laqa'

mt-verb

laqa’ (imperfect jilqa’, past participle milqugħ or (archaic) milqi, verbal noun lqigħ)

laqa’ (canonical)
jilqa’ (imperfect)
milqugħ (participle past)
milqi (archaic participle past)
lqigħ (noun-from-verb)
lqajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lqajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
laqa’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
lqajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lqajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
laqgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
lqajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lqajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
laqgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
lqajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lqajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
laqgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nilqa’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tilqa’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jilqa’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nilqgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tilqgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jilqgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nilqa’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tilqa’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tilqa’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nilqgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tilqgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jilqgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ilqa’ (imperative second-person singular)
ilqgħu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic لَقِيَ (laqiya, “to meet”). The unetymological final għ was triggered by the influence of q on the following vowel; compare baqa’. The etymological past participle milqi is preserved in the placename San Pawl Milqi (literally “St. Paul welcomed”).

Nilqagħkom għal dan il-programm.

Niftakar li kont mort mal-folla u ma’ sħabi ta’ l-Azzjoni Kattolika biex nilqgħuh fi dħul iż-Żejtun.

Laqgħu l-offerta tagħna.

to accept (usually something offered one)


jilqa'

third-person singular imperfect of laqa’


milqugħ

mt-past participle

milqugħ (feminine milqugħa, plural milqugħin or milqugħa)

milqugħa (feminine)
milqugħin (plural)
milqugħa (plural)

past participle of laqa’: welcome; received gladly


ħara

(Australia, archaic elsewhere) quarter, neighbourhood


ħara

mt-verb

ħara (imperfect jaħra, past participle moħri)

jaħra (imperfect)
moħri (participle past)
ħrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħara (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħrajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħrat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħrajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħra (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħra (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħra (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħraw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħra (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħra (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħra (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħraw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħra (imperative second-person singular)
aħraw (imperative plural second-person)


ħara

ħarja (singulative)
ħarjiet (paucal)
ħrajwa (diminutive)

riħa ta’ ħara

Ħa ddaħħalni f’ħafna ħara.

You’re going to get me into a lot of trouble.

Kemm hu ħara dak ir-raġel.

Ilbieraħ mar il-bar u sar ħara.

Yesterday he went to the bar and got fuckfaced.


Buttiġieġ

desctree

→ English: Buttigieg
→ Russian: Бу́ттиджич (Búttidžič)

From bu t-tiġieġ (“the one with the chickens”, literally “chicken father”), equivalent to Arabic أَبُو ٱلدَجَاج (ʔabū d-dajāj). Presumably referring originally to a poultry farmer.

der

أَبُو ٱلدَجَاج

Arabic أَبُو ٱلدَجَاج (ʔabū d-dajāj)


qaddes

mt-verb

qaddes (imperfect jqaddes, past participle mqaddes, verbal noun taqdis)

jqaddes (imperfect)
mqaddes (participle past)
taqdis (noun-from-verb)
qaddist (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qaddist (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qaddes (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qaddisna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qaddistu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qaddsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qaddist (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qaddist (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qaddset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qaddisna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qaddistu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qaddsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqaddes (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqaddes (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqaddes (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqaddsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqaddsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqaddsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqaddes (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqaddes (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqaddes (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqaddsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqaddsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqaddsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qaddes (imperative second-person singular)
qaddsu (imperative plural second-person)


tqaddes

tqaddes (imperfect jitqaddes, verbal noun tqaddis)

jitqaddes (imperfect)
tqaddis (noun-from-verb)
tqaddist (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tqaddist (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tqaddes (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tqaddisna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tqaddistu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tqaddsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tqaddist (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tqaddist (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tqaddset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tqaddisna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tqaddistu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tqaddsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitqaddes (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titqaddes (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitqaddes (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitqaddsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titqaddsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitqaddsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitqaddes (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titqaddes (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titqaddes (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitqaddsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titqaddsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitqaddsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tqaddes (imperative second-person singular)
tqaddsu (imperative plural second-person)

Missierna, li inti fis-smewwiet, jitqaddes ismek.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. (Beginning of the Lord's Prayer)

mediopassive of qaddes: to be sanctified, hallowed; to become holy


qdusija

Derived from qaddis (“holy”) with the common measure for abstract nouns, perhaps as an alteration of Arabic قُدْسِيّة (qudsiyya), which would have yielded Maltese *qudsija or *qodsija.


quddiesa

mt-noun

quddiesa f (plural quddies, paucal quddisiet)

Singulative derivation from Arabic قُدّاس (quddās). One of the specifically Christian terms inherited from Arabic; compare isqof.

(Christianity) a mass; a single celebration of the rite of Holy Mass


maqdes

a holy place; a temple or place of worship


jqaddes

third-person singular imperfect of qaddes


mqaddes

mt-past participle

mqaddes (feminine mqaddsa, plural mqaddsa or mqaddsin)

mqaddsa (feminine)
mqaddsa (plural)
mqaddsin (plural)
imqaddes (alternative)

past participle of qaddes: holy; hallowed


jitqaddes

third-person singular imperfect of tqaddes


quddisiet

paucal of quddiesa: 2 to 10 masses; a small number of individual celebrations of Holy Mass


loqma

From Arabic لُقْمة (luqma, “morsel, bite”).


taħt

taħti (first-person singular)
taħtna (first-person plural)
taħtek (second-person singular)
taħtkom (plural second-person)
taħtu (masculine singular third-person)
taħtha (feminine singular third-person)
taħthom (plural third-person)

From Arabic تَحْتَ (taḥta, preposition).

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

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

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

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


-hom

sħab (“friends”) + -hom → sħabhom (“their friends”)

taħt (“under”) + -hom → taħthom (“under them”)

jisma’ (“he hears”) + -hom → jismagħhom (“he hears them”)

3rd-person plural pronominal suffix: their; them


xulxin

Among the variants attested in early sources are xilxi(n) and ixili(li)x. Hence probably from underlying xejn lil xejn or xi lil xi, equivalent to Arabic شَيْءٌ لِشَيْءٍ (šayʔun lišayʔin, “one thing to another”, literally “a thing to a thing”).

der

شَيْءٌ لِشَيْءٍ

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


lemaħ

mt-verb

lemaħ (imperfect jilmaħ, past participle milmuħ, verbal noun lmiħ)

jilmaħ (imperfect)
milmuħ (participle past)
lmiħ (noun-from-verb)
lmaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lmaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
lemaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
lmaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lmaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
lemħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
lmaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lmaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
lemħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
lmaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lmaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
lemħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nilmaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tilmaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jilmaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nilimħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tilimħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jilimħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nilmaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tilmaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tilmaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nilimħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tilimħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jilimħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ilmaħ (imperative second-person singular)
ilimħu (imperative plural second-person)


fawwar

fawwar (imperfect jfawwar, past participle mfawwar)

jfawwar (imperfect)
mfawwar (participle past)
fawwart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fawwart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fawwar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fawwarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fawwartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fawru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fawwart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fawwart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fawret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fawwarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fawwartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fawru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nfawwar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfawwar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jfawwar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nfawru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfawru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jfawru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nfawwar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfawwar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tfawwar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nfawru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfawru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jfawru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
fawwar (imperative second-person singular)
fawru (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic فَوَّرَ (fawwara, “to make boil”). The sense without doubt from “boiling over”.

inh

to fill to the brim; to cause to overflow


ġamra

singulative of ġamar: an ember, a piece of live coal


għożża

From Arabic عِزّة (ʕizza, “prestige, standing, honour”). While the Arabic word refers to a quality of them who are cherished, the Maltese is subtly different in that it denotes the attitude with which others cherish them.


wirt

inheritance; legacy (that which is bequeathed and inherited)


wiret

mt-verb

wiret (imperfect jiret, past participle mirut or murut, verbal noun wirt)

jiret (imperfect)
mirut (participle past)
murut (participle past)
wirt (noun-from-verb)
writt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
writt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
wiret (masculine perfect singular third-person)
writna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
writtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
wirtu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
writt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
writt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
wirtet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
writna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
writtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
wirtu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niret (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiret (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiret (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nirtu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirtu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jirtu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niret (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiret (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiret (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nirtu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirtu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jirtu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iret (imperative second-person singular)
irtu (imperative plural second-person)


werret

werret (imperfect jwerret, past participle mwerret)

jwerret (imperfect)
mwerret (participle past)
werritt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
werritt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
werret (masculine perfect singular third-person)
werritna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
werrittu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
werrtu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
werritt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
werritt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
werrtet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
werritna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
werrittu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
werrtu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwerret (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twerret (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwerret (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwerrtu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twerrtu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwerrtu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwerret (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twerret (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twerret (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwerrtu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twerrtu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwerrtu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
werret (imperative second-person singular)
werrtu (imperative plural second-person)

to bequeath; to devise; to leave (to an heir)


werriet

mt-noun

werriet m (plural werrieta, feminine werrieta)


faħma

fħam (plural)
fħum (plural)
ifħma (plural)
faħmiet (paucal)


faħam

faħma (singulative)
fħam (plural)
fħum (plural)
ifħma (plural)
faħmiet (paucal)


faħmiet

paucal of faħma: 2 to 10 coals; a small number of individual pieces of coal


ġamar

ġamra (singulative)
ġmamar (plural)
ġamriet (paucal)


ġamriet

paucal of ġamra: 2 to 10 embers; a small number of individual pieces of live coal


għeb

mt-verb

għeb (imperfect jgħib, past participle megħjub or (colloquial) mgħib, verbal noun għejbien)

jgħib (imperfect)
megħjub (participle past)
mgħib (colloquial participle past)
għejbien (noun-from-verb)
għebt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għebt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għeb (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għebna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għebtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għebu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għebt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għebt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għebet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għebna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għebtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għebu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħib (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħib (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħib (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħibu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħibu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħibu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħib (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħib (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħib (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħibu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħibu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħibu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għib (imperative second-person singular)
għibu (imperative plural second-person)
għab (alternative)

Il-qamar jidher bil-lejl u jgħib bin-nhar.

The moon appears at night and disappears in the daytime.

Il-mara li għebet ġimagħtejn ilu, nsabet mejta f’għar.

The woman who disappeared two weeks ago, has been found dead in a cave.


qamri

mt-adjective

qamri (feminine singular qamrija, plural qamrin)

qamrija (feminine singular)
qamrin (plural)

From qamar (“moon”) + -i. Probably not inherited from equivalent Arabic قَمَرِيّ (qamariyy), but in the grammatical sense calqued on the Arabic.

(grammar, of a consonant) not assimilating to the definite article il- (which see)


ġara

jiġri (imperfect)
ġrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġara (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġrajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġrat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġrajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niġri (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiġri (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiġri (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niġru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiġru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiġru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niġri (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiġri (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiġri (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niġru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiġru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiġru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iġri (imperative second-person singular)
iġru (imperative plural second-person)


ġara

female equivalent of ġar: a female neighbour


ġrajja

event; occurrence; something that happens


inġazza

mt-verb

inġazza (imperfect jinġazza, past participle inġazzat)

jinġazza (imperfect)
inġazzat (participle past)
inġazzajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
inġazzajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
inġazza (masculine perfect singular third-person)
inġazzajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
inġazzajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
inġazzaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
inġazzajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
inġazzajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
inġazzat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
inġazzajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
inġazzajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
inġazzaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninġazza (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinġazza (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinġazza (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninġazzaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinġazzaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinġazzaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninġazza (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinġazza (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinġazza (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninġazzaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinġazzaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinġazzaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
inġazza (imperative second-person singular)
inġazzaw (imperative plural second-person)
nġazza (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian nghiazzari, derived from ghiazzu, ghiacciu (“ice”), from Latin glacies.

(intransitive) to freeze; to turn in to ice

(intransitive) to be or feel very cold; to be freezing


ffriża

ffriża (imperfect jiffriża, past participle ffriżat or friżat, verbal noun ffriżar or friżar)

jiffriża (imperfect)
ffriżat (participle past)
friżat (participle past)
ffriżar (noun-from-verb)
friżar (noun-from-verb)
ffriżajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ffriżajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ffriża (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ffriżajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ffriżajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ffriżaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ffriżajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ffriżajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ffriżat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ffriżajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ffriżajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ffriżaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niffriża (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiffriża (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiffriża (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niffriżaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiffriżaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiffriżaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niffriża (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiffriża (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiffriża (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niffriżaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiffriżaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiffriżaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ffriża (imperative second-person singular)
ffriżaw (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from English freeze, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną.

Kelli buz wellington twil sa rkobbtejja li bih stajt ngħaddi nċaflas mill-għadajjar u għalkemm subgħajja ta’ saqajja kont inħosshom jiffriżaw bil-mod il-mod, […]

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

(transitive) to freeze something; turn it into ice


reżaħ

reżaħ (imperfect jirżaħ, past participle mirżuħ, active participle rieżaħ, verbal noun rżiħ)

jirżaħ (imperfect)
mirżuħ (participle past)
rieżaħ (active participle)
rżiħ (noun-from-verb)
rżaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rżaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
reżaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rżaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rżaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
reżħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rżaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rżaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
reżħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rżaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rżaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
reżħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nirżaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirżaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jirżaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nirżħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirżħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jirżħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nirżaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirżaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tirżaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nirżħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirżħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jirżħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
irżaħ (imperative second-person singular)
irżħu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic رَزَحَ (razaḥa, “to be exhausted, emaciated, to sink to the ground”).


debaħ

mt-verb

debaħ (imperfect jidbaħ or jidboħ, past participle midbuħ, verbal noun dbiħ)

jidbaħ (imperfect)
jidboħ (imperfect)
midbuħ (participle past)
dbiħ (noun-from-verb)
dbaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dbaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
debaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dbaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dbaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
debħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dbaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dbaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
debħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dbaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dbaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
debħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidbaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidbaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidbaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidbħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidbħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidbħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidbaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidbaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidbaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidbħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidbħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidbħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idbaħ (imperative second-person singular)
idbħu (imperative plural second-person)
dbaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dbaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
debaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dbaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dbaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
debħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dbaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dbaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
debħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dbaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dbaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
debħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidboħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidboħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidboħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidbħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidbħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidbħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidboħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidboħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidboħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidbħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidbħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidbħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idboħ (imperative second-person singular)
idbħu (imperative plural second-person)

Alla talab minn Abraham biex jidbaħ lil ibnu Iżakk.

God demanded of Abraham that he sacrifice his son Isaac.

(religion) to slaughter and sacrifice a victim (usually an animal)


biċċier

/bɪtˈt͡ʃɪːr/

Borrowed from Sicilian vucceri, from Old French bouchier. The form was adapted to the occupational noun measure and a root was accordingly derived.


biċċer

biċċer (imperfect jbiċċer, past participle mbiċċer)

jbiċċer (imperfect)
mbiċċer (participle past)
biċċirt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
biċċirt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
biċċer (masculine perfect singular third-person)
biċċirna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
biċċirtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
biċċru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
biċċirt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
biċċirt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
biċċret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
biċċirna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
biċċirtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
biċċru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbiċċer (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbiċċer (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbiċċer (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbiċċru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbiċċru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbiċċru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbiċċer (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbiċċer (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbiċċer (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbiċċru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbiċċru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbiċċru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
biċċer (imperative second-person singular)
biċċru (imperative plural second-person)


debħa

(religion) an animal or human sacrifice; an instance of sacrificial slaughter

(Christianity) “sacrifice” as referring to the Eucharist


keba

keba (imperfect jikbi, past participle mikjub, active participle kiebi, verbal noun kibi)

jikbi (imperfect)
mikjub (participle past)
kiebi (active participle)
kibi (noun-from-verb)
kbejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kbejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
keba (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kbejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kbejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kbew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kbejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kbejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kbiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kbejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kbejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kbew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nikbi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikbi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jikbi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nikbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jikbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nikbi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikbi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tikbi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nikbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jikbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ikbi (imperative second-person singular)
ikbu (imperative plural second-person)


joħroġ

/ˈjɔħ.rɔt͡ʃ/

third-person masculine singular imperfect of ħareġ


jaħrab

third-person singular imperfect of ħarab


qtil

Derived from qatel. Compare Moroccan Arabic قتيل (qtīl).

killing, murder, slaughter (the act of causing the death of a person or animal)


omiċidju volontarju

mt-noun

omiċidju volontarju m (plural omiċidji volontarji)

→ English: wilful homicide (calque)

Borrowed from Italian omicidio volontario.

bor+

211. (1) Kull min jinsab ħati ta’ omiċidju volontarju jeħel il-piena ta’ priġunerija għal għomru. (2) Hu ħati ta’ omiċidju volontarju kull min, dolożament, bil-ħsieb li joqtol persuna jew li jqiegħed il-ħajja tagħha f’periklu ċar, jikkaġunalha l-mewt.

2019, Kodiċi Kriminali, article 211, subarticles 1 and 2 (with official English version)

211. (1) Whosoever shall be guilty of wilful homicide shall be punished with imprisonment for life. (2) A person shall be guilty of wilful homicide if, maliciously, with intent to kill another person or to put the life of such other person in manifest jeopardy, he causes the death of such other person.

(law) murder; in Maltese legal English called wilful homicide


ċar

mt-adjective

ċar (feminine singular ċara, plural ċari)

Borrowed from Sicilian chiaru, ciaru, from Latin clarus.

“Ħallini nagħmilhielek ċara. Ix-xewqa tagħkom ma tistax titwettaq kif ġieb u laħaq.”

2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 61:


ħati

ħati (feminine singular ħatja, plural ħatjin)

ħatja (feminine singular)
ħatjin (plural)

inh

Arabic خَاطِئ (ḵāṭiʔ)

(nominalised) delinquent; offender; culprit


għomor

priġunerija għall-għomor

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:

lifespan, lifetime (the entire time of a person’s life; with regard to living persons also: that which has passed of it or that which remains)

fl-għomor ta’ għoxrin sena

age (quality of having lived for a particular time)


ħakem

mt-verb

ħakem (imperfect jaħkem, past participle maħkum, verbal noun ħkim)

jaħkem (imperfect)
maħkum (participle past)
ħkim (noun-from-verb)
ħkimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħkimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħakem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħkimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħkimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħakmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħkimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħkimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħakmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħkimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħkimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħakmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħkem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħkem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħkem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħkmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħkmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħkmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħkem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħkem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħkem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħkmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħkmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħkmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħkem (imperative second-person singular)
aħkmu (imperative plural second-person)

(e.g. of a potentate) to rule, especially by force; to subdue

(of natural phenomena) to hit; to engulf; to be violent


ggverna

ggverna (imperfect jiggverna, past participle ggvernat or gvernat, verbal noun ggvernar or gvernar)

jiggverna (imperfect)
ggvernat (participle past)
gvernat (participle past)
ggvernar (noun-from-verb)
gvernar (noun-from-verb)
ggvernajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ggvernajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ggverna (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ggvernajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ggvernajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ggvernaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ggvernajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ggvernajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ggvernat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ggvernajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ggvernajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ggvernaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niggverna (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiggverna (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiggverna (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niggvernaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiggvernaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiggvernaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niggverna (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiggverna (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiggverna (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niggvernaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiggvernaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiggvernaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ggverna (imperative second-person singular)
ggvernaw (imperative plural second-person)
iggverna (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian guvirnari and/or Italian governare, both from Latin gubernare.


iggverna

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of ggverna


aċċetta

aċċetta (imperfect jaċċetta, past participle aċċettat)

jaċċetta (imperfect)
aċċettat (participle past)
aċċettajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aċċettajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
aċċetta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
aċċettajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aċċettajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
aċċettaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
aċċettajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aċċettajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
aċċettat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
aċċettajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aċċettajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
aċċettaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naċċetta (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taċċetta (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaċċetta (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naċċettaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taċċettaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaċċettaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naċċetta (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taċċetta (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taċċetta (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naċċettaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taċċettaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaċċettaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aċċetta (imperative second-person singular)
aċċettaw (imperative plural second-person)

From Sicilian accettari, accittari and/or Italian accettare, both from Latin acceptare.

Għandna naċċettaw l-opinjonijiet tal-oħrajn.


stieden

stieden (imperfect jistieden, past participle mistieden, verbal noun stedin)

jistieden (imperfect)
mistieden (participle past)
stedin (noun-from-verb)
stedint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stedint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
stieden (masculine perfect singular third-person)
stedinna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stedintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
stiednu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
stedint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stedint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
stiednet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
stedinna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stedintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
stiednu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nistieden (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistieden (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jistieden (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nistiednu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistiednu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jistiednu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nistieden (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistieden (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tistieden (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nistiednu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistiednu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jistiednu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
stieden (imperative second-person singular)
stiednu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic اِسْتَأْذَنَ (istaʔḏana, “to ask for permission to come in”). In Maltese, it has been transferred from the guest’s question to the host’s offer. Used the same way in Tunisian arabic.

inh

اِسْتَأْذَنَ


tweġiba

tweġibiet (plural)
twiġiba (alternative)


opinjoni

/ɔpɪnˈjɔːnɪ/


ħejja

mt-verb

ħejja (imperfect jħejji, past participle mħejji, verbal noun tħejjija or ħeji)

jħejji (imperfect)
mħejji (participle past)
tħejjija (noun-from-verb)
ħeji (noun-from-verb)
ħejjejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħejjejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħejja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħejjejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħejjejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħejjew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħejjejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħejjejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħejjiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħejjejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħejjejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħejjew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħejji (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħejji (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħejji (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħejju (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħejju (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħejju (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħejji (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħejji (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħejji (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħejju (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħejju (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħejju (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħejji (imperative second-person singular)
ħejju (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic هَيَّأَ (hayyaʔa, “to prepare, arrange”) with fortition of h- to ħ- as in some other stems.

inh

Il-qanpiena ħarġet tħabbar
mill-kampnar: Sar ħin it-talb;
ejjew nies, il-kelma t’Alla
sa niżirgħu, ħejju l-qalb!”

1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Qanpiena”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:


ħliqa

mt-noun

ħliqa f (plural ħlejjaq, diminutive ħlejqa)

From Arabic خَلِيقَة (ḵalīqa, “something created, creature, creation”).

inh

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

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

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

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


ħolqien

Verbal noun of ħalaq (“to create”). Compare Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq), of which it is perhaps an extended form.

Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti
- bil-ferħ insiġtha jien, -
hi għanja lis-Sbuħija
Sultana tal-ħolqien.

creation (all that is created collectively)


ddubita

mt-verb

ddubita (imperfect jiddubita, past participle ddubitat or dubitat)

jiddubita (imperfect)
ddubitat (participle past)
dubitat (participle past)
ddubitajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddubitajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddubita (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddubitajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddubitajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddubitaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddubitajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddubitajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddubitat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddubitajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddubitajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddubitaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddubita (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddubita (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddubita (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddubitaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddubitaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddubitaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddubita (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddubita (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddubita (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddubitaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddubitaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddubitaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddubita (imperative second-person singular)
ddubitaw (imperative plural second-person)
iddubita (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian dubitare, from Latin dubitare.


ġiegħel

ġiegħel (imperfect jġiegħel, past participle mġiegħel)

jġiegħel (imperfect)
mġiegħel (participle past)
ġegħilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġegħilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġiegħel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġegħilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġegħiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġiegħlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġegħilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġegħilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġiegħlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġegħilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġegħiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġiegħlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nġiegħel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġiegħel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jġiegħel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nġiegħlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġiegħlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jġiegħlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nġiegħel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġiegħel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ġġiegħel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nġiegħlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġiegħlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jġiegħlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ġiegħel (imperative second-person singular)
ġiegħlu (imperative plural second-person)
ġagħal (alternative)

/ˈd͡ʒɪː.jɛl/

/ˈd͡ʒɪː.əˤl/

From the intensive form of Arabic جَعَلَ (jaʕala).


ġagħal

ġagħal (imperfect jġagħal, past participle mġagħal)

jġagħal (imperfect)
mġagħal (participle past)
ġagħalt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġagħalt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġagħal (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġagħalna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġagħaltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġagħlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġagħalt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġagħalt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġagħlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġagħalna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġagħaltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġagħlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nġagħal (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġagħal (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jġagħal (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nġagħlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġagħlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jġagħlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nġagħal (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġagħal (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ġġagħal (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nġagħlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġagħlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jġagħlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ġagħal (imperative second-person singular)
ġagħlu (imperative plural second-person)


bniedma

female equivalent of bniedem: a female human being; a girl or woman viewed as a member of the human race


mingħajr

mingħajri (first-person singular)
mingħajrna (first-person plural)
mingħajrek (second-person singular)
mingħajrkom (plural second-person)
mingħajru (masculine singular third-person)
mingħajrha (feminine singular third-person)
mingħajrhom (plural third-person)

From Arabic مِنْ غَيْر (min ḡayr, “without”, literally “from other than”). By surface analysis, minn + għajr.

inh

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

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


ħlief

ħliefi (first-person singular)
ħliefna (first-person plural)
ħliefek (second-person singular)
ħliefkom (plural second-person)
ħliefu (masculine singular third-person)
ħliefha (feminine singular third-person)
ħliefhom (plural third-person)

Werwritni sakemm wasalna! Vera kollox tagħmel bl-attenzjoni u bil-galbu, ħlief … is-sewqan!


żamm

mt-verb

żamm (imperfect jżomm, past participle miżmum, verbal noun żamm)

jżomm (imperfect)
miżmum (participle past)
żamm (noun-from-verb)
żammejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żammejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żamm (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żammejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żammejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żammew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żammejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żammejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żammet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żammejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żammejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żammew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nżomm (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżomm (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jżomm (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nżommu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżommu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jżommu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nżomm (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżomm (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
żżomm (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nżommu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżommu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jżommu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żomm (imperative second-person singular)
żommu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic زَمَّ (zamma, “to bind, tie up”).

Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

Destroy, kill those vines,
the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
without bread, without light, without peace!

Iżżommha

Iżommha

(in the imperfect) to look after one's appearance [with -ha]

to stop (someone) from doing (something)


qalbu sewda

Literally: “one’s heart is black”. Arabic حَزِين (ḥazīn, “sad”) has come to mean “wrong, bad” in Maltese; see ħażin.

Konna qalbna sewda.

Għandhom qalbhom sewda.

Inħossni qalbi sewda.


swied il-qalb

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

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


ħass

ħass (imperfect jħoss, past participle maħsus)

jħoss (imperfect)
maħsus (participle past)
ħassejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħassejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħass (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħassejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħassejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħassew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħassejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħassejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħasset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħassejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħassejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħassew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħoss (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħoss (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħoss (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħossu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħossu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħossu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħoss (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħoss (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħoss (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħossu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħossu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħossu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħoss (imperative second-person singular)
ħossu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic حَسَّ (ḥassa), أَحَسَّ (ʔaḥassa). The reflexive construction with pronominal suffixes is slightly unusual but not without precedent in Classical Arabic; compare أَظُنُّنِي (ʔaẓunnunī, “I consider myself”). In Maltese ħass, it probably mirrors the construction of Sicilian si sèntiri, from Latin sentīre.

Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.

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

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

Kif tħossok?

Kulmeta nintelaq inħares lejn dan l-inkwatru kont inħossni ninħakem minn paċi misterjuża u niftakarni ngħid lili nnifsi, “Ħa mmur noqgħod nilgħab fil-kamra ta’ l-imbarazz, ħalli nidħol fl-inkwatru!”


fallaz

fallaz (imperfect jfallaz, past participle mfallaz, verbal noun tifliz)

jfallaz (imperfect)
mfallaz (participle past)
tifliz (noun-from-verb)
fallazt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fallazt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fallaz (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fallazna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fallaztu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fallzu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fallazt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fallazt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fallzet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fallazna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fallaztu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fallzu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nfallaz (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfallaz (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jfallaz (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nfallzu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfallzu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jfallzu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nfallaz (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfallaz (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tfallaz (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nfallzu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfallzu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jfallzu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
fallaz (imperative second-person singular)
fallzu (imperative plural second-person)


fallaz

mt-noun

fallaz m (plural fallazi, feminine fallaza)


tewmi

tewmi m (plural tewmin, feminine tewmija)

From Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam). The expected form would be *tewwem. The form tewmi is either a backformation from the plural or derives from an adjective; compare Arabic تَوْأَمِيّ (tawʔamiyy).


għaliex

From underlying Arabic عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء (ʕalā ʔayyi šayʔ, literally “on what thing”). By surface analysis, għal (“for”) + *iex (“what”); see xiex for the latter. Cognate with Moroccan Arabic علاش (ʕlāš, “why”).

der

عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء


għaliex

der

عَلَى أَيِّ شَيْء


għadd

mt-verb

għadd (imperfect jgħodd, past participle magħdud, verbal noun għadd)

jgħodd (imperfect)
magħdud (participle past)
għadd (noun-from-verb)
għaddejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaddejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għadd (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għaddejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaddejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għaddew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għaddejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaddejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għaddet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għaddejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaddejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għaddew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħodd (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħodd (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħodd (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħoddu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħoddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħoddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħodd (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħodd (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħodd (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħoddu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħoddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħoddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għodd (imperative second-person singular)
għoddu (imperative plural second-person)
għodd (alternative)

Trid tgħodd il-flus jew tafdani?

Do you want to count the money or do you trust me?

X’jgħodd għalik l-iktar f’ħajtek?

(intransitive) to matter; to be important or valid

Jgħodduna bħal boloh.

(transitive, + bħal or b’) to consider to be; to take for


jgħodd

third-person singular imperfect of għadd


magħdud

mt-past participle

magħdud (feminine magħduda, plural magħdudin)


għadda

mt-verb

għadda (imperfect jgħaddi, past participle mgħoddi)

jgħaddi (imperfect)
mgħoddi (participle past)
għaddejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaddejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għadda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għaddejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaddejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għaddew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għaddejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaddejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għaddiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għaddejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaddejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għaddew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħaddi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħaddi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħaddi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħaddu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħaddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħaddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħaddi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħaddi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħaddi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħaddu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħaddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħaddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għaddi (imperative second-person singular)
għaddu (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive or intransitive) to pass by; to overtake

(intransitive, of an examinee) to pass; to do well

is-sena li għaddiet

Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.

1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:

(intransitive, of time) to pass; to go by


għodd

għodd (imperfect jgħodd, past participle magħdud, verbal noun għodd)

jgħodd (imperfect)
magħdud (participle past)
għodd (noun-from-verb)
għoddejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għoddejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għodd (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għoddejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għoddejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għoddew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għoddejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għoddejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għoddet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għoddejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għoddejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għoddew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħodd (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħodd (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħodd (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħoddu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħoddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħoddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħodd (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħodd (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħodd (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħoddu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħoddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħoddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għodd (imperative second-person singular)
għoddu (imperative plural second-person)


għodd

għoddi (first-person singular)
għoddna (first-person singular)
għoddek (second-person singular)
għoddkom (second-person singular)
għoddu (masculine singular third-person)
għoddha (feminine singular third-person)
għoddhom (singular third-person)

Alternative form of għadd


staħa

staħa (imperfect jistħi, active participle mistħi)

jistħi (imperfect)
mistħi (active participle)

From Arabic اِسْتَحَى (istaḥā). Doublet of staħja.

to blush, to be ashamed, embarrassed, shy


fadal

fadal (imperfect jifdal, past participle mofdal, verbal noun fadal)

jifdal (imperfect)
mofdal (participle past)
fadal (noun-from-verb)
fdalt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fdalt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fadal (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fdalna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fdaltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fadlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fdalt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fdalt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fadlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fdalna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fdaltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fadlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nifdal (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tifdal (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jifdal (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nifdlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tifdlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jifdlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nifdal (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tifdal (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tifdal (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nifdlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tifdlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jifdlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ifdal (imperative second-person singular)
ifdlu (imperative plural second-person)

to be left over, remain as a rest or surplus


jifdal

third-person masculine singular imperfect of fadal


staħba

staħba (imperfect jistaħba, past participle mistoħbi)

jistaħba (imperfect)
mistoħbi (participle past)
staħbejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
staħbejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
staħba (masculine perfect singular third-person)
staħbejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
staħbejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
staħbew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
staħbejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
staħbejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
staħbiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
staħbejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
staħbejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
staħbew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nistaħba (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistaħba (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jistaħba (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nistaħbew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistaħbew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jistaħbew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nistaħba (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistaħba (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tistaħba (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nistaħbew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistaħbew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jistaħbew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
staħba (imperative second-person singular)
staħbew (imperative plural second-person)


għafas

għafas (imperfect jagħfas, past participle magħfus, verbal noun għafis)

jagħfas (imperfect)
magħfus (participle past)
għafis (noun-from-verb)
għafast (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għafast (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għafas (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għafasna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għafastu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għafsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għafast (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għafast (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għafset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għafasna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għafastu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għafsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħfas (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħfas (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħfas (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħfsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħfsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħfsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħfas (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħfas (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħfas (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħfsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħfsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħfsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħfas (imperative second-person singular)
agħfsu (imperative plural second-person)
għafes (alternative)

Għafastha għax emozzjonata ħafna u għandi bżonn kbir li nħoss lil xi ħadd qrib tiegħi.

It-Technical School kellha l-fama li kienet aktar tagħfas fuq suġġetti tekniċi milli akkademiċi.

to depend [with fuq ‘on someone or something’]


għarqa

From Arabic غَرْقَة (ḡarqa), غَرْق (ḡarq).


bżar

From Arabic أَبْزار (ʔabzār, “spice”). The specific sense “pepper” also in Moroccan Arabic بزار (bzār). Compare further the unrelated but similar-sounding Arabic بَهار (bahār, “spice”), whence North Levantine Arabic بهار (bhār, “pepper”).


bżar

bżaru (singulative)
bżara (singulative)
bżariet (paucal)

sweet pepper, bell pepper; sweet pepper, bell peppers (several peppers; pepper as a species or mass)


tursin

Borrowed from Sicilian pitrusinu, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon). Probably an early borrowing in which the initial pi- was interpreted as the preposition bi (“with”), thus Maltese bit-tursin (“with parsley”), whence the backformation.

der

πετροσέλῑνον


tadamiet

paucal of tadama: 2 to 10 tomatoes; a small number of individual tomatoes


dudiet

plural of dudu or duda: 2 to 10 worms; a small number of individual worms


ġurad

mt-noun

ġurad m (plural ġuradi or ġradijiet, diminutive ġrajjed or ġrajjet)

ġuradi (plural)
ġradijiet (plural)
ġrajjed (diminutive)
ġrajjet (diminutive)
ġurat (alternative)
ġrat (alternative)
ġrad (alternative)

Dan Ġwanni kellu fuqu libsa tax-xagħar tal-ġemel, bi ħżiem tal-ġild madwar qaddu, u l-ikel tiegħu kien ġradijiet u għasel selvaġġ.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 3:4:

New International Version translation: John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

Jekk inti tibqa’ ma tridx tibgħat lill-poplu tiegħi, arani, għada nġib il-ġradijiet fl-art ta’ pajjiżek.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 10:4:

New International Version translation: If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow.

Kienu jiġu bl-imrieħel tagħhom, bit-tined tagħhom kotrana daqs il-ġradijiet, u iġmla bla għadd, u kienu jiġu jħarbtu l-art kollha.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Imħallfin 6:5:

New International Version translation: They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count them or their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it.


ġurat

Borrowed from Sicilian giuratu and/or Italian giurato, both from Latin iuratus.


salvaġġ

mt-adjective

salvaġġ (feminine singular salvaġġa, plural slavaġ or salvaġġi)

salvaġġa (feminine singular)
slavaġ (plural)
salvaġġi (plural)
selvaġġ (alternative)

From an older variant of either Sicilian sarvaggiu or Italian selvaggio, eventually from Latin silvaticus, from silva (“forest”).


ċinturin

From Italian cinturino or a Sicilian equivalent, a diminutive derivation from Latin cinctura. Doublet of ċinga and ċint.

belt (band around the waist worn principally to hold one’s trousers)


ċinga

Borrowed from Sicilian cinga, from Latin cingula, cingulum.

(in the plural) suspenders (an item used hold up trousers)


elmu

From Sicilian elmu and/or Italian elmo, both from Latin helmus, from Frankish *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. The Italo-Romance word is usually restricted to military helmets; the broader use in Maltese may be due to influence by English helmet, eventually from the same Germanic word.


dgħif

dgħif (feminine singular dgħifa, plural dgħifa or dgħaf)

dgħifa (feminine singular)
dgħifa (plural)
dgħaf (plural)

From Arabic ضَعِيف (ḍaʕīf, “weak”). The original sense is continued by dgħajjef, from a diminutive.


żewweġ

jżewweġ (imperfect)
żewwiġt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żewwiġt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żewweġ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żewwiġna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żewwiġtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żewġu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żewwiġt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żewwiġt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żewġet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żewwiġna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żewwiġtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żewġu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nżewweġ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżewweġ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jżewweġ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nżewġu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżewġu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jżewġu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nżewweġ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżewweġ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
żżewweġ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nżewġu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżewġu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jżewġu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żewweġ (imperative second-person singular)
żewġu (imperative plural second-person)

(of a priest, civil servant, etc.) to wed; to marry (officially join two people in marriage)

(of parents, etc.) to marry off; to find a spouse for


żżewweġ

mt-verb

żżewweġ (imperfect jiżżewweġ, past participle miżżewweġ)

jiżżewweġ (imperfect)
miżżewweġ (participle past)
żżewwiġt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żżewwiġt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żżewweġ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żżewwiġna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żżewwiġtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żżewġu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żżewwiġt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żżewwiġt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żżewġet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żżewwiġna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żżewwiġtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żżewġu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżżewweġ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżżewweġ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżżewweġ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżżewġu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżżewġu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżżewġu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżżewweġ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżżewweġ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżżewweġ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżżewġu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżżewġu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżżewġu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żżewweġ (imperative second-person singular)
żżewġu (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive) mediopassive of żewweġ: to marry, be married; to enter a marriage

żewweġ

(transitive) to marry someone; to take someone as one's spouse


żżewweġ

inflection of żewweġ:
second-person singular imperfect

third-person feminine singular imperfect


jiżżewweġ

third-person singular imperfect of żżewweġ


miżżewweġ

mt-past participle

miżżewweġ (feminine miżżewġa, plural miżżewġin)

past participle of żżewweġ: married, in a marriage


jżewweġ

third-person masculine singular imperfect of żewweġ


ħafif

mt-adjective

ħafif (feminine singular ħafifa, plural ħfief, comparative eħfef)

ħafifa (feminine singular)
ħfief (plural)
eħfef (comparative)

“IMMA … mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”


ħfief

jiħfief (imperfect)
ħfift (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħfift (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħfief (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħfifna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħfiftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħfiefu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħfift (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħfift (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħfiefet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħfifna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħfiftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħfiefu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niħfief (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiħfief (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiħfief (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niħfiefu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiħfiefu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiħfiefu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niħfief (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiħfief (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiħfief (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niħfiefu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiħfiefu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiħfiefu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħfief (imperative second-person singular)
ħfiefu (imperative plural second-person)


ddeċieda

mt-verb

ddeċieda (imperfect jiddeċiedi, past participle deċiż)

jiddeċiedi (imperfect)
deċiż (participle past)
ddeċidejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddeċidejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddeċieda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddeċidejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddeċidejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddeċidew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddeċidejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddeċidejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddeċidiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddeċidejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddeċidejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddeċidew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddeċiedi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddeċiedi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddeċiedi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddeċiedu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddeċiedu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddeċiedu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddeċiedi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddeċiedi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddeċiedi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddeċiedu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddeċiedu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddeċiedu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddeċiedi (imperative second-person singular)
ddeċiedu (imperative plural second-person)
iddeċieda (alternative)
ddeċida (alternative)

From Italian decidere and/or Sicilian dicidiri, both from Latin decidere.


iddeċieda

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of ddeċieda


ddeċida

ddeċida (imperfect jiddeċidi, past participle deċiż)

jiddeċidi (imperfect)
deċiż (participle past)
ddeċidejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddeċidejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddeċida (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddeċidejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddeċidejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddeċidew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddeċidejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddeċidejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddeċidiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddeċidejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddeċidejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddeċidew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddeċidi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddeċidi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddeċidi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddeċidu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddeċidu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddeċidu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddeċidi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddeċidi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddeċidi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddeċidu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddeċidu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddeċidu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddeċidi (imperative second-person singular)
ddeċidu (imperative plural second-person)
iddeċida (alternative)


jiddeċiedi

third-person singular imperfect of ddeċieda


deċiż

past participle of ddeċieda: decided, having been subject to a decision


deċiż

mt-adjective

deċiż (feminine singular deċiża, plural deċiżi)

deċiża (feminine singular)
deċiżi (plural)


segwa

mt-verb

segwa (imperfect jsegwi, past participle segwit or msegwi)

jsegwi (imperfect)
segwit (participle past)
msegwi (participle past)
segwejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
segwejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
segwa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
segwejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
segwejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
segwew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
segwejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
segwejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
segwiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
segwejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
segwejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
segwew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsegwi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssegwi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsegwi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsegwu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssegwu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsegwu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsegwi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssegwi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssegwi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsegwu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssegwu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsegwu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
segwi (imperative second-person singular)
segwu (imperative plural second-person)


azzar

Borrowed from Sicilian azzaru, from Latin aciarium, from acies.


furketta

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


sajd

fishing (the act of catching fish; a fisherman's work)


sajjied

mt-noun

sajjied m (plural sajjieda, feminine sajjieda)


merħla

merħla f (plural mrieħel, paucal merħliet)

Derived from Arabic رَحَلَ (raḥala, “to saddle, to journey”), which in early Maltese was used of herdsmen and their animals; compare raħħal (“herdsman, stockbreeder”), from Arabic رَحّال (raḥḥāl, “traveller”). The underlying form is probably مَرْحَلة (marḥala) or *مِرْحَلة (*mirḥala), though the formation would seem to be independent from the Arabic word meaning “day’s journey, stretch”. It could also be مُرْحَلة (murḥala) or مُرْحِلة (murḥila); compare أَرْحَلَ (ʔarḥala, “to have many camels; to train a camel; to become fat [of a camel]”).


raħħal

mt-noun

raħħal m (plural raħħala or raħħalin, feminine raħħala)

raħħala (plural)
raħħalin (plural)
raħħala (feminine)

From Arabic رَحَّال (raḥḥāl, “traveller”).


mudlam

mt-adjective

mudlam (feminine singular mudlama, plural mudlamin or mudlama)

mudlama (feminine singular)
mudlamin (plural)
mudlama (plural)
midlam (alternative)

dark (not bright, especially through absence of light)


oskur

oskur (feminine singular oskura, plural oskuri)

oskura (feminine singular)
oskuri (plural)

Borrowed from Italian oscuro, from Latin obscurus. Doublet of earlier skur (“dark”), from Sicilian scuru.


għader

mt-verb

għader (imperfect jagħder, past participle magħdur, verbal noun għadir or tagħdir or għadar or għadrien or għodrien)

jagħder (imperfect)
magħdur (participle past)
għadir (noun-from-verb)
tagħdir (noun-from-verb)
għadar (noun-from-verb)
għadrien (noun-from-verb)
għodrien (noun-from-verb)
għadirt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għadirt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għader (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għadirna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għadirtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għadru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għadirt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għadirt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għadret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għadirna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għadirtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għadru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħder (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħder (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħder (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħdru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħdru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħdru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħder (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħder (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħder (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħdru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħdru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħdru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħder (imperative second-person singular)
agħdru (imperative plural second-person)


kompassjoni

Borrowed from Italian compassione, from Latin compassio.


ħenn

jħenn (imperfect)
ħennejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħennejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħenn (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħennejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħennejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħennew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħennejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħennejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħennet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħennejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħennejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħennew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħenn (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħenn (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħenn (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħennu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħennu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħennu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħenn (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħenn (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħenn (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħennu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħennu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħennu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħenn (imperative second-person singular)
ħennu (imperative plural second-person)


ħanin

mt-adjective

ħanin (feminine singular ħanina, plural ħnien)

ħanina (feminine singular)
ħnien (plural)

Apparently an alteration of Arabic حَنُون (ḥanūn) after the common adjective measure C-(a)-C-i-C. Compare Moroccan Arabic حنين (ḥnīn).

Ħanina, kemm inti ħelwa, ħelwa daqs il-passolina.
 Daqskemm qalbi tħobb lil ġismi, daqshekk inħobbok, ħanina!

Traditional (lyrics and music), “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:

Darling, how sweet you are, as sweet as raisins.
 As much as my heart loves my own body, that much I love you, my darling!


miżerikordja

Borrowed from Italian misericordia, from Latin misericordia.


miżerikordjuż

miżerikordjuż (feminine singular miżerikordjuża, plural miżerikordjużi)

miżerikordjuża (feminine singular)
miżerikordjużi (plural)

Borrowed from Italian misericordioso. By surface analysis, miżerikordja + -uż.


-uż

Borrowed from Sicilian -usu, from Latin -ōsus.

-ous; -ose; -y; -ly Used to form adjectives from nouns.


sejjaħ

mt-verb

sejjaħ (imperfect jsejjaħ, past participle msejjaħ, verbal noun tisjiħ)

jsejjaħ (imperfect)
msejjaħ (participle past)
tisjiħ (noun-from-verb)
sejjaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sejjaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sejjaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sejjaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sejjaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sejħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sejjaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sejjaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sejħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sejjaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sejjaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sejħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsejjaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssejjaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsejjaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsejħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssejħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsejħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsejjaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssejjaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssejjaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsejħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssejħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsejħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sejjaħ (imperative second-person singular)
sejħu (imperative plural second-person)

Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.


tela'

tela’ (imperfect jitla’, past participle mitlugħ, active participle tiela’, verbal noun tlugħ or tligħ)

tela’ (canonical)
jitla’ (imperfect)
mitlugħ (participle past)
tiela’ (active participle)
tlugħ (noun-from-verb)
tligħ (noun-from-verb)
tlajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tlajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tela’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tlajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tlajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
telgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tlajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tlajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
telgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tlajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tlajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
telgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitla’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titla’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitla’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitilgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titilgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitilgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitla’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titla’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titla’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitilgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titilgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitilgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
itla’ (imperative second-person singular)
itilgħu (imperative plural second-person)
tala’ (alternative)

U tela’ għas-sur, wisq imgħaddab,
u kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara,
u l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu
bl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara!

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

to ascend; to rise; to soar; to climb up (move to a higher position)


jagħder

third-person singular imperfect of għader


magħdur

mt-past participle

magħdur (feminine magħdura, plural magħdurin)


bħal

bħali (first-person singular)
bħalna (first-person plural)
bħalek (second-person singular)
bħalkom (plural second-person)
bħalu (masculine singular third-person)
bħalha (feminine singular third-person)
bħalhom (plural third-person)
bħaċ- · bħad- · bħan- (definite feminine masculine xemxin-assimilation)
bħaċ- · bħad- · bħan- (definite singular xemxin-assimilation)
bħaċ- · bħad- · bħan- (definite xemxin-assimilation)
bħaċ- · bħad- · bħan- (definite feminine masculine singular xemxin-assimilation)
bħar- · bħas- · bħat- · (definite feminine masculine xemxin-assimilation)
bħar- · bħas- · bħat- · (definite singular xemxin-assimilation)
bħar- · bħas- · bħat- · (definite xemxin-assimilation)
bħar- · bħas- · bħat- · (definite feminine masculine singular xemxin-assimilation)
bħax- · bħaz- · bħaż- (definite feminine masculine xemxin-assimilation)
bħax- · bħaz- · bħaż- (definite singular xemxin-assimilation)
bħax- · bħaz- · bħaż- (definite xemxin-assimilation)
bħax- · bħaz- · bħaż- (definite feminine masculine singular xemxin-assimilation)
bħall- (qamrin-unassimilation)

Inherited from common Maghrebi Arabic, eventually from بِحالِ (bi-ḥāli, literally “in the state of”). Compare Moroccan Arabic بحال (bḥāl).

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

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


reġa'

mt-verb

reġa’ (imperfect jerġa’, active participle rieġa’, verbal noun rġigħ or rġugħ)

reġa’ (canonical)
jerġa’ (imperfect)
rieġa’ (active participle)
rġigħ (noun-from-verb)
rġugħ (noun-from-verb)
rġajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rġajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
reġa’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rġajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rġajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
reġgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rġajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rġajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
reġgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rġajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rġajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
reġgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nerġa’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
terġa’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jerġa’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nerġgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
terġgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jerġgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nerġa’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
terġa’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
terġa’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nerġgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
terġgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jerġgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
erġa’ (imperative second-person singular)
erġgħu (imperative plural second-person)
raġa’ (alternative)

Il-librerija reġgħet infetħet wara l-btajjel tas-sajf.

The library was opened again after the summer holidays.

Imorru u jerġgħu jiġu. / Imorru u jerġgħu lura.

(usually with ġie or lura) to return, come back


btala

mt-noun

btala f (plural btajjel, diminutive btajla)

From Arabic بِطَالَة (biṭāla, “work stoppage, free time, holiday”).

inh

(in the plural) holidays, break, vacation


sabbar

mt-verb

sabbar (imperfect jsabbar, past participle msabbar, verbal noun tisbir)

jsabbar (imperfect)
msabbar (participle past)
tisbir (noun-from-verb)
sabbart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sabbart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sabbar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sabbarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sabbartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sabbru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sabbart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sabbart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sabbret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sabbarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sabbartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sabbru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsabbar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssabbar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsabbar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsabbru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssabbru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsabbru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsabbar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssabbar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssabbar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsabbru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssabbru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsabbru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sabbar (imperative second-person singular)
sabbru (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic صَبَّرَ (ṣabbara, “to make patient, summon to patience, console”).

inh

to console (try to alleviate someone's sadness)


kkonsla

mt-verb

kkonsla (imperfect jikkonsla, past participle konsolat or kkonslat)

jikkonsla (imperfect)
konsolat (participle past)
kkonslat (participle past)
kkonslajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kkonslajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kkonsla (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kkonslajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kkonslajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kkonslaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kkonslajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kkonslajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kkonslat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kkonslajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kkonslajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kkonslaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nikkonsla (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikkonsla (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jikkonsla (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nikkonslaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikkonslaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jikkonslaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nikkonsla (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikkonsla (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tikkonsla (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nikkonslaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikkonslaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jikkonslaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kkonsla (imperative second-person singular)
kkonslaw (imperative plural second-person)
ikkonsla (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian consolare, from Latin consolare.


farraġ

farraġ (imperfect jfarraġ, past participle mfarraġ)

jfarraġ (imperfect)
mfarraġ (participle past)
farraġt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
farraġt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
farraġ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
farraġna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
farraġtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
farrġu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
farraġt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
farraġt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
farrġet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
farraġna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
farraġtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
farrġu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nfarraġ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfarraġ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jfarraġ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nfarrġu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfarrġu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jfarrġu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nfarraġ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfarraġ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tfarraġ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nfarrġu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfarrġu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jfarrġu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
farraġ (imperative second-person singular)
farrġu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic فَرَّجَ (farraja, “to allay someone's sorrow, relieve, disburden”).

inh

to care for someone in sorrow, illness, misery; to be there for; to comfort


fuq

fuqi (first-person singular)
fuqna (first-person plural)
fuqek (second-person singular)
fuqkom (plural second-person)
fuqu (masculine singular third-person)
fuqha (feminine singular third-person)
fuqhom (plural third-person)

From Arabic فَوْقَ (fawqa, preposition), فَوْقُ (fawqu, adverb). The Arabic words mean only “over, above”, but the Maltese preposition gained additional senses from għal (now only “for, to”).

on; upon (at the top, on the surface of)


ħamrija

Pertaining to aħmar (“red”). Probably an extended form of Arabic حُمَر (ḥumar), حُمْرة (ḥumra), which are also used of certain kinds of soil. Compare Moroccan Arabic حمري (ḥamri, “red earth”).

cog

earth; soil (organic material which covers the land)


ħmieġ

ħmieġa (singulative)
ħmiġijiet (paucal)
ħamġa (alternative)

From Arabic أَخْماج (ʔaḵmāj), plural of خَمَج (ḵamaj, “putrefication, decay”), from خَمَجَ (ḵamaja, “to rot, putrefy”). Compare Tunisian Arabic خْماج (“dirt”).


maktur

Borrowed from Sicilian maccaturi, muccaturi, probably from Old Occitan mocador. Cognate with Catalan mocador, French mouchoir.

Fuq il-blata ġej u sejjer, fuq il-blata nerġa’ mmur.
 Għax hemmhekk għandi namrata, u xxejjirli bil-maktur.
 Ħanina, nitolbok ħaġa: Islifli ftit il-maktur!
 Dawk in-nies ma jkunux jafu, ’l ommok ma ngħidilhiex żgur.

To the rock I come and go, on the rock I always walk,
 For I have my sweetheart there, and she waves to me with a handkerchief.
 Darling, one thing I ask of you: Lend me that handkerchief a while!
 Those people won’t even know, and I sure won’t tell your mum.

handkerchief (small towel of cloth or paper)


tarf

mt-noun

tarf m (plural truf or trufijiet or traf or turfien or trafijiet, diminutive trajjef)

truf (plural)
trufijiet (plural)
traf (plural)
turfien (plural)
trafijiet (plural)
trajjef (diminutive)


ġenb

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

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


naħa

naħa f (plural nħawi, paucal naħat or naħiet)

nħawi (plural)
naħat (paucal)
naħiet (paucal)
naħu (alternative)
naħja (alternative)

Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.

side; direction (space in relation to some reference point, e.g. to the left or right of it)


maġenb

maġenbi (first-person singular)
maġenbna (first-person plural)
maġenbek (second-person singular)
maġenbkom (plural second-person)
maġenbu (masculine singular third-person)
maġenbha (feminine singular third-person)
maġenbhom (plural third-person)

From ma’ (“with, near, by”) + ġenb (“side”). Compare Moroccan Arabic مع جنب (mʕa janb, “next to, close to”).

cog

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

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


xamm

mt-verb

xamm (imperfect jxomm, verbal noun xamm)

jxomm (imperfect)
xamm (noun-from-verb)
xammejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xammejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xamm (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xammejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xammejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xammew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xammejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xammejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xammet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xammejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xammejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xammew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxomm (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxomm (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxomm (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxommu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxommu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxommu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxomm (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxomm (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxomm (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxommu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxommu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxommu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xomm (imperative second-person singular)
xommu (imperative plural second-person)