kaxkax

kaxkax (imperfect jkaxkax, past participle mkaxkax, verbal noun tkaxkix)

jkaxkax (imperfect)
mkaxkax (participle past)
tkaxkix (noun-from-verb)
kaxkaxt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kaxkaxt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kaxkax (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kaxkaxna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kaxkaxtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kaxkxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kaxkaxt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kaxkaxt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kaxkxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kaxkaxna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kaxkaxtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kaxkxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkaxkax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkaxkax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkaxkax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkaxkxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkaxkxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkaxkxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkaxkax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkaxkax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkaxkax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkaxkxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkaxkxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkaxkxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kaxkax (imperative second-person singular)
kaxkxu (imperative plural second-person)


ballun baraxx

Calque of English barrage balloon. By surface analysis, ballun + baraxx.


nuċiprisk

nuċipriska (singulative)
nuċipriskiet (paucal)
anċiprisk (alternative)
ċiprisk (alternative)
ċuprisk (alternative)
nuċipersika (alternative)
nuċiperski (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian nucipèrsicu, now meaning “cypress” in Sicily despite presumably traditionally meaning “nectarine” as it still does in Calabria, or Italian noce persica (“nectarine”).


anċiprisk

anċipriska (singulative)
anċipriskiet (paucal)


ċiprisk

ċipriska (singulative)
ċipriskiet (paucal)


ċuprisk

ċupriska (singulative)
ċupriskiet (paucal)


ċikloniku

mt-adj

ċikloniku (feminine singular ċiklonika, plural ċikloniċi)

ċiklonika (feminine singular)
ċikloniċi (plural)


ċikliku

ċikliku (feminine singular ċiklika, plural ċikliċi)

ċiklika (feminine singular)
ċikliċi (plural)


ċiklist

mt-noun

ċiklist m (plural ċiklisti, feminine ċiklista)

ċiklisti (plural)
ċiklista (feminine)
ċiklista (alternative)


ċiklista

ċiklista m or f by sense (plural ċikliċi)


misilma

misilma f (plural misilmin or (obsolete) misilmiet)

misilmin (plural)
misilmiet (obsolete plural)


ħoss

Niftakar
tal-qniepen il-mota ferrieħa,
u l-Ave Maria ta’ Schubert
taż-żahar il-fwieħa
u l-għafsa ta’ driegħek ma’ driegħi,
u l-ħeġġa ta’ wiċċek ħamrani,
u l-mantar bajdani
jitkaxkar mal-qiegħa
tal-korsija:
id-dija u d-dawl tal-parilja,
il-ħsejjes taż-żwiemel għaddejja,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Niftakar”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


ħoss il-miss

Rhyming reduplication of ħoss. Compare Moroccan Arabic حسي مسي (ḥassi massi).


kif tagħmel, jagħmlulek

what goes around comes around
what goes around comes around


pazjent

pazjent m (plural pazjenti, feminine pazjenta)


paċenzja

Borrowed from Sicilian pacenzia, from Latin patientia.


paċenzjuż

mt-adj

paċenzjuż (feminine singular paċenzjuża, plural paċenzjużi)

paċenzjuża (feminine singular)
paċenzjużi (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian pacinziusu. By surface analysis, paċenzja + -uż.


gorboġ

mt-noun

gorboġ m (plural griebeġ, diminutive grejbeġ)

griebeġ (plural)
grejbeġ (diminutive)
girbeġ (alternative)

/ˈɡɔr.bɔt͡ʃ/

sty, pigsty (an enclosure where pigs are kept)

hutch (an enclosure where rabbits are kept)

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!

Ngħidlek, jien u l-ħanina
ġewwa l-gorboġ mudlam
henjin daqs re u reġina
ġewwa palazz tar-rħam!

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Jien u l-Ħanina”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

I tell you, me and my darling
inside the dark hovel
happy as a king and queen
inside a marble palace!


girbeġ

girbeġ m (plural griebeġ, diminutive grejbeġ)

/ˈɡɪr.bɛt͡ʃ/


tnalja

Probably borrowed from Italian tenaglia. Compare Sicilian tinagghia.

Hawn min s’issa qatt ma żbalja,
 Qatt ma miss martell jew tnalja.

ca. 1995, “Ħafna xogħol ma jgħoddx għalina”, performed by Amanda Bugeja:

Here are some who’ve never erred so far,
 And have never touched a hammer or a pair of pincers.


ġejjieni

/d͡ʒɛjˈjɪː.nɪ/


psikiku

mt-adj

psikiku (feminine singular psikika, plural psikiċi)

psikika (feminine singular)
psikiċi (plural)

problemi psikiċi

mental, psychic, psychological (referring to the psyche or soul)


psikologu

mt-noun

psikologu m (plural psikologi or psikoloġi, feminine psikologa)

psikologi (plural)
psikoloġi (plural)
psikologa (feminine)


psikologa

psikologa f (plural psikologi or psikoloġi)

female equivalent of psikologu: female psychologist


ġemmed

mt-verb

ġemmed (imperfect jġemmed, past participle mġemmed, verbal noun tiġmid)

jġemmed (imperfect)
mġemmed (participle past)
tiġmid (noun-from-verb)
ġemmidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġemmidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġemmed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġemmidna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġemmidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġemmdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġemmidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġemmidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġemmdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġemmidna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġemmidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġemmdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nġemmed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġemmed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jġemmed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nġemmdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġemmdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jġemmdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nġemmed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġemmed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ġġemmed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nġemmdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġemmdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jġemmdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ġemmed (imperative second-person singular)
ġemmdu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic جَمَّدَ (jammada). The contemporary senses follow the semantic development of ġmied (“soot”).

Il-fuklar qadim iġemmed ħafna.

(intransitive) to emit soot, to be sooty

(transitive) to cover (something) in soot

(by extension) to blacken, to give a dark discoloration to

(transitive) to congeal (something), to make thick, viscous


ċaflas

ċaflas (imperfect jċaflas, past participle mċaflas, verbal noun ċaflis)

jċaflas (imperfect)
mċaflas (participle past)
ċaflis (noun-from-verb)
ċaflast (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ċaflast (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ċaflas (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ċaflasna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ċaflastu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ċafalsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ċaflast (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ċaflast (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ċafalset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ċaflasna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ċaflastu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ċafalsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nċaflas (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ċċaflas (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jċaflas (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nċafalsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ċċafalsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jċafalsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nċaflas (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ċċaflas (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ċċaflas (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nċafalsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ċċafalsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jċafalsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ċaflas (imperative second-person singular)
ċafalsu (imperative plural second-person)

Unknown. Barbera suggests a derivation from Sicilian ciappa-lassa (literally “he takes and leaves”). Compare Spanish chafallar.

der

(intransitive, transitive) to move through wet ground, to wade

(transitive, figuratively) to make a mess of [with direct object]


ċaflas

mt-noun

ċaflas m (plural ċaflasin, feminine ċaflasa)


kebbex

mt-verb

kebbex (imperfect jkebbex, past participle mkebbex, verbal noun tikbix)

jkebbex (imperfect)
mkebbex (participle past)
tikbix (noun-from-verb)
kebbixt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kebbixt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kebbex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kebbixna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kebbixtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kebbxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kebbixt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kebbixt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kebbxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kebbixna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kebbixtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kebbxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkebbex (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkebbex (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkebbex (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkebbxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkebbxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkebbxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkebbex (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkebbex (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkebbex (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkebbxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkebbxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkebbxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kebbex (imperative second-person singular)
kebbxu (imperative plural second-person)


tkebbex

tkebbex (imperfect jitkebbex, verbal noun tkebbix)

jitkebbex (imperfect)
tkebbix (noun-from-verb)
tkebbixt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tkebbixt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tkebbex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tkebbixna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tkebbixtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tkebbxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tkebbixt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tkebbixt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tkebbxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tkebbixna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tkebbixtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tkebbxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitkebbex (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titkebbex (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitkebbex (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitkebbxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titkebbxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitkebbxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitkebbex (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titkebbex (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titkebbex (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitkebbxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titkebbxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitkebbxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tkebbex (imperative second-person singular)
tkebbxu (imperative plural second-person)


tkebbex

inflection of kebbex:
second-person singular imperfect

third-person feminine singular imperfect


kranjoloġiku

mt-adj

kranjoloġiku (feminine singular kranjoloġika, plural kranjoloġiċi)

kranjoloġika (feminine singular)
kranjoloġiċi (plural)


kranjologu

mt-noun

kranjologu m (plural kranjologi, feminine kranjologa)

kranjologi (plural)
kranjologa (feminine)


tħama

mt-verb

tħama (imperfect jitħama, verbal noun tħamija)

jitħama (imperfect)
tħamija (noun-from-verb)
tħamejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tħamejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tħama (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tħamejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tħamejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tħamew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tħamejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tħamejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tħamiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tħamejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tħamejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tħamew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitħama (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titħama (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitħama (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitħamew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titħamew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitħamew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitħama (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titħama (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titħama (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitħamew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titħamew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitħamew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tħama (imperative second-person singular)
tħamu (imperative plural second-person)

inh

Arabic تَحَامَى (taḥāmā)


ħam

ħmiet (plural)
ħamt (feminine)
ħmu (alternative)


saret

third-person feminine singular perfect of sar


ssir

inflection of sar:
second-person singular imperfect


appuntament

bl-appuntament


konferenzier

mt-noun

konferenzier m (plural konferenzieri, feminine konferenziera)

konferenzieri (plural)
konferenziera (feminine)


grantork

Borrowed from Italian granturco, variant of granoturco.


fiduċja

vot ta’ fiduċja


ġurament

Borrowed from Sicilian giuramentu and/or Italian giuramento.

ġurament falz


ġġuramenta

mt-verb

ġġuramenta (imperfect jiġġuramenta, past participle ġġuramentat or ġuramentat, verbal noun ġġuramentar or ġuramentar)

jiġġuramenta (imperfect)
ġġuramentat (participle past)
ġuramentat (participle past)
ġġuramentar (noun-from-verb)
ġuramentar (noun-from-verb)
ġġuramentajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġġuramentajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġġuramenta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġġuramentajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġġuramentajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġġuramentaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġġuramentajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġġuramentajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġġuramentat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġġuramentajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġġuramentajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġġuramentaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niġġuramenta (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiġġuramenta (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiġġuramenta (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niġġuramentaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiġġuramentaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiġġuramentaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niġġuramenta (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiġġuramenta (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiġġuramenta (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niġġuramentaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiġġuramentaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiġġuramentaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ġġuramenta (imperative second-person singular)
ġġuramentaw (imperative plural second-person)


ġuklar

ġuklari (plural)
ġukulier (alternative)
ġuglar (alternative)
ċuqlar (alternative)

jongleur, itinerant minstrel, troubadour


ġurun

ġuruni (plural)
ġirun (alternative)
ġrun (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian giruni, variant of ghiruni. Compare with Italian gherone.


osservazzjoni

mt-noun

osservazzjoni f (plural osservazzjonijiet)


osservatur

osservatur m (plural osservaturi, feminine osservatriċi)

osservaturi (plural)
osservatriċi (feminine)


putarga

putargi (plural)
puttarga (alternative)
potarga (alternative)
pitarga (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian pottarga, variant of bottarga.


timla

inflection of mela:
second-person singular imperfect


mlejt

first/second-person singular perfect of mela


mliet

third-person feminine singular perfect of mela


jiħtebb

third-person masculine singular imperfect of ħtebb


tiħtebb

inflection of ħtebb:
second-person singular imperfect


tgħawwem

jitgħawwem (imperfect)
tgħawwimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħawwimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tgħawwem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tgħawwimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħawwimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tgħawmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tgħawwimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħawwimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tgħawmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tgħawwimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħawwimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tgħawmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitgħawwem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħawwem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitgħawwem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitgħawmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħawmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitgħawmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitgħawwem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħawwem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titgħawwem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitgħawmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħawmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitgħawmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħawwem (imperative second-person singular)
tgħawmu (imperative plural second-person)


istennija

Alternative form of stennija, used after the definite article


tgħawmu

inflection of tgħawwem:
third-person plural perfect

inflection of tgħawwem:
second-person plural imperative


jitgħawmu

third-person plural imperfect of tgħawwem


titgħawmu

second-person plural imperfect of tgħawwem


jitgħawwem

third-person masculine singular imperfect of tgħawwem


titgħawwem

inflection of tgħawwem:
second-person singular imperfect


nitgħawwem

first-person singular imperfect of tgħawwem


nitgħawmu

first-person plural imperfect of tgħawwem


tgħawwimtu

second-person plural perfect of tgħawwem


tgħawwimt

first/second-person singular perfect of tgħawwem


tgħawmet

third-person feminine singular perfect of tgħawwem