sploda

mt-verb

sploda (imperfect jisplodi, past participle splodut)

jisplodi (imperfect)
splodut (participle past)
splodejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
splodejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sploda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
splodejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
splodejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
splodew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
splodejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
splodejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
splodiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
splodejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
splodejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
splodew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisplodi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisplodi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisplodi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisplodu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisplodu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisplodu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisplodi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisplodi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisplodi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisplodu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisplodu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisplodu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
splodi (imperative second-person singular)
splodu (imperative plural second-person)

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


stenna

stenna (imperfect jistenna, past participle mistenni, verbal noun stennija)

jistenna (imperfect)
mistenni (participle past)
stennija (noun-from-verb)
stennejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stennejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
stenna (masculine perfect singular third-person)
stennejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stennejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
stennew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
stennejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stennejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
stenniet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
stennejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stennejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
stennew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nistenna (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistenna (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jistenna (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nistennew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistennew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jistennew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nistenna (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistenna (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tistenna (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nistennew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistennew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jistennew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
stenna (imperative second-person singular)
stennew (imperative plural second-person)
ttenna (alternative)
tenna (alternative)

From Arabic *اِسْتَأَنَّى (*istaʔannā), an alternative pan-dialectal form of اِسْتَأْنَى (istaʔnā).

inh

*اِسْتَأَنَّى

Sieħbek qed jistenniek.

Sħabi qed jistennewni.

Lil Alexander insibu jistennieni.

2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 60:


għallem

mt-verb

għallem (imperfect jgħallem, past participle mgħallem, verbal noun tagħlim)

jgħallem (imperfect)
mgħallem (participle past)
tagħlim (noun-from-verb)
għallimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għallimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għallem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għallimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għallimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għallmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għallimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għallimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għallmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għallimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għallimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għallmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħallem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħallem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħallem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħallmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħallmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħallmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħallem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħallem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħallem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħallmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħallmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħallmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għallem (imperative second-person singular)
għallmu (imperative plural second-person)


tgħallem

tgħallem (imperfect jitgħallem, past participle mitgħallem, verbal noun tgħallim)

jitgħallem (imperfect)
mitgħallem (participle past)
tgħallim (noun-from-verb)
tgħallimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħallimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tgħallem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tgħallimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħallimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tgħallmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tgħallimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħallimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tgħallmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tgħallimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħallimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tgħallmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitgħallem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħallem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitgħallem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitgħallmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħallmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitgħallmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitgħallem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħallem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titgħallem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitgħallmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħallmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitgħallmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħallem (imperative second-person singular)
tgħallmu (imperative plural second-person)


lissen

lissen (imperfect jlissen, past participle mlissen, verbal noun tilsin)

jlissen (imperfect)
mlissen (participle past)
tilsin (noun-from-verb)
lissint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lissint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
lissen (masculine perfect singular third-person)
lissinna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lissintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
lissnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
lissint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lissint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
lissnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
lissinna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lissintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
lissnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nlissen (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlissen (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jlissen (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nlissnu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlissnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jlissnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nlissen (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlissen (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tlissen (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nlissnu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlissnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jlissnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
lissen (imperative second-person singular)
lissnu (imperative plural second-person)


impressjona

jimpressjona (imperfect)
impressjonajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
impressjonajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
impressjona (masculine perfect singular third-person)
impressjonajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
impressjonajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
impressjonaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
impressjonajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
impressjonajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
impressjonat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
impressjonajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
impressjonajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
impressjonaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nimpressjona (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timpressjona (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jimpressjona (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nimpressjonaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timpressjonaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jimpressjonaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nimpressjona (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timpressjona (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
timpressjona (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nimpressjonaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timpressjonaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jimpressjonaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
impressjona (imperative second-person singular)
impressjonaw (imperative plural second-person)


Micallef

Probably from Arabic مُكَلَّف (mukallaf, “entrusted with some task, obligated, responsible”), which may have been used in Malta for some sort of administrative function. Sometimes also related to mħallef (“judge”), from Arabic مُحَلَّف (muḥallaf, “juror”), in which case the /k/ would have to be due to spelling pronunciation.


Attard

From Arabic عَطَّار (ʕaṭṭār, “drugist”), through either Sicilian and/or Italian.


elettriku

mt-adjective

elettriku (feminine singular elettrika, plural elettriċi)

elettrika (feminine singular)
elettriċi (plural)


Żagreb

Zagreb (the capital and largest city of Croatia)


nifs

mt-noun

nifs m (plural nifsijiet or nfus or (dialectal) nfiefes)

nifsijiet (plural)
nfus (plural)
nfiefes (dialectal plural)


tenna

mt-verb

tenna (imperfect jtenni, past participle mtenni)

jtenni (imperfect)
mtenni (participle past)
tennejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tennejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tenna (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tennejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tennejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tennew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tennejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tennejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tenniet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tennejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tennejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tennew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntenni (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttenni (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtenni (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntennu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttennu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtennu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntenni (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttenni (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttenni (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntennu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttennu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtennu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tenni (imperative second-person singular)
tennu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic ثَنَّى (ṯannā, “to double, repeat”).


għasel

honey (viscous substance produced by bees)


Filippini

Repubblika tal-Filippini
Repubblika tal-Filippini#Maltese

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia; official name: Repubblika tal-Filippini)


tabal

otbla (plural)
tbal (plural)
tabar (alternative)


Masar

(obsolete) Synonym of Eġittu: Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


tadam

tadama (singulative)
tadamiet (paucal)
tuffieħa t’Adam (alternative)
tuffieħa ta’ Adam (alternative)

Clipping of tuffieħa t’Adam (literally “Adam’s apple”), referring to the fruit of the forbidden tree in paradise. Compare the same in archaic German Paradiesapfel (literally “paradise apple”), whence Austrian German Paradeiser (“tomato”) and equivalent forms in several eastern European languages. The phonetic similarity with English tomato, Spanish tomate is probably coincidental. The Maltese might of course be a folk-etymological alteration of the Spanish word, but the clearly unrelated forms in other languages make this seem less likely. Compare also Italian pomodoro (literally “gold apple”), archaic English love apple.

cog

tomato, tomatoes (several fruits; tomato as a mass, taste, species)


baram

mt-verb

baram (imperfect jobrom, past participle mibrum or mobrum or mabrum, verbal noun brim)

jobrom (imperfect)
mibrum (participle past)
mobrum (participle past)
mabrum (participle past)
brim (noun-from-verb)
bramt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bramt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
baram (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bramna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bramtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
barmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bramt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bramt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
barmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bramna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bramtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
barmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nobrom (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobrom (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jobrom (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nobormu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobormu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jobormu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nobrom (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobrom (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tobrom (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nobormu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobormu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jobormu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
obrom (imperative second-person singular)
obormu (imperative plural second-person)


artab

mt-adjective

artab (feminine singular ratba, plural rotob)

ratba (feminine singular)
rotob (plural)

From Arabic رَطْب (raṭb). The Maltese feminine and plural go back directly to the Arabic adjective, while the masculine is the original comparative reinterpreted as the basic form by analogy with other adjectives for physical qualities and defects (compare aħrax, oħxon, etc.).


Grech

From Maltese Grieg, Sicilian grecu (“Greek”).


jj

/ˈjɛk ˈjɔˤːd͡ʒ.bɔk/

/ˈjɛk jɔˤːˈd͡ʒɔp.kɔm/


saq

mt-verb

saq (imperfect jsuq, past participle misjuq, verbal noun sewqan or sawqan)

jsuq (imperfect)
misjuq (participle past)
sewqan (noun-from-verb)
sawqan (noun-from-verb)
soqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
soqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
saq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
soqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
soqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
saqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
soqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
soqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
saqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
soqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
soqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
saqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsuq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssuq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsuq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsuqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssuqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsuqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsuq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssuq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssuq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsuqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssuqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsuqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
suq (imperative second-person singular)
suqu (imperative plural second-person)

Suq bil-galbu.


flimkien

From underlying fl-mkien (“in the place, on the spot”), from Arabic فِي الْمَكان (fī al-makān). Probably from such collocations as ilkoll flimkien, originally “everybody in the place” and hence “all those present together”.

der

فِي الْمَكان


buri

Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus#Translingual


magg

mug (any large drinking vessel without a stem)


sadd

mt-verb

sadd (imperfect jsodd, past participle misdud, verbal noun sadd)

jsodd (imperfect)
misdud (participle past)
sadd (noun-from-verb)
saddejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
saddejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sadd (masculine perfect singular third-person)
saddejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
saddejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
saddew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
saddejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
saddejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
saddet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
saddejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
saddejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
saddew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsodd (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssodd (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsodd (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsoddu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssoddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsoddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsodd (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssodd (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssodd (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsoddu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssoddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsoddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sodd (imperative second-person singular)
soddu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic سَدَّ (sadda, “to block”). Regarding the back vocalism in the root possibly merged with صَدَّ (ṣadda) with the similar sense “to hinder”.


parpar

parpar (imperfect jparpar, past participle mparpar, verbal noun tparpir)

jparpar (imperfect)
mparpar (participle past)
tparpir (noun-from-verb)
parpart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
parpart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
parpar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
parparna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
parpartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
parpru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
parpart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
parpart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
parpret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
parparna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
parpartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
parpru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nparpar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tparpar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jparpar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nparpru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tparpru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jparpru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nparpar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tparpar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tparpar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nparpru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tparpru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jparpru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
parpar (imperative second-person singular)
parpru (imperative plural second-person)

Probably derived from parta. Sense 2 is onomatopoeic.

Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ
kienet tqila bis-sħiħ,
u Marzu Marzellu
fetaħ ir-rixtellu,
u tax-xita fir-raxx
parpar baxx baxx.

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


dieb

dieb (imperfect jdub, verbal noun dewbien or dwib or dwieb)

jdub (imperfect)
dewbien (noun-from-verb)
dwib (noun-from-verb)
dwieb (noun-from-verb)
dobt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dobt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
dieb (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dobna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dobtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
diebu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dobt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dobt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
diebet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dobna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dobtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
diebu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndub (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddub (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdub (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndubu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddubu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdubu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndub (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddub (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddub (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndubu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddubu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdubu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
dub (imperative second-person singular)
dubu (imperative plural second-person)


kellem

kellem (imperfect jkellem, past participle mkellem)

jkellem (imperfect)
mkellem (participle past)
kellimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kellimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kellem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kellimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kellimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kellmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kellimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kellimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kellmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kellimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kellimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kellmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkellem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkellem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkellem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkellmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkellmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkellmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkellem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkellem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkellem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkellmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkellmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkellmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kellem (imperative second-person singular)
kellmu (imperative plural second-person)

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


kapitana

Borrowed from Sicilian capitana and/or Italian capitana.


Amerikana

mt-noun

Amerikana f (plural Amerikani, masculine Amerikan)

United States of America
United States of America#English

female equivalent of Amerikan: female American (female native or inhabitant of United States of America)


majna

mt-verb

majna (imperfect jmajna, past participle majnat, verbal noun majnar)

jmajna (imperfect)
majnat (participle past)
majnar (noun-from-verb)
majnajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
majnajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
majna (masculine perfect singular third-person)
majnajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
majnajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
majnaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
majnajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
majnajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
majnat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
majnajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
majnajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
majnaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nmajna (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmajna (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmajna (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nmajnaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmajnaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmajnaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nmajna (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmajna (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmajna (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nmajnaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmajnaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmajnaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
majna (imperative second-person singular)
majnaw (imperative plural second-person)


tafa

tafa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi)

jitfi (imperfect)
mitfi (participle past)
tfajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tfajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tafa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tfajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tfajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tfaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tfajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tfajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tfat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tfajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tfajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tfaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitfi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titfi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitfi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitfu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitfi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titfi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titfi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitfu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
itfi (imperative second-person singular)
itfu (imperative plural second-person)


nida

Inherited from Arabic نَدَى (nadā), feminised because of the final -a.


badbad

badbad (imperfect jbadbad, verbal noun tbadbid)

jbadbad (imperfect)
tbadbid (noun-from-verb)
badbadt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
badbadt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
badbad (masculine perfect singular third-person)
badbadna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
badbadtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
badbdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
badbadt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
badbadt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
badbdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
badbadna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
badbadtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
badbdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbadbad (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbadbad (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbadbad (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbadbdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbadbdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbadbdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbadbad (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbadbad (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbadbad (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbadbdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbadbdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbadbdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
badbad (imperative second-person singular)
badbdu (imperative plural second-person)


ħmira

From Arabic خَمِيرَة (ḵamīra, “yeast, leaven”).


nwar

nwara (singulative)
nwawar (plural)
nwajjar (plural)
nwariet (paucal)


simen

jismen (imperfect)
smint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
smint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
simen (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sminna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
smintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
simnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
smint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
smint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
simnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sminna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
smintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
simnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nismen (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tismen (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jismen (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisimnu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisimnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisimnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nismen (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tismen (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tismen (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisimnu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisimnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisimnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ismen (imperative second-person singular)
isimnu (imperative plural second-person)


laport

Borrowed from Italian rapporto, by dissimilation.

(colloquial) Alternative form of rapport: report, statement, account


twalet

third-person feminine singular perfect of twal


ftira

mt-noun

ftira f (plural ftajjar, diminutive ftajra)

a kind of flat, usually ring-shaped bread, often used for sandwiches

(by extension) anything flat or flattened


tudun

tuduni (plural)
todun (alternative)
tudum (alternative)


kunjom

Borrowed from Sicilian cugnomi, from Latin cognomen. The similarity with Arabic كُنْية (kunya, “teknonym, byname”) is coincidental.


maqtugħ

head

maqtugħ (feminine singular maqtugħa, plural maqtugħin)

maqtugħa (feminine singular)
maqtugħin (plural)

passive participle of qata’ (“to cut, cut off”)


fehmet

third-person feminine singular perfect of fehem


wasla

mt-noun

wasla f (dual wasaltajn, plural wasliet)

Ja Sena Ġdida,
għalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek
sew f’nofs il-lejl
int sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu

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


bired

mt-verb

bired (imperfect jibred, active participle biered)

jibred (imperfect)
biered (active participle)
bridt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bridt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bired (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bridna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bridtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
birdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bridt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bridt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
birdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bridna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bridtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
birdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nibred (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibred (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jibred (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nibirdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibirdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jibirdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nibred (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibred (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tibred (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nibirdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibirdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jibirdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ibred (imperative second-person singular)
ibirdu (imperative plural second-person)


moħriet

inh

Arabic مِحْرَاث (miḥrāṯ)


webbes

mt-verb

webbes (imperfect jwebbes, past participle mwebbes, verbal noun twebbis)

jwebbes (imperfect)
mwebbes (participle past)
twebbis (noun-from-verb)
webbist (first-person masculine perfect singular)
webbist (masculine perfect second-person singular)
webbes (masculine perfect singular third-person)
webbisna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
webbistu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
webbsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
webbist (feminine first-person perfect singular)
webbist (feminine perfect second-person singular)
webbset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
webbisna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
webbistu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
webbsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwebbes (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twebbes (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwebbes (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwebbsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twebbsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwebbsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwebbes (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twebbes (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twebbes (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwebbsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twebbsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwebbsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
webbes (imperative second-person singular)
webbsu (imperative plural second-person)


-ijiet

From Arabic ـِيَّات (-iyyāt), feminine plural of the derivational suffix ـِيّ (-iyy), whence Maltese -i. Natively used with nouns in -ija, then probably first extended to Sicilian borrowings in -i and finally also to consonant-final borrowings.

tfittxija (“search”) + -ijiet → tfittxijiet (“searches”)

gawwija (“seagull”) + -ijiet → gawwijiet (“seagulls”)

used with native nouns in -ija as well as some borrowings with this ending (most Romance words have -iji instead)

impressjoni (“impression”) + -ijiet → impressjonijiet (“impressions”)

patt (“pact”) + -ijiet → pattijiet (“pacts”)

sptar (“hospital”) + -ijiet → sptarijiet (“hospitals”)

omm (“mother”) + -ijiet → ommijiet (“mothers”)

used with borrowed nouns in -i or consonants as well as a small number of native nouns


-ejn

From Arabic ـَيْنِ (-ayni), oblique case form of ـَانِ (-āni), the dual suffix.

għajn (“eye”) + -ejn → għajnejn (“eyes”)

id (“hand”) + -ejn → idejn (“hands”)

a plural suffix used in a few nouns that come in pairs

jum (“day”) + -ejn → jumejn (“two days”)

sena (“year”) + -ejn → sentejn (“two years”)


ilbieraħ

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of lbieraħ


għada

From Arabic غَدًا (ḡadan). Most Arabic dialects have replaced the word with بُكْرة (bukra, “[in the] morning”), but Maghrebi dialects, to which Maltese is closely related, have preserved it.


minn bejn l-imwiet

From Arabic مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَمْواتِ (min bayni al-ʔamwāti, “from the dead”), used with the same wording by Arabic-speaking Christians. It preserves an old broken plural of mejjet (“dead”), which has otherwise been regularized to mejtin in Maltese.

inh

مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَمْواتِ

Sidna Ġesù Kristu qam minn bejn l-imwiet.

Our Lord Jesus Christ has risen from the dead.

(Christianity) from the dead (construed with qam)


fieragħ

mt-adjective

fieragħ (feminine singular fiergħa, plural fiergħa)

fiergħa (feminine singular)
fiergħa (plural)

From Arabic فَارِغ (fāriḡ, “empty, void, idle”).

inh

kliem fieragħ


azzara

mt-verb

azzara (imperfect jazzara, past participle azzarat, verbal noun azzarar)

jazzara (imperfect)
azzarat (participle past)
azzarar (noun-from-verb)
azzarajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
azzarajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
azzara (masculine perfect singular third-person)
azzarajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
azzarajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
azzaraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
azzarajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
azzarajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
azzarat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
azzarajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
azzarajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
azzaraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nazzara (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tazzara (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jazzara (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nazzaraw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tazzaraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jazzaraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nazzara (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tazzara (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tazzara (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nazzaraw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tazzaraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jazzaraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
azzara (imperative second-person singular)
azzaraw (imperative plural second-person)


hedded

hedded (imperfect jhedded, past participle mhedded, verbal noun tehdid)

jhedded (imperfect)
mhedded (participle past)
tehdid (noun-from-verb)
heddidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
heddidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
hedded (masculine perfect singular third-person)
heddidna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
heddidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
heddu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
heddidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
heddidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
heddet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
heddidna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
heddidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
heddu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nhedded (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
thedded (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jhedded (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nheddu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
theddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jheddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nhedded (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
thedded (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
thedded (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nheddu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
theddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jheddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
hedded (imperative second-person singular)
heddu (imperative plural second-person)


xogħol

mt-noun

xogħol m (plural xogħlijiet, diminutive xgħajjel)

xogħlijiet (plural)
xgħajjel (diminutive)
xogħli (first-person singular)
xogħolna (first-person singular)
xogħlok (second-person singular)
xogħolkom (second-person singular)
xogħlu (masculine singular third-person)
xogħolha (feminine singular third-person)
xogħolhom (singular third-person)

xogħol bix-xift ― shiftwork

din l-għaġla
ta’ kollox issa
ta’ iġri u ġerri
fuq xogħol qiegħed
il-minġel jitriegħed

2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:


xogħlijiet

/ʃɔ.lɪˈjɪːt/

/ʃɔˤː.lɪˈjɪːt/

/ʃɔɣ.lɪˈjɪːt/


dawl

dawl m (plural dwal, diminutive dwajjel)

From Arabic ضَوْء (ḍawʔ) with a paragogic -l, perhaps from a following article by resegmentation, and/or under influence of the antonym dell (“shade”).

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!

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:


Ras ir-Randan

ras + ir-Randan, literally “beginning of Lent”.


qaddis

mt-adjective

qaddis (feminine singular qaddisa, plural qaddisin, comparative eqdes or aqdes)

qaddisa (feminine singular)
qaddisin (plural)
eqdes (comparative)
aqdes (comparative)


qaddis

mt-noun

qaddis m (plural qaddisin, feminine qaddisa, diminutive qdejdes)

qaddisin (plural)
qaddisa (feminine)
qdejdes (diminutive)

(Christianity) saint (male or of unspecified sex)


kampnar

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:


magħmudija

inh

مَعْمُودِيّة


qabar

mt-noun

qabar m (plural oqbra or qobra or qbura or qbur, diminutive qbajjar)

oqbra (plural)
qobra (plural)
qbura (plural)
qbur (plural)
qbajjar (diminutive)
qabri (first-person singular)
qabarna (first-person singular)
qabrek (second-person singular)
qabarkom (second-person singular)
qabru (masculine singular third-person)
qabarha (feminine singular third-person)
qabarhom (singular third-person)

Żorna ċ-ċimiterju u poġġejna fjuri fuq il-qabar ta’ ommna.

We visited the cemetery and put flowers on our mother’s grave.

“Jien qiegħed ngħix magħkom, ta’ barrani u frustier. Agħtuni li jkolli qabar magħkom, u nidfen il-mejta tiegħi minn quddiemi.”

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 23:4:

New International Version translation: “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”

“Ismagħna, sidi, int prinċep minn Alla fostna. Fl-aħjar tal-oqbra tagħna idfen il-mejta tiegħek. Ħadd minna ma hu se jiċħadlek li tidfen il-mejta tiegħek f’qabru.”

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 23:6:

New International Version translation: “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

[…], ħa jagħtini l-għar tiegħu fl-għalqa tiegħu ta’ Makfela. Jagħtihieli b’kemm tiswa flus hawn quddiemkom, biex tkun tiegħi u nagħmel qabar.”

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 23:9:

New International Version translation: […] so he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among you.”


ljun

Borrowed from Sicilian liuni, from Latin leō, from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn).


dorbies

dorbies m (plural driebes, feminine dorbiesa, diminutive drejbes)

driebes (plural)
dorbiesa (feminine)
drejbes (diminutive)
dirbies (alternative)
durbies (alternative)
dirwies (alternative)


arkitett

Borrowed from Italian architetto, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn).


ftaħar

mt-verb

ftaħar (imperfect jiftaħar, verbal noun ftaħir)

jiftaħar (imperfect)
ftaħir (noun-from-verb)
ftaħart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftaħart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ftaħar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ftaħarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftaħartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ftaħru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ftaħart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftaħart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ftaħret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ftaħarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftaħartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ftaħru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niftaħar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiftaħar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiftaħar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niftaħru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiftaħru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiftaħru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niftaħar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiftaħar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiftaħar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niftaħru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiftaħru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiftaħru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ftaħar (imperative second-person singular)
ftaħru (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic اِفْتَخَرَ (iftaḵara, “to be proud, to boast”).


bidla

Singulative derivation from Arabic بَدْل (badl, “changing, exchange”).


professur

mt-noun

professur m (plural professuri, feminine professoressa)

professuri (plural)
professoressa (feminine)

Borrowed from Italian professore, from Latin professor.


ġummar

ġummara (singulative)
ġummariet (paucal)


saff

saff m (dual saffejn, plural saffi or saffijiet or sfuf or safef)

saffejn (dual)
saffi (plural)
saffijiet (plural)
sfuf (plural)
safef (plural)

raġel b’saffejn

ħajt b’saffejn

saff snien


ħafna

mt-adjective

ħafna (comparative aktar or iktar or iżjed)

aktar (comparative)
iktar (comparative)
iżjed (comparative)

From Arabic حَفْنة (ḥafna, “a handful”). The word refers to a small amount in Arabic, but developed the sense “much, many” over time; compare English pretty, rather (both “somewhat”, but also “very”), or quite a few.

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

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


favetta

favetta (singulative)
favettiet (paucal)

Phaseolus vulgaris
Phaseolus vulgaris#Translingual

bush bean, dwarf bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Lathyrus sativus
Lathyrus sativus#Translingual


prezz

Borrowed from Italian prezzo and/or Sicilian prezzu.

prezz nett

prezz bl-imnut

prezz bl-ingrossa

prezz tad-dħul


marsa

mt-noun

marsa f (plural mrasi or mrajjas or mrajjes)

mrasi (plural)
mrajjas (plural)
mrajjes (plural)

(archaic, chiefly in place names) harbour


umda

mt-verb

umda (imperfect jumda, past participle umdat, verbal noun umdar)

jumda (imperfect)
umdat (participle past)
umdar (noun-from-verb)
umdajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
umdajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
umda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
umdajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
umdajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
umdaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
umdajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
umdajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
umdat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
umdajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
umdajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
umdaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
numda (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tumda (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jumda (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
numdaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tumdaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jumdaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
numda (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tumda (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tumda (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
numdaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tumdaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jumdaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
umda (imperative second-person singular)
umdaw (imperative plural second-person)


xellug

Uncertain. Seemingly from Maghrebi Arabic شَلُوق (šalūq, “southeastern wind, scirocco”), whence also—perhaps through Romance influence—Maltese xlokk (“scirocco”). The Arabic word itself is said to be of Berber origin and this may explain the final -g (as there does not appear to be any case of Arabic q becoming g in Maltese). The sense “left” then from “east” as the left side when facing the sun at noon. Here the question poses itself whether there is any relation between شَلُوق (šalūq) and native Arabic شَرْق (šarq, “east”). Furthermore it must be noted that Arabic has شِمال (šimāl, “left”) from شَمال (šamāl, “north”), thus based on the position at sunrise rather than noon.


biċċa

mt-noun

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

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

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

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


umilja

mt-verb

umilja (imperfect jumilja, past participle umiljat)

jumilja (imperfect)
umiljat (participle past)
umiljajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
umiljajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
umilja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
umiljajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
umiljajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
umiljaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
umiljajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
umiljajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
umiljat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
umiljajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
umiljajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
umiljaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
numilja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tumilja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jumilja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
numiljaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tumiljaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jumiljaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
numilja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tumilja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tumilja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
numiljaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tumiljaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jumiljaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
umilja (imperative second-person singular)
umiljaw (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian umiliari and/or Italian umiliare, both from Latin humiliare.

Qed numiljaw lilna nfusna.


ġo

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

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


qilla

Probably from Arabic غِلّ (ḡill). Merger of غ [ɣ~ʁ] and ق [q] occurs regularly in some dialects of the Arabian penninsula and sometimes also in Sudan. While Maltese is generally not affected by this development, it was assisted here by the fact that the root ق ل ل (q l l) has some related senses. In particular, the meaning “to be seized by anger” is attested for أُقِلَّ (ʔuqilla), passive of أَقَلَّ (ʔaqalla).


kullimkien

From Arabic كُلِّ مَكَان (kulli makān, “everywhere”, literally “in every place”). By surface analysis, kull + mkien.

inh

كُلِّ مَكَان


warrab

mt-verb

warrab (imperfect jwarrab, past participle mwarrab)

jwarrab (imperfect)
mwarrab (participle past)
warrabt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
warrabt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
warrab (masculine perfect singular third-person)
warrabna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
warrabtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
warrbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
warrabt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
warrabt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
warrbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
warrabna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
warrabtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
warrbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwarrab (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twarrab (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwarrab (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwarrbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twarrbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwarrbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwarrab (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twarrab (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twarrab (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwarrbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twarrbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwarrbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
warrab (imperative second-person singular)
warrbu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic وَرَّبَ (warraba, “to make innuendos”). Compare also وارَبَ (wāraba, “to betray, to be two-faced against”). Apparently, the meanings “discard” and “leave” are generalisations from the original notion of “betray, turn one’s back on”.

inh

Dik il-ħaġa kemm tkissrek, meta jidħlu ġo qalbek.
 Int tippjana il-futur, minn warajk huma jwarrbuk.

This thing really crushes you, when they get into your heart.
 You’re busy planning the future, then out of the blue they turn their back on you.

(transitive) to turn one's back on; to desert, shun, exclude (somebody)

(transitive) to discard; to set aside (also a thing)

(intransitive) to leave quickly; to remove oneself; to get lost


taptap

jtaptap (imperfect)
taptapt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
taptapt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
taptap (masculine perfect singular third-person)
taptapna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
taptaptu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
taptpu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
taptapt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
taptapt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
taptpet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
taptapna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
taptaptu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
taptpu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntaptap (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttaptap (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtaptap (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntaptpu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttaptpu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtaptpu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntaptap (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttaptap (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttaptap (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntaptpu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttaptpu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtaptpu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
taptap (imperative second-person singular)
taptpu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic طَبْطَبَ (ṭabṭaba), eventually without doubt onomatopoetic (like the English equivalents and similar forms in several languages).


mintix

Mintix waħdek.


miniex

Miniex waħdi.


maħniex

Maħniex waħedna.


mintomx

Mintomx waħedkom. (plural)


marid

mt-adjective

marid (feminine singular marida, plural morda)

marida (feminine singular)
morda (plural)

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:


qeda

mt-verb

qeda (imperfect jaqdi, past participle moqdi)

jaqdi (imperfect)
moqdi (participle past)
qdejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qdejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qeda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qdejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qdejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qdew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qdejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qdejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qdiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qdejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qdejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qdew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naqdi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqdi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaqdi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naqdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaqdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naqdi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqdi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taqdi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naqdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaqdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aqdi (imperative second-person singular)
aqdu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic قَضَى (qaḍā, “to perform”). Took over the sense of “serve” after خَدَمَ (ḵadama), Maltese ħadem, had itself come to mean “work”.


sandla

Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok
lewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,
bl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,
u xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.

2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2ⁿᵈ edition, Malta: Ede Books:


magru

mt-adjective

magru (feminine singular magra, plural magri)

magra (feminine singular)
magri (plural)
migru (alternative)


trakka

mt-verb

trakka (imperfect jitrakka, past participle trakkat, verbal noun trakkar)

jitrakka (imperfect)
trakkat (participle past)
trakkar (noun-from-verb)
trakkajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
trakkajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
trakka (masculine perfect singular third-person)
trakkajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
trakkajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
trakkaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
trakkajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
trakkajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
trakkat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
trakkajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
trakkajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
trakkaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitrakka (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titrakka (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitrakka (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitrakkaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titrakkaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitrakkaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitrakka (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titrakka (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titrakka (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitrakkaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titrakkaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitrakkaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
trakka (imperative second-person singular)
trakkaw (imperative plural second-person)
ttrakka (alternative)
intrakka (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian attraccari and/or Italian attraccare.

(nautical) to dock, to berth, to moor (a ship)

(figuratively) to become very attached to (someone)


medd

medd (imperfect jmidd, past participle mimdud)

jmidd (imperfect)
mimdud (participle past)
meddejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
meddejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
medd (masculine perfect singular third-person)
meddejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
meddejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
meddew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
meddejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
meddejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
meddet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
meddejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
meddejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
meddew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
mmidd (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmidd (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmidd (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
mmiddu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmiddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmiddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
mmidd (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmidd (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmidd (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
mmiddu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmiddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmiddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
midd (imperative second-person singular)
middu (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive) to lay (something on a surface, especially one's hand)


bil-

bil-ħabi

definite form of b’ used before vowels or qamri consonants.


x'

Contraction of earlier *iex (compare the reduplicated form xiex), from Arabic أَيّ شَيْء (ʔayy šayʔ, “what thing”), whence also Moroccan Arabic آش (āš), Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš), Iraqi Arabic شِ (š).


x'inhu

head

x’inhu m (extended form x’inhuwa, feminine singular x’inhi or x’inhija, plural x’inhuma)

x’inhu (canonical masculine)
form x’inhuwa (extended)
x’inhi (feminine singular)
x’inhija (feminine singular)
x’inhuma (plural)

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ (ʔayyu šayʔin huwa, literally “what thing is it”), whence also Moroccan Arabic شنو (šnu), اشنو (ašnu), Gulf Arabic شنو (šinu). The ancient genitive ending -in was generally lost, but remained in contraction with the following personal pronoun. Compare also xejn (“nothing”), where the final -n is the accusative ending -an.

inh

أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ

contraction of x’ (“what”) + hu (“he, it”)


xiex

From x’ + earlier *iex (“what”), of which latter x’ is itself a contraction, thus a reduplicative formation. *iex is from Arabic أَيُّ شَيْء (ʔayyu šayʔ, literally “what thing”), exactly equivalent to Moroccan Arabic آش (ʔāš). Also cognate with Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš), where the contracted vowel is different, however.


rqiq

mt-adjective

rqiq (feminine singular rqiqa, plural rqaq, comparative irqaq)

rqiqa (feminine singular)
rqaq (plural)
irqaq (comparative)
irqiq (alternative)


lifgħa

From Arabic الْأَفْعَى (al-ʔafʕā), from أَفْعَى (ʔafʕā, “viper”) with fused definite article اَل (al-).

inh

Arabic الْأَفْعَى (al-ʔafʕā)


rmied

Jekk id-demm tal-mogħoż u tal-gniedes u l-irmied tal-għoġla mraxxax fuq dawk li huma mniġġsa jista’ jqaddishom billi jagħtihom l-indafa tal-ġisem

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, L-Ittra lil-Lhud 9:13:

King James Version translation: For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh


nhar

daytime, day (time between dawn and nightfall)


ftit

From Arabic فَتِيت (fatīt, “crumbs”, collective).

u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
ngħix ħajja waħdi.

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

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:


rkoppa

mt-noun

rkoppa f (dual rkupptejn or rkopptejn, plural rkupptejn or rkopptejn or rkopop)

rkupptejn (dual)
rkopptejn (dual)
rkupptejn (plural)
rkopptejn (plural)
rkopop (plural)
rkoppti (first-person singular)
rkoppitna (first-person singular)
rkopptek (second-person singular)
rkoppitkom (second-person singular)
rkopptu (masculine singular third-person)
rkoppitha (feminine singular third-person)
rkoppithom (singular third-person)
rkobba (alternative)
rkippa (alternative)

From Arabic رُكْبَة (rukba). The modern Maltese form with metathesis, gemination and devoicing is a backformation from the plural (or original dual). From the expected *rokba, it would yield *rukbtejn, where the triple consonant cluster was simplified to *rkubtejn. Compare the same in mnifsejn (instead of *minfsejn), plural of minfes (“nostril”).

It-tubu tal-irkoppa għandu żewġ toqob li jillimitaw il-moviment tar-riġel.

The knee tube has two lugs which limit the movement of the lower leg.


flien

flien m (plural flejjen, feminine fliena)

(usually in the definite) so-and-so, that bloke; a placeholder for a person whose name one cannot or does not want to mention, as in the phrase; "wieħed flien".


Iżlanda

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (a country in the North Atlantic Ocean, Europe)


Oċeanja

L-Oċeanja (canonical feminine)
Oċjanja (alternative)

L-AmerikaL-Amerika ta’ FuqL-Amerika ĊentraliL-Amerika t’Isfel


pitarra

pitarri (plural)
pittarra (alternative)
ptarra (alternative)

Tetrax tetrax
Tetrax tetrax#Translingual


kuntent

mt-adjective

kuntent (feminine singular kuntenta, plural kuntenti)

kuntenta (feminine singular)
kuntenti (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian cuntentu, from Latin contentus.


għesieleġ

/ɛˈsɪː.lɛt͡ʃ/

/ɛˤːˈsɪː.lɛt͡ʃ/


għax

From Arabic عَلَى شَأْنِ (ʕalā šaʔni, literally “on the issue of”) or a contraction of għaliex. Cognate with Egyptian Arabic عشان, علشان (ʕašān, ʕalašān, “because”). Compare also Maltese biex.

inh

عَلَى شَأْنِ

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


natka

natki (plural)
natika (alternative)
nakta (alternative)


ħatar

mt-verb

ħatar (imperfect jaħtar, past participle maħtur)

jaħtar (imperfect)
maħtur (participle past)
ħtart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħtart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħatar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħtarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħtartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħatru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħtart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħtart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħatret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħtarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħtartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħatru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħtar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħtar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħtar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħtru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħtru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħtru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħtar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħtar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħtar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħtru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħtru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħtru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħtar (imperative second-person singular)
aħtru (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic اِخْتارَ (iḵtāra), an eighth stem from the root خ ي ر (ḵ y r). Reinterpreted in Maltese as a ninth stem from a root ħ-t-r (older Maltese ħtar), then reconstrued as a first stem.

ar-root

خ ي ر (ḵ y r)

to select; to appoint; to choose for a task or position


ħatar

mt-noun

ħatar m (plural ħtar or oħtra or ħtur or ħtura, diminutive ħtajjar or ħtajtar)

ħtar (plural)
oħtra (plural)
ħtur (plural)
ħtura (plural)
ħtajjar (diminutive)
ħtajtar (diminutive)

From Arabic. At least two roots are comparable and the Maltese is perhaps from a merger of them: 1.) حَظِر (ḥaẓir, “picket, cane for a fence”), حِظار (ḥiẓār, “fence, enclosure”); 2.) خِطْر (ḵiṭr, “branch of a tree”), خَطّار (ḵaṭṭār, “camel’s tail, pendulum, quivering spear”). If the original meaning was “club, cudgel”, then حَدَرَ (ḥadara, “to be thick, swollen”) may also be relevant.

U l-Mulej qal lil Mosè: “Midd idek, u aqbdu minn denbu” - u medd idu u qabdu, u sar ħatar f’idu.

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

King James Version translation: And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.


denb

dnub (plural)
denbi (first-person singular)
denbna (first-person singular)
denbek (second-person singular)
denbkom (second-person singular)
denbu (masculine singular third-person)
denbha (feminine singular third-person)
denbhom (singular third-person)

Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?

For example, have you ever noticed the perfect bilateral symmetry of a butterfly’s wings, a peacock’s tail, or at least the human face?

U l-Mulej qal lil Mosè: Midd idek, u aqbdu minn denbu - u medd idu u qabdu, u sar ħatar f’idu.

New International Version translation: Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

(figurative) something added at the end, e.g. a grammatical ending, suffix


fomm

fomm m (plural fmien or fommijiet or fmum)

fmien (plural)
fommijiet (plural)
fmum (plural)
fommi (first-person singular)
fommna (first-person singular)
fommok (second-person singular)
fommkom (second-person singular)
fommu (masculine singular third-person)
fommha (feminine singular third-person)
fommhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic فَم (fam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic فم (fumm).


tutur

tutur m (plural tuturi, feminine tutriċi)


ittra

From Sicilian littra, from Latin littera. The initial l- was interpreted as the definite article (Maltese l- and/or Sicilian l’) and hence deleted. Compare the opposite development in ilma, lemin, etc.

L-ittra Y ma tintużax fil-Malti.

Ktibtilha ittra, imma ma weġbitx għaliha.

I wrote her a letter, but she didn’t answer it.


unjoni ċivili

unjoni ċivili f (plural unjonijiet ċivili)

Internationalism; compare English civil union, Italian unione civile.


ċivili

Borrowed from Italian civile and/or Sicilian civili, both from Latin cīvīlis.


ċivilizzazzjoni

ċivilizzazzjoni f (plural ċivilizzazzjonijiet)


orjentazzjonijiet sesswali

orjentazzjoni sesswali
orjentazzjoni sesswali#Maltese


stadu

inflection of stad:
third-person plural perfect

inflection of stad:
second-person plural imperative


billi

From dialectal Arabic *بِٱللِّي (*bi-l-lī, “by that”). By surface analysis, b’ + li. Compare Moroccan Arabic بلي (billi).

belli (alternative)
mbilli (alternative)


-ha

ras (“head”) + -ha → rasha (“her head”)

taħt (“under”) + -ha → taħtha (“under her”)

jisma’ (“he hears”) + -ha → jismagħha (“he hears her”)

3rd-person feminine singular pronominal suffix: her


xibt

From Arabic شِبِت, (šibit, also read as šibitt, šabat, “dill”).


ħanek

ħanek m (plural ħniek or eħinka, diminutive ħanka)

ħniek (plural)
eħinka (plural)
ħanka (diminutive)


għaqal

From Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, “mind, intellect, reason”).


qorriegħa

/ʔɔrˈrɪː.aˤ/


mgħażqa

mgħażqiet (plural)
mgħażaq (plural)
imgħażqa (alternative)


paċi

Borrowed from Sicilian paci, from Latin pax.


tisha

inflection of seha:
second-person singular imperfect

third-person feminine singular imperfect


fqir

mt-adjective

fqir (feminine singular fqira, plural fqar or foqra, diminutive fqajjar, comparative ifqar)

fqira (feminine singular)
fqar (plural)
foqra (plural)
fqajjar (diminutive)
ifqar (comparative)

Il-qasma bejn l-għonja u l-fqar qed tikber.

The gap between the rich and the poor is growing.

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

poor (lacking; of little financial means)


għani

għani (feminine singular għanja, plural għonja, comparative ogħna)

għanja (feminine singular)
għonja (plural)
ogħna (comparative)

inh

Arabic غَانِي (ḡānī)

(nominalised) a rich man, a wealthy person


dehbi

mt-adjective

dehbi (feminine singular dehbija, plural dehbin)

dehbija (feminine singular)
dehbin (plural)

From Arabic ذَهَبِيّ (ḏahabiyy). By surface analysis, deheb + -i.

gold; golden (made of gold and/or of its colour)


qanpiena

mt-noun

qanpiena f (plural qniepen, diminutive qnejpna)

qniepen (plural)
qnejpna (diminutive)
qanpiela (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian campana, from Late Latin campāna.

Il-qniepen bdew isejħu lill-fidili għall-quddiesa.

The bells were summoning the believers to mass.

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,

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

Illum ukoll f’nofsinhar ħin tal-Ingilterra, il-qniepen idoqqu biex isellmu lir-Reġina, f’Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, u Windsor Castle.

2022 September 9, “Il-luttu għar-Reġina Eliżabetta II se jibqa’ sa sebat ijiem wara l-funeral”, in TVMnews.mt, archived from the original on 2025-02-20:

Moreover today at noon British time, the bells will toll to salute the Queen, at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, and Windsor Castle.


xebbah

mt-verb

xebbah (imperfect jxebbah, past participle mxebbah)

jxebbah (imperfect)
mxebbah (participle past)
xebbaht (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xebbaht (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xebbah (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xebbahna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xebbahtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xebbhu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xebbaht (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xebbaht (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xebbhet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xebbahna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xebbahtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xebbhu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxebbah (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxebbah (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxebbah (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxebbhu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxebbhu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxebbhu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxebbah (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxebbah (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxebbah (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxebbhu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxebbhu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxebbhu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xebbah (imperative second-person singular)
xebbhu (imperative plural second-person)
xebbaħ (alternative)

Xebbahhom mal-ilpup.

to liken, to compare (to declare a similarity between to things, be it actual or figurative)


xebh

From Arabic شَبَه (šabah, “similarity”), perhaps merged with شِبْه (šibh, “something similar”).


xebħ

(common, but officially nonstandard) Alternative spelling of xebh


qiegħed

From Arabic قاعِد (qāʕid), present participle of قَعَدَ (qaʕada, “to sit”), whence Maltese qagħad.

din l-għaġla
ta’ kollox issa
ta’ iġri u ġerri
fuq xogħol qiegħed
il-minġel jitriegħed

active participle of qagħad
located; being (in a place or state)

Kien hemm riħa t’ilma qiegħed.

(of water) stagnant, standing, motionless

active participle of qagħad
stagnant, standing, motionless

Ilni qiegħda minn meta Symone keċċietni mill-fabbrika tal-bnadar.

I have been unemployed since Symone fired me from the flag factory.

active participle of qagħad
(of a person) unemployed

used predicatively as a present copula referring to a temporary state (like Spanish estar, but not obligatory)


qiegħed

qiegħed (imperfect jqiegħed, past participle mqiegħed, verbal noun tqegħid)

jqiegħed (imperfect)
mqiegħed (participle past)
tqegħid (noun-from-verb)
qegħidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qegħidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qiegħed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qegħidna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qegħidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qiegħdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qegħidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qegħidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qiegħdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qegħidna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qegħidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qiegħdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqiegħed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqiegħed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqiegħed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqiegħdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqiegħdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqiegħdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqiegħed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqiegħed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqiegħed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqiegħdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqiegħdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqiegħdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qiegħed (imperative second-person singular)
qiegħdu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic قَعَّدَ (qaʕʕada), أَقْعَدَ (ʔaqʕada), factitive stems of the verb above.

Ħu t-tazzi u qegħidhom fuq il-mejda.

Take the glasses and put them on the table.


joqgħod

third-person masculine singular imperfect of qagħad


togħma

From Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”). Perhaps influenced formally by طُعْمة (ṭuʕma, “foodstuff, bite”), but an irregular development -agħ- → -ogħ- also occurs in some other Maltese words.


deher

deher (imperfect jidher, past participle midhur, active participle dieher, verbal noun dhur)

jidher (imperfect)
midhur (participle past)
dieher (active participle)
dhur (noun-from-verb)
dhert (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dhert (masculine perfect second-person singular)
deher (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dherna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dhertu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dehru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dhert (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dhert (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dehret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dherna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dhertu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dehru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidher (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidher (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidher (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidhru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidhru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidhru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidher (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidher (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidher (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidhru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidhru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidhru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idher (imperative second-person singular)
idhru (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic ظَهَرَ (ẓahara, “to appear”). The unexpected imala may be connected to an irregular development in some roots with final /r/, compare difer and sider. Compare also dahar (“back”), which shows the expected vocalism.

to appear; to become visible; to show up

to appear; to give an impression; to seem


dgħufija

dgħufiti (first-person singular)
dgħufitna (first-person singular)
dgħufitek (second-person singular)
dgħufitkom (second-person singular)
dgħufitu (masculine singular third-person)
dgħufitha (feminine singular third-person)
dgħufithom (singular third-person)
dgħjufija (alternative)


dgħjufija

(proscribed) Alternative form of dgħufija


għalqa

mt-noun

għalqa f (plural għelieqi, diminutive għalajqa)

From the Arabic root غ ل ق (ḡ l q). The sense “enclosure, fenced or immured area” was still attested in older Maltese. The phonetic similarity with Arabic حَقْل (ḥaql) is coincidental.

ar-root

غ ل ق (ḡ l q)


lanqas

From la (“not”) + anqas (“less”). Originally either “not A, and no less not B”, or else “not A, and no, even less B”.

anqas (alternative)
inqas (alternative)
laqqas (alternative)
qas (alternative)


mgħallem

mgħallmin (plural)
imgħallem (alternative)

From Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim) and مُعَلَّم (muʕallam), participles of عَلَّمَ (ʕallama, “to teach”), whence Maltese għallem.

leader or teacher of a group (e.g. biblically of Jesus, in the sense of rabbi)


mgħallem

head

mgħallem (feminine singular mgħallma, plural mgħallmin)

mgħallma (feminine singular)
mgħallmin (plural)
imgħallem (alternative)


ħabrieki

mt-adjective

ħabrieki (feminine singular ħabrieka, plural ħabrieka)

ħabrieka (feminine singular)
ħabrieka (plural)

Belonging to a four-consonantal root of uncertain origin. Most propably an extension of one of the following Arabic roots (or a merger of them):
* Joseph Aquilina linked it with ح ب ك (ḥ b k); compare حَبَكَ (ḥabaka, “to tighten, make firm, do properly”).
* Reinhart Dozy linked it with ح ر ك (ḥ r k); compare حَرَّكَ (ḥarraka, “to move, make move, urge on”).
* The root خ ب ر (ḵ b r) might also be considered; compare خَبِير (ḵabīr, “expert, knowledgeable, experienced”).
More fanciful possibilities include Arabic هَبْرَك (habrak, “young and full-grown”), where the semantics and (to some degree) also the phonetics are problematic; or a derivation from ħa (“to take”) + barka (“blessing”), in the sense of “one who is blessed in his work” (compare Arabic أَخَذَ بَرَكَةً (ʔaḵaḏa barakatan, “to receive blessing, be blessed”)).

ar-root

ح ب ك (ḥ b k)

ح ر ك (ḥ r k)

خ ب ر (ḵ b r)

m+

أَخَذَ بَرَكَةً

diligent; working with diligence and effort


agħma

mt-adjective

agħma (feminine singular għamja, plural għomja)

għamja (feminine singular)
għomja (plural)
għami (alternative)

inh

Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā)


għama

From Arabic عَمًى (ʕaman, “blindness”). Originally a masculine, but feminine in Maltese due to the final -a and hence distinguishable from the adjective (etymology 3 below).


għama

mt-verb

għama (imperfect jagħmi, past participle mogħmi)

jagħmi (imperfect)
mogħmi (participle past)
għamejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għamejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għama (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għamejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għamejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għamew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għamejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għamejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għamiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għamejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għamejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għamew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħmi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħmi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħmi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħmi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħmi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħmi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħmi (imperative second-person singular)
agħmu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā, “to blind”).

(also figuratively) to blind, to make someone blind


aħrax

mt-adjective

aħrax (feminine singular ħarxa, plural ħorox)

ħarxa (feminine singular)
ħorox (plural)

From Arabic أَحْرَش (ʔaḥraš, “rough, coarse”). Unrelated to English harsh, though speakers may now identify them with each other (cf. especially the feminine form).


kollu

mt-pronoun

kollu m (feminine kollha, plural kollha or (rare) kollhom)

kollha (feminine)
kollha (plural)
kollhom (plural rare)

From Arabic كُلُّهُ (kulluhu, “all of it”). By surface analysis, kull + -u. The reason for the vowel change is that Arabic short -u- was predominantly shifted to -o-, but remained in closed syllables before the tone.

in-nemel kollu

it-tfal kollha

il-ħalib kollu

id-dinja kollha

Sabu l-ħalib u xorbuh kollu.

They found the milk and drank all of it.

Ejja ‘l hawn, la tibżax minni,
bil-katina ma norbtokx;
norbtok biss bl-għeruq ta’ qalbi,
f’ħajti kollha ma nħollokx.

1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Kappella tal-Paċi”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:

(with singular meaning) the whole; all the; all of it


x'inhuwa

extended form of x’inhu, equivalent to a contraction of x’ (“what”) + huwa (“he, it”)


x'inhi

feminine singular of x’inhu, equivalent to a contraction of x’ (“what”) + hi (“she, it”)


x'inhija

extended feminine singular of x’inhu, equivalent to a contraction of x’ (“what”) + hija (“she, it”)


x'inhuma

plural of x’inhu, equivalent to a contraction of x’ (“what”) + huma (“they”)


jgħid

third-person masculine singular imperfect of qal


iżraq

mt-adjective

iżraq (feminine singular żerqa, plural żoroq)

żerqa (feminine singular)
żoroq (plural)

(dated or puristic) azure; light blue approaching turquoise


ikħal

ikħal (feminine singular kaħla, plural koħol)

kaħla (feminine singular)
koħol (plural)

From Arabic أَكْحَل (ʔakḥal, “black, very dark grey or blue, the colour of kohl”).

inh

(dated or puristic) blue, especially dark blue


xewqa

Singulative derivation from Arabic شَوْق (šawq, “longing”), thus originally “a single instance or object of longing”.

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:


fis-skiet

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see f’, il-, skiet.

Jaħdem fis-skiet.

(idiomatic) in silence; silently; quietly; without speaking (during something or about something)


qatt

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.

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


kollox

From Arabic كُلُّ شَيْء (kullu šayʔ, literally “every thing”). By surface analysis, kull + -x.

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:

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

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:


qata'

mt-verb

qata’ (imperfect jaqta’, past participle maqtugħ, verbal noun qtigħ)

qata’ (canonical)
jaqta’ (imperfect)
maqtugħ (participle past)
qtigħ (noun-from-verb)
qtajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qtajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qata’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qtajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qtajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qatgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qtajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qtajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qatgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qtajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qtajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qatgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naqta’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqta’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaqta’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naqtgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqtgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaqtgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naqta’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqta’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taqta’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naqtgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqtgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaqtgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aqta’ (imperative second-person singular)
aqtgħu (imperative plural second-person)

Qtajt subgħi.

Qtajna n-numri tal-lotterija u rbaħna.

Qatgħuna dawk iż-żewġ wirdiniet.

Qatgħek minn ġewwa dak il-leħen baxx li deher ġej mill-ispazji rqaq bejn il-petali bojod tal-kamumilla.

2023, Nathan Anthony Pace, dbilt qabel kbirt, →ISBN, page 2:

That low voice that seemed to come from the thin spaces between the white camomile petals surprised you.

Il-ħalib ilu xahrejn fil-friġġ. Naħseb li qata’.

The milk has been left in the fridge for two months. I think it went bad.

Qtajtuha li tmorru kunċert ta’ Joker Out.

You decided to go to a Joker Out concert.

to decide (usually with a pronominal suffix)

Aqtagħha!

Ħa naqtgħu biljett għall-kunċert ta’ Joker Out.

We will buy a ticket for the Joker Out concert.

Qata’ dal-bhima.


jaqta'

third-person singular imperfect of qata’


żahar

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

(dated, except in expressions) several flowers, blossoms (reproductive structures on some plants)


żahar

żahar (imperfect jiżhar, past participle miżhur, verbal noun tiżhir)

jiżhar (imperfect)
miżhur (participle past)
tiżhir (noun-from-verb)
żhart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żhart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żahar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żharna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żhartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żahru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żhart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żhart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żahret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żharna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żhartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żahru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżhar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżhar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżhar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżhru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżhru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżhru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżhar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżhar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżhar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżhru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżhru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżhru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iżhar (imperative second-person singular)
iżhru (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic زَهَرَ (zahara, “to blossom”).


mħatra

mt-noun

mħatra f (plural mħatri, paucal mħatriet)

mħatri (plural)
mħatriet (paucal)
imħatra (alternative)

From Arabic مُخَاطَرَة (muḵāṭara, “risk, hazard, adventure”)


mħabba

mħabbti (first-person singular)
mħabbitna (first-person singular)
mħabbtek (second-person singular)
mħabbitkom (second-person singular)
mħabbtu (masculine singular third-person)
mħabbitha (feminine singular third-person)
mħabbithom (singular third-person)
imħabba (alternative)

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!

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


mħabba

Probably from mħabba (“love”) and/or minn + mħabba, as in for the love of > due to. Compare Arabic مَحَبَّةً (maḥabbatan), Arabic حُبًّا (ḥubban).

Alternative forms: minħabba, ħabba

because of, due to [with object or f’ (+ object)]


obda

mt-verb

obda (imperfect jobdi, past participle obdut or mobdi)

jobdi (imperfect)
obdut (participle past)
mobdi (participle past)
obdejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
obdejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
obda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
obdejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
obdejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
obdew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
obdejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
obdejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
obdiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
obdejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
obdejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
obdew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nobdi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobdi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jobdi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nobdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jobdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nobdi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobdi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tobdi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nobdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jobdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
obdi (imperative second-person singular)
obdu (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian obbidiri, ubbidiri and/or Italian obbedire, ubbidire, both from Latin oboedire. The Maltese imperfect tense looks like a native form, whence the Semitic (alternative) past participle. The regularisation of the past tense into *beda was hindered by the unrelated beda (“to begin”).


biegħ

biegħ (imperfect jbigħ, past participle mibjugħ, verbal noun bejgħ)

jbigħ (imperfect)
mibjugħ (participle past)
bejgħ (noun-from-verb)
begħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
begħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
biegħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
begħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
begħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
biegħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
begħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
begħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
biegħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
begħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
begħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
biegħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbigħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbigħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbigħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbigħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbigħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbigħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbigħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbigħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbigħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbigħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbigħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbigħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bigħ (imperative second-person singular)
bigħu (imperative plural second-person)
bigħhejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bigħhejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
biegħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bigħhejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bigħhejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bigħhew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bigħhejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bigħhejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bigħhet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bigħhejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bigħhejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bigħhew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbigħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbigħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbigħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbigħhu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbigħhu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbigħhu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbigħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbigħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbigħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbigħhu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbigħhu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbigħhu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bigħ (imperative second-person singular)
bigħhu (imperative plural second-person)


begħt

first/second-person singular perfect of biegħ


biegħet

third-person feminine singular perfect of biegħ


nbigħ

first-person singular imperfect of biegħ


tbigħ

inflection of biegħ:
second-person singular imperfect

third-person feminine singular imperfect


ibigħ

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of jbigħ


ibigħu

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of jbigħu


bigħ

second-person singular imperative of biegħ


bigħu

second-person plural imperative of biegħ


poġġa

poġġa (imperfect jpoġġi, past participle mpoġġi or poġġut, verbal noun tpoġġija)

jpoġġi (imperfect)
mpoġġi (participle past)
poġġut (participle past)
tpoġġija (noun-from-verb)
poġġejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
poġġejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
poġġa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
poġġejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
poġġejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
poġġew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
poġġejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
poġġejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
poġġiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
poġġejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
poġġejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
poġġew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
npoġġi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpoġġi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jpoġġi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
npoġġu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpoġġu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jpoġġu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
npoġġi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpoġġi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tpoġġi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
npoġġu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpoġġu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jpoġġu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
poġġi (imperative second-person singular)
poġġu (imperative plural second-person)

From Italian poggiare, appoggiare and/or Sicilian pujiari, either way ultimately from Vulgar Latin *podiare, *appodiare.

Ħu t-tazzi u poġġihom fuq il-mejda.

(intransitive) to have a concubine [with ma’]


ħatt

ħatt (imperfect jħott, past participle maħtut, verbal noun ħatt)

jħott (imperfect)
maħtut (participle past)
ħatt (noun-from-verb)
ħattejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħattejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħatt (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħattejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħattejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħattew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħattejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħattejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħattet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħattejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħattejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħattew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħott (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħott (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħott (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħottu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħottu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħottu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħott (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħott (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħott (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħottu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħottu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħottu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħott (imperative second-person singular)
ħottu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic حَطَّ (ḥaṭṭa, “to put down”).

Tofroq dritta l-mewġ bajdani
 Għall-Imġarr, ta’ Għawdex il-port.
 Kull filgħodu taqdi dmirek,
 It-tagħbija tiegħek tmur tħott.

“Id-dgħajsa tal-Latini”, Anthony Fenech (lyrics), Joe Grech (music)performed by New Courey:

You pass right through the whitish waves
 To Mġarr, the harbour of Gozo.
 Every morning you perform your duty
 And go to offload your freight.

to unload, offload, remove from a vehicle or container (and store somewhere)


BĊE

Bank Ċentrali Ewropew
w:mt:Bank Ċentrali Ewropew

Initialism of Bank Ċentrali Ewropew (“European Central Bank”).


mana'

mana’ (imperfect jimna’, past participle mimnugħ, verbal noun mnigħ)

mana’ (canonical)
jimna’ (imperfect)
mimnugħ (participle past)
mnigħ (noun-from-verb)
mnajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mnajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
mana’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
mnajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mnajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
mangħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
mnajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mnajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
mangħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
mnajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mnajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
mangħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nimna’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timna’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jimna’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nimangħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timangħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jimangħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nimna’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timna’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
timna’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nimangħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timangħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jimangħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
imna’ (imperative second-person singular)
imangħu (imperative plural second-person)


jhedded

third-person masculine singular perfect of hedded


heddidt

first/second-person singular perfect of hedded