine)


tema'

mt-verb

tema’ (imperfect jitma’, past participle mitmugħ, verbal noun tmigħ)

tema’ (canonical)
jitma’ (imperfect)
mitmugħ (participle past)
tmigħ (noun-from-verb)
tmajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tmajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tema’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tmajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tmajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
temgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tmajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tmajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
temgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tmajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tmajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
temgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitma’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titma’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitma’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitimgħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titimgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitimgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitma’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titma’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titma’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitimgħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titimgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitimgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
itma’ (imperative second-person singular)
itimgħu (imperative plural second-person)
tama’ (alternative)

From Arabic أَطْعَمَ (ʔaṭʕama, “to feed”), either by simple metathesis or by association with طَمَع (ṭamaʕ, “greed, wish”), whence Maltese tama (“hope”).


tiegħem

jtiegħem (imperfect)
tegħimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tegħimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tiegħem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tegħimna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tegħimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tiegħmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tegħimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tegħimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tiegħmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tegħimna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tegħimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tiegħmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntiegħem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttiegħem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtiegħem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntiegħmu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ttiegħmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtiegħmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntiegħem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttiegħem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttiegħem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntiegħmu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ttiegħmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtiegħmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tiegħem (imperative second-person singular)
tiegħmu (imperative plural second-person)

Either an alteration of Arabic طَعِمَ (ṭaʕima, “to taste, eat”) or an independent derivation from togħma (“taste”), from related Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm), طُعْمة (ṭuʕma).

(transitive) to taste (perceive the taste of)


tiġiġiet

/tɪ.d͡ʒɪˈd͡ʒɪːt/

paucal of tiġieġ: 2 to 10 chickens; a small number of individual chickens


sakkar

sakkar (imperfect jsakkar, past participle msakkar)

jsakkar (imperfect)
msakkar (participle past)
sakkart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sakkart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sakkar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sakkarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sakkartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sakkru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sakkart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sakkart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sakkret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sakkarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sakkartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sakkru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsakkar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssakkar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsakkar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsakkru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssakkru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsakkru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsakkar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssakkar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssakkar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsakkru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssakkru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsakkru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sakkar (imperative second-person singular)
sakkru (imperative plural second-person)
sakkartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sakkartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sakkarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sakkarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sakkartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sakkrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sakkartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sakkartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sakkritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sakkarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sakkartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sakkrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsakkarx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssakkarx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsakkarx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsakkrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssakkrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsakkrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsakkarx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssakkarx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssakkarx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsakkrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssakkrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsakkrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ssakkarx (imperative second-person singular)
ssakkrux (imperative plural second-person)

From chiefly dialectal Arabic سَكَّرَ (sakkara), a denominal verb derived from سُكَّار (sukkār).


jifhem

third-person masculine singular imperfect of fehem


mifhum

mt-past participle

mifhum (feminine mifhuma, plural mifhuma or mifhumin)

mifhuma (feminine)
mifhuma (plural)
mifhumin (plural)


dehra

id-dehriet tal-Madonna ġewwa Fatima.

apparition; instance of becoming visible


mwiet

(archaic outside fixed expressions) plural of mejjet


ismar

mt-adjective

ismar (feminine singular samra, plural somor)

samra (feminine singular)
somor (plural)

From Arabic أَسْمَر (ʔasmar, “brown, dark-skinned”).

inh

brown-skinned; tan; suntanned (having a skin colour that is relatively dark by standards of the Mediterranean, whether due to genetics or sun exposure)


unura

mt-verb

unura (imperfect junura, past participle unurat)

junura (imperfect)
unurat (participle past)
unurajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
unurajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
unura (masculine perfect singular third-person)
unurajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
unurajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
unuraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
unurajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
unurajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
unurat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
unurajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
unurajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
unuraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nunura (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tunura (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
junura (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nunuraw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tunuraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
junuraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nunura (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tunura (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tunura (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nunuraw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tunuraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
junuraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
unura (imperative second-person singular)
unuraw (imperative plural second-person)
unurajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
unurajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
unurajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
unurajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
unurawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
unurajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
unurajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
unuratx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
unurajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
unurajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
unurawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nunurax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tunurax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
junurax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nunurawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tunurawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
junurawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nunurax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tunurax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tunurax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nunurawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tunurawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
junurawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tunurax (imperative second-person singular)
tunurawx (imperative plural second-person)

Perhaps from Sicilian unurari (“to honour”), but more probably an alteration of the form onora, from Italian onorare, based on the earlier Maltese unur (“honour”, noun), which is from Sicilian.

(less common) Alternative form of onora.


rrispetta

rrispetta (imperfect jirrispetta, past participle rrispettat or rispettat, verbal noun rrispettar or rispettar)

jirrispetta (imperfect)
rrispettat (participle past)
rispettat (participle past)
rrispettar (noun-from-verb)
rispettar (noun-from-verb)
rrispettajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rrispettajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
rrispetta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rrispettajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
rrispettajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
rrispettaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rrispettajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rrispettajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
rrispettat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rrispettajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
rrispettajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
rrispettaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nirrispetta (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirrispetta (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jirrispetta (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nirrispettaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tirrispettaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jirrispettaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nirrispetta (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirrispetta (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tirrispetta (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nirrispettaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tirrispettaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jirrispettaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
rrispetta (imperative second-person singular)
rrispettaw (imperative plural second-person)
rrispettajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rrispettajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
rrispettajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
rrispettajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
rrispettawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rrispettajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rrispettajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
rrispettatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rrispettajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
rrispettajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
rrispettawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nirrispettax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirrispettax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jirrispettax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nirrispettawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tirrispettawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jirrispettawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nirrispettax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirrispettax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tirrispettax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nirrispettawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tirrispettawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jirrispettawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tirrispettax (imperative second-person singular)
tirrispettawx (imperative plural second-person)
irrispetta (alternative also)

Borrowed from Italian rispettare, from Latin respectare.


rispett

From Italian rispetto and/or Sicilian rispettu, both from Latin respectus.


tweġġaħ

tweġġaħ (imperfect jitweġġaħ, verbal noun tweġġiħ)

jitweġġaħ (imperfect)
tweġġiħ (noun-from-verb)
tweġġaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tweġġaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tweġġaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tweġġaħna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tweġġaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tweġġħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tweġġaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tweġġaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tweġġħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tweġġaħna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tweġġaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tweġġħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitweġġaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titweġġaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitweġġaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitweġġħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titweġġħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitweġġħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitweġġaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titweġġaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titweġġaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitweġġħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titweġġħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitweġġħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tweġġaħ (imperative second-person singular)
tweġġħu (imperative plural second-person)
tweġġaħtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tweġġaħtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tweġġaħx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tweġġaħniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tweġġaħtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tweġġħux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tweġġaħtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tweġġaħtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tweġġħitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tweġġaħniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tweġġaħtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tweġġħux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitweġġaħx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titweġġaħx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitweġġaħx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitweġġħux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titweġġħux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitweġġħux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitweġġaħx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titweġġaħx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titweġġaħx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitweġġħux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titweġġħux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitweġġħux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
titweġġaħx (imperative second-person singular)
titweġġħux (imperative plural second-person)

mediopassive of weġġaħ: to be respected, honoured, esteemed appropriately


rħis

mt-adjective

rħis (feminine singular rħisa, plural rħas, comparative irħas or orħos)

rħisa (feminine singular)
rħas (plural)
irħas (comparative)
orħos (comparative)
irħis (alternative also)


rħas

jirħas (imperfect)
rħast (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rħast (masculine perfect second-person singular)
rħas (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rħasna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
rħastu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
rħasu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rħast (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rħast (feminine perfect second-person singular)
rħaset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rħasna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
rħastu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
rħasu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nirħas (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirħas (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jirħas (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nirħasu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tirħasu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jirħasu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nirħas (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirħas (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tirħas (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nirħasu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tirħasu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jirħasu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
rħas (imperative second-person singular)
rħasu (imperative plural second-person)


irħas

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rħas


għali

għali (feminine singular għalja, plural għaljin, comparative ogħla)

għalja (feminine singular)
għaljin (plural)
ogħla (comparative)

inh

Arabic غَالِي (ḡālī)


ogħla

comparative degree of għali (“expensive”)


għoli

mt-adjective

għoli (feminine singular għolja, plural għoljin, comparative ogħla)

għolja (feminine singular)
għoljin (plural)
ogħla (comparative)

From Arabic عالِي (ʕālī, “high”). The irregular -o- probably from a merger with عُلْيَا (ʕulyā), feminine of أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā, “higher, very high”), elative of the first-mentioned adjective. Because of this development, homophony with għali (“expensive”), from Arabic غالِي (ḡālī), was avoided; be it that this was by chance or that the beginning merger of Arabic ع (ʕ) and غ (ḡ) reinforced the vowel change.


għolja

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.


iblah

iblah (feminine singular belha, plural boloh)

belha (feminine singular)
boloh (plural)


għaqli

għaqli (feminine singular għaqlija, plural għaqlin)

għaqlija (feminine singular)
għaqlin (plural)

From Arabic عَقْلِيّ (ʕaqliyy). By surface analysis, għaqal + -i.


stupidu

stupidu (feminine singular stupida, plural stupidi)

stupida (feminine singular)
stupidi (plural)
stuptu (alternative)


maħluq

mt-past participle

maħluq (feminine maħluqa, plural maħluqin)


ajl

Possibly from Arabic أيّل (ʔayyil, ʔuyyal, “wild goat, ibex” as well as “deer”). The already ambiguous word may have been transferred to the porcupine, perhaps on account of its spines vis-à-vis the wild goat’s pointed horns. It must be considered that many of the inherited Arabic animal names lost their reference points in the limited fauna of the Maltese islands, which made these words liable to semantic reassignment. Compare Maltese fenek (“rabbit”) from Arabic فَنَك (fanak, “fennec fox”).


kustilja

kustilji (plural)
kostilja (alternative)

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


leħja

beard as an object of shaving; facial hair; stubbles


geddum

Uncertain, but probably from Arabic. There are several comparable roots, two or more of which may also have been merged.
* Based on the meanings “chin, snout” compare: 1.) Arabic قَيْدُوم (qaydūm, “bow of a ship”), قُدّام (quddām, “front part”), from which latter Maltese quddiem; 2.) Berber (Tarifit) udem (“face”).
* Based on the meaning “lower jaw” compare: 1.) Maltese gidem (“to bite”), from Arabic كَدَمَ (kadama); 2.) Arabic قَدُّوم (qaddūm, “adze”); 3.) Arabic جُذُوم (juḏūm), plural of جِذْم (jiḏm, “root, foundation, lower part”, and in one old source “gum, place where a tooth grows”).
Phonetically, it should be noted that Maltese /ɡ/ is rare and tends to derive either from Berber or irregularly from Arabic ك (k) or ج (j), almost never from ق (q).


vleġġa

Borrowed from Sicilian fileccia, itself borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin. The voicing of the obstruents seems irregular (perhaps expressive for the swift movement).


vleġeġ

/ˈvlɛ.d͡ʒɛt͡ʃ/


nbena

jinbena (imperfect)
nbnejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nbnejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nbena (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nbnejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
nbnejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nbnew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nbnejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nbnejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nbniet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nbnejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
nbnejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nbnew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninbena (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinbena (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinbena (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninbnew (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tinbnew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinbnew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninbena (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinbena (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinbena (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninbnew (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tinbnew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinbnew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nbena (imperative second-person singular)
nbnew (imperative plural second-person)
inbena (alternative also)

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:


biċċiet

/bɪtˈt͡ʃɪːt/


bidu

Fil-bidu Alla ħalaq is-sema u l-art.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 1:1:

King James Version translation: In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.


tiniet

paucal of tina: 2 to 10 figs; a small number of individual figs


biered

mt-adjective

biered (feminine singular bierda, plural bierda or berdin, comparative ibred)

bierda (feminine singular)
bierda (plural)
berdin (plural)
ibred (comparative)

tepid; cool (lacking warmth, but not really cold either; of neutral temperature)

(figurative) lukewarm; lacking enthusiasm


diefi

diefi (feminine singular diefja, plural diefja or defjin)

diefja (feminine singular)
diefja (plural)
defjin (plural)


ċikatriċi

Borrowed from Italian cicatrice and/or Sicilian cicatrici, both from Latin cicātrīx.


jiftaħ

third-person singular imperfect of fetaħ


nieqes

nieqes (feminine singular nieqsa, plural neqsin or nieqsa)

nieqsa (feminine singular)
neqsin (plural)
nieqsa (plural)

(of a person) missing; of unknown whereabouts


nuqqas

Derived from nieqes (“lacking”), naqas (“to decrease”), perhaps as an alteration of Arabic نُقْصان (nuqṣān, “lack”).


lanġasiet

paucal of lanġasa: 2 to 10 pears; a small number of individual pears


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)
daqqejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
daqqejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
daqqx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
daqqejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
daqqejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
daqqewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
daqqejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
daqqejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
daqqitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
daqqejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
daqqejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
daqqewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndoqqx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddoqqx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdoqqx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndoqqux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ddoqqux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdoqqux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndoqqx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddoqqx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddoqqx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndoqqux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ddoqqux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdoqqux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddoqqx (imperative second-person singular)
ddoqqux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic دَقَّ (daqqa, “to knock”, dialectally also “play an instrument”).


daqq

Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes
daret kollha daħkana;
għalihom ferħ biss kellha
u daqq u żfin u għana,
xita ta’ ross, xewqiet
f’għomor mimli għaxqiet;

1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:


ġeraħ

mt-verb

ġeraħ (imperfect jiġraħ, past participle miġruħ, verbal noun ġriħ or ġerħ)

jiġraħ (imperfect)
miġruħ (participle past)
ġriħ (noun-from-verb)
ġerħ (noun-from-verb)
ġraħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġraħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġeraħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġraħna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ġraħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġerħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġraħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġraħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġerħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġraħna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ġraħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġerħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niġraħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiġraħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiġraħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niġirħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiġirħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiġirħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niġraħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiġraħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiġraħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niġirħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiġirħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiġirħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iġraħ (imperative second-person singular)
iġirħu (imperative plural second-person)

to wound; to injure seriously and bloodily


ħabbat

ħabbat (imperfect jħabbat, past participle mħabbat, verbal noun taħbit)

jħabbat (imperfect)
mħabbat (participle past)
taħbit (noun-from-verb)
ħabbatt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħabbatt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħabbat (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħabbatna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħabbattu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħabbtu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħabbatt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħabbatt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħabbtet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħabbatna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħabbattu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħabbtu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħabbat (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħabbat (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħabbat (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħabbtu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tħabbtu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħabbtu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħabbat (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħabbat (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħabbat (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħabbtu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tħabbtu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħabbtu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħabbat (imperative second-person singular)
ħabbtu (imperative plural second-person)
ħabbattx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħabbattx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħabbatx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħabbatniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħabbattux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħabbtux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħabbattx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħabbattx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħabbtitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħabbatniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħabbattux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħabbtux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħabbatx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħabbatx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħabbatx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħabbtux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tħabbtux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħabbtux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħabbatx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħabbatx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħabbatx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħabbtux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tħabbtux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħabbtux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tħabbatx (imperative second-person singular)
tħabbtux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic خَبَّطَ (ḵabbaṭa, “to knock”).

Ħabbat il-bajda u ifred l-isfar mill-abjad.

Beat the egg and separate the yolk from the egg whites.

Indoqqlok il-qanpiena u nħabbat darbtejn.

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 127:

(transitive) to knock, to strike, to beat

Qalbi ħabbtet b’mod stramb.

2009, Walid Nabhan, “Wiċċ Jitbandal f'Wiċċ l-Ilma”, in Lura d-Dar u Ġrajjiet Oħra li ma Ġrawx, →ISBN, page 59:

(intransitive) to beat, to throb (of heart, etc.)

Nispera li m’iniex inħabbtek f’dal-ħin tal-ġurnata.

I hope I’m not bothering you at this time of day.


tefa'

tefa’ (imperfect jitfa’, past participle mitfugħ, verbal noun tfigħ)

tefa’ (canonical)
jitfa’ (imperfect)
mitfugħ (participle past)
tfigħ (noun-from-verb)
tfajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tfajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tefa’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tfajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tfajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tefgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tfajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tfajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tefgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tfajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tfajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tefgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitfa’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titfa’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitfa’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitfgħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titfgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitfgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitfa’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titfa’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titfa’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitfgħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titfgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitfgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
itfa’ (imperative second-person singular)
itfgħu (imperative plural second-person)
tafa’ (alternative)

From Arabic دَفَعَ (dafaʕa, “to push, thrust”) with regular assimilation of /df/ to [tf] in inflected forms and subsequent generalisation of the unvoiced consonant.

inh

Ħa nitfgħu l-ħwejjeġ fil-magna tal-ħasil.

We will throw the clothes in the washing machine.

Tefgħuh jaħdem il-biċċerija.

They assigned him to work at the slaughterhouse.

Tfajtha l-applikazzjoni?

Itfa’ l-basket fuq il-mejda.


tefgħa

From Arabic دَفْعة (dafʕa, “push, thrust”) with /t/ after the underlying verb tefa’ (“to throw”), which see.


jitfa'

third-person masculine singular imperfect of tefa’


mitfugħ

mt-past participle

mitfugħ (feminine mitfugħa, plural mitfugħin)


jidħak

third-person singular imperfect of daħak