ġab

ġab (imperfect jġib, past participle miġjub, verbal noun ġejbien)

jġib (imperfect)
miġjub (participle past)
ġejbien (noun-from-verb)
ġibt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġibt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġab (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġibna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġibtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġabu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġibt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġibt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġabet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġibna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġibtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġabu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nġib (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġib (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jġib (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nġibu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġibu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jġibu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nġib (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġib (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ġġib (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nġibu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġibu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jġibu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ġib (imperative second-person singular)
ġibu (imperative plural second-person)
ġieb (alternative)

From common dialectal Arabic جَاب (jāb), from a univerbation of جاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”). By surface analysis, ġie + b’. The vowel -a- is irregular; the expected form is the less common variant ġieb.

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:

to work out, to form, to calculate; to guess, to succeed

to publish, to make public (in newspapers); to expose to people's gossip


ħut

From Arabic حُوت (ḥūt), which was reinterpreted as collective and provided with the singulative -a.

U jmut il-ħut li hemm fin-Nil, u tinten in-Nil u l-Eġizzjani jiddardru jixorbu minnha.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 7:18:

King James Version translation: And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.


ħutiet

paucal of ħuta: 2 to 10 fish; a small number of individual fish


impjieg

Borrowed from Sicilian mpiegu, impiegu and/or Italian impiego, eventually derived from Latin implicare.


qalziet

Singularised plural of the variant qalza, from older Sicilian *calza (“hose, stocking”), from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”). Compare contemporary Sicilian causi, cansi (“trousers”) and, with the original sense and form preserved, Italian calza (“sock, stocking”).


ħelsien

Maltese derivation from ħieles (“free”), from Arabic خالِص (ḵāliṣ); replaced ħlas (now only “payment”).


għaxqa

From Arabic عِشْق (ʕišq, “love, romantic passion”).

inh

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:

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:


neża'

mt-verb

neża’ (imperfect jinża’, past participle minżugħ, verbal noun nżigħ)

neża’ (canonical)
jinża’ (imperfect)
minżugħ (participle past)
nżigħ (noun-from-verb)
nżajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nżajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
neża’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nżajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nżajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
neżgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nżajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nżajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
neżgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nżajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nżajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
neżgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninża’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinża’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinża’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninżgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinżgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinżgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninża’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinża’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinża’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninżgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinżgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinżgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
inża’ (imperative second-person singular)
inżgħu (imperative plural second-person)
naża’ (alternative)

(intransitive) to undress oneself, to get undressed

(intransitive) to get rid of [with minn]


ġema'

ġema’ (imperfect jiġma’, past participle miġmugħ, verbal noun ġmigħ)

ġema’ (canonical)
jiġma’ (imperfect)
miġmugħ (participle past)
ġmigħ (noun-from-verb)
ġmajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġmajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġema’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġmajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġmajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġemgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġmajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġmajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġemgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġmajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġmajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġemgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niġma’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiġma’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiġma’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niġimgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiġimgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiġimgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niġma’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiġma’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiġma’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niġimgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiġimgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiġimgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iġma’ (imperative second-person singular)
iġimgħu (imperative plural second-person)
ġama’ (alternative)


ġemma'

ġemma’ (imperfect jġemma’, past participle mġemma’)

ġemma’ (canonical)
jġemma’ (imperfect)
mġemma’ (participle past)
ġemmajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġemmajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġemma’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġemmajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġemmajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġemmgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġemmajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġemmajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġemmgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġemmajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġemmajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġemmgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nġemma’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġemma’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jġemma’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nġemmgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġemmgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jġemmgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nġemma’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġemma’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ġġemma’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nġemmgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġemmgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jġemmgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ġemma’ (imperative second-person singular)
ġemmgħu (imperative plural second-person)

to collect; to make a collection of (e.g. stamps)


siefer

siefer (imperfect jsiefer, past participle msiefer, verbal noun safar)

jsiefer (imperfect)
msiefer (participle past)
safar (noun-from-verb)
sefirt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sefirt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
siefer (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sefirna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sefirtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
siefru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sefirt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sefirt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
siefret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sefirna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sefirtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
siefru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsiefer (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssiefer (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsiefer (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsiefru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssiefru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsiefru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsiefer (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssiefer (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssiefer (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsiefru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssiefru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsiefru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
siefer (imperative second-person singular)
siefru (imperative plural second-person)

to journey, travel, make a trip of some distance (in the Maltese context generally implying going abroad)


vvjaġġa

vvjaġġa (imperfect jivvjaġġa, past participle vvjaġġat or vjaġġat, verbal noun vvjaġġar or vjaġġar)

jivvjaġġa (imperfect)
vvjaġġat (participle past)
vjaġġat (participle past)
vvjaġġar (noun-from-verb)
vjaġġar (noun-from-verb)
vvjaġġajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
vvjaġġajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
vvjaġġa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
vvjaġġajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
vvjaġġajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
vvjaġġaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
vvjaġġajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
vvjaġġajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
vvjaġġat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
vvjaġġajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
vvjaġġajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
vvjaġġaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nivvjaġġa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tivvjaġġa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jivvjaġġa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nivvjaġġaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tivvjaġġaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jivvjaġġaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nivvjaġġa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tivvjaġġa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tivvjaġġa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nivvjaġġaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tivvjaġġaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jivvjaġġaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
vvjaġġa (imperative second-person singular)
vvjaġġaw (imperative plural second-person)
ivvjaġġa (alternative)
vjaġġa (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian viaggiari and/or Italian viaggiare.

to journey, travel, make a trip of some distance


ħasad

ħasad (imperfect jaħsad, past participle maħsud)

jaħsad (imperfect)
maħsud (participle past)
ħsadt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħsadt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħasad (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħsadna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħsadtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħasdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħsadt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħsadt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħasdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħsadna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħsadtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħasdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħsad (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħsad (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħsad (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħsdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħsdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħsdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħsad (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħsad (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħsad (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħsdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħsdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħsdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħsad (imperative second-person singular)
aħsdu (imperative plural second-person)

(with ħajja) to take (the life of); to kill prematurely (usually through illness or accident)


ħsad

From Arabic حِصاد (ḥiṣād), حَصاد (ḥaṣād).

harvest (act of reaping; that which has been reaped)


ħassad

inh

Arabic حَصّاد (ḥaṣṣād)


xenqa

From Arabic شَنْق (šanq, “longing, yearning”). The senses of the root are generally related to binding and hanging, today chiefly as a form of execution. Perhaps the relevant sense can be derived thence from the idea that a person’s heart is bound and suffocating, or alternatively from accelerated breathing and moaning.

desire, yearning, longing, craving, urge


stħajjel

mt-verb

stħajjel (imperfect jistħajjel, past participle mistħajjel)

jistħajjel (imperfect)
mistħajjel (participle past)
stħajjilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stħajjilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
stħajjel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
stħajjilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stħajjiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
stħajlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
stħajjilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stħajjilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
stħajlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
stħajjilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stħajjiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
stħajlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nistħajjel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistħajjel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jistħajjel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nistħajlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistħajlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jistħajlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nistħajjel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistħajjel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tistħajjel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nistħajlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistħajlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jistħajlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
stħajjel (imperative second-person singular)
stħajlu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic تَخَيَّلَ (taḵayyala, “to imagine”), altered as a tenth stem.


immaġina

mt-verb

immaġina (imperfect jimmaġina, past participle immaġinat)

jimmaġina (imperfect)
immaġinat (participle past)
immaġinajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
immaġinajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
immaġina (masculine perfect singular third-person)
immaġinajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
immaġinajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
immaġinaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
immaġinajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
immaġinajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
immaġinat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
immaġinajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
immaġinajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
immaġinaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nimmaġina (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timmaġina (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jimmaġina (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nimmaġinaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timmaġinaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jimmaġinaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nimmaġina (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timmaġina (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
timmaġina (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nimmaġinaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timmaġinaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jimmaġinaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
immaġina (imperative second-person singular)
immaġinaw (imperative plural second-person)
immaġna (alternative)


żied

żied (imperfect jżid, past participle miżjud)

jżid (imperfect)
miżjud (participle past)
żidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żied (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żidna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żiedu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żiedet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żidna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żiedu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nżid (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżid (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jżid (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nżidu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżidu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jżidu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nżid (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżid (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
żżid (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nżidu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżidu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jżidu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żid (imperative second-person singular)
żidu (imperative plural second-person)


għaġġel

għaġġel (imperfect jgħaġġel, past participle mgħaġġel, verbal noun tagħġil)

jgħaġġel (imperfect)
mgħaġġel (participle past)
tagħġil (noun-from-verb)
għaġġilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaġġilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għaġġel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għaġġilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaġġiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għaġġlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għaġġilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaġġilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għaġġlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għaġġilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaġġiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għaġġlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħaġġel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħaġġel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħaġġel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħaġġlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħaġġlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħaġġlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħaġġel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħaġġel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħaġġel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħaġġlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħaġġlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħaġġlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għaġġel (imperative second-person singular)
għaġġlu (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive) to hurry; to be quick or hasty


għaġla

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:


ħeles

ħeles (imperfect jeħles, past participle meħlus, active participle ħieles, verbal noun ħlas or ħelsien)

jeħles (imperfect)
meħlus (participle past)
ħieles (active participle)
ħlas (noun-from-verb)
ħelsien (noun-from-verb)
ħlist (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħlist (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħeles (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħlisna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħlistu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħelsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħlist (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħlist (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħelset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħlisna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħlistu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħelsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
neħles (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
teħles (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jeħles (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
neħilsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
teħilsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jeħilsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
neħles (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
teħles (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
teħles (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
neħilsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
teħilsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jeħilsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
eħles (imperative second-person singular)
eħilsu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to get rid”). Also adopted the transitive sense of Arabic خَلَّصَ (ḵallaṣa).

(transitive) to free or deliver (someone from)

Mhux faċli neħilsu mill-vizzji qodma tagħna.

It's not easy to get rid of one's old bad habits.

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

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

(intransitive) to get rid (of); to free oneself (from)


tewm

tewma (singulative)
twiem (plural)
tewmiet (paucal)

From Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm). The underlying form in Maltese as well as some Arabic dialects is ثَوْم (ṯawm).


sadid

Formally from Arabic صَدِيد (ṣadīd, “pus, ichor”), but the sense from صَدَأ (ṣadaʔ, “rust”). Compare Algerian Arabic صديد (ṣdīd, “rust”). Apart from their phonetic similarity, both Arabic words refer to impure substances forming on surfaces. Note also the rhyme with ħadid (“iron”).


qlugħ

From Arabic قُلُوع (qulūʕ), plural of قِلْع (qilʕ), whence qala’. The original plural is now usually interpreted as a masculine singular.


ġifen

mt-noun

ġifen m (plural iġfna or ġfien, diminutive ġfejjen)

iġfna (plural)
ġfien (plural)
ġfejjen (diminutive)

Bħal ġifen tal-merkanti, hi ġġib mill-bogħod ikilha.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-proverbji 31:14:

King James Version translation: She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.


qadef

mt-verb

qadef (imperfect jaqdef, past participle maqduf, verbal noun qdif)

jaqdef (imperfect)
maqduf (participle past)
qdif (noun-from-verb)
qdift (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qdift (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qadef (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qdifna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qdiftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qadfu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qdift (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qdift (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qadfet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qdifna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qdiftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qadfu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naqdef (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqdef (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaqdef (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naqdfu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqdfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaqdfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naqdef (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqdef (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taqdef (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naqdfu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqdfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaqdfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aqdef (imperative second-person singular)
aqdfu (imperative plural second-person)


maqlugħ

mt-past participle

maqlugħ (feminine maqlugħa, plural maqlugħin or maqlugħa)

maqlugħa (feminine)
maqlugħin (plural)
maqlugħa (plural)


niexef

mt-adjective

niexef (feminine singular niexfa, plural nexfin or niexfa, diminutive nwejxef)

niexfa (feminine singular)
nexfin (plural)
niexfa (plural)
nwejxef (diminutive)

Fis-sajf il-għolja
libset il-libsa skura
tal-ħaxix niexef.

Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:

In summer the hill
put on the brown frock
of the fried grass.


mxarrab

mt-past participle

mxarrab (feminine mxarrba, plural mxarrbin or mxarrba)

mxarrba (feminine)
mxarrbin (plural)
mxarrba (plural)
imxarrab (alternative)

past participle of xarrab: moist; moistened; wet; soaked; sodden


xarrab

mt-verb

xarrab (imperfect jxarrab, past participle mxarrab)

jxarrab (imperfect)
mxarrab (participle past)
xarrabt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xarrabt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xarrab (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xarrabna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xarrabtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xarrbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xarrabt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xarrabt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xarrbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xarrabna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xarrabtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xarrbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxarrab (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxarrab (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxarrab (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxarrbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxarrbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxarrbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxarrab (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxarrab (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxarrab (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxarrbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxarrbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxarrbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xarrab (imperative second-person singular)
xarrbu (imperative plural second-person)

to make moist or wet; to moisten; to soak


umdu

mt-adjective

umdu (feminine singular umda, plural umdi)

Borrowed from Sicilian ùmidu and/or Italian umido, from Latin (h)umidus.


jxarrab

third-person singular imperfect of xarrab


nixef

mt-verb

nixef (imperfect jinxef, active participle niexef, verbal noun nxif or nixef)

jinxef (imperfect)
niexef (active participle)
nxif (noun-from-verb)
nixef (noun-from-verb)
nxift (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nxift (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nixef (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nxifna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nxiftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nixfu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nxift (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nxift (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nixfet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nxifna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nxiftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nixfu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninxef (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinxef (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinxef (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninxfu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinxfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinxfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninxef (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinxef (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinxef (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninxfu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinxfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinxfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
inxef (imperative second-person singular)
inxfu (imperative plural second-person)


nxufija

nxufijiet (plural)
inxufija (alternative)

dryness (quality or degree of being dry)


xott

mt-adjective

xott (feminine singular xotta, plural xotti)

xotta (feminine singular)
xotti (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian sciuttu, asciuttu, from Latin exsuctus.


xott

Alternative form: xutt

shot (launching of a ball or similar object toward a goal)


għajjien

għajjien (feminine singular għajjiena, plural għajjenin or għajjiena)

għajjiena (feminine singular)
għajjenin (plural)
għajjiena (plural)

Dawn l-aħħar jiem kont ftit għajjien.

1976, “L-Aħħar Bidwi F'Wied il-Għasel”, performed by Sammy Bartolo and New Cuorey:

These past few days I’ve been a bit tired.


għeja

mt-verb

għeja (imperfect jegħja, verbal noun għeja)

jegħja (imperfect)
għeja (noun-from-verb)
għejejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għejejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għeja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għejejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għejejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għejew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għejejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għejejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għejiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għejejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għejejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għejew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
negħja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tegħja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jegħja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
negħjew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tegħjew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jegħjew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
negħja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tegħja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tegħja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
negħjew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tegħjew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jegħjew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
egħja (imperative second-person singular)
egħjew (imperative plural second-person)

inh

Arabic أَعْيَا (ʔaʕyā)


għeja

From Arabic عَيَاء (ʕayāʔ), إعْيَاء (ʔiʕyāʔ).


strieħ

jistrieħ (imperfect)
straħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
straħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
strieħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
straħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
straħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
strieħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
straħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
straħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
strieħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
straħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
straħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
strieħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nistrieħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistrieħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jistrieħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nistrieħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistrieħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jistrieħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nistrieħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistrieħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tistrieħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nistrieħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistrieħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jistrieħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
strieħ (imperative second-person singular)
strieħu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic اِسْتَراحَ (istarāḥa), a tenth stem from the root ر و ح (r w ḥ). In Maltese, a new root s-r-ħ was derived from this, perhaps to some degree by merger with Arabic س ر ح (s r ḥ), which is generally related to “moving”, but has some related senses like “grazing” and “being free from trouble”.

ar-root

ر و ح (r w ḥ)

س ر ح (s r ḥ)


blatiet

paucal of blata: 2 to 10 rocks; a small number of individual rocks or pieces of rock


ħaj

mt-adjective

ħaj (feminine singular ħajja, plural ħajjin)

ħajja (feminine singular)
ħajjin (plural)

unripe, immature (fruit); undercooked (food)


ġarr

mt-verb

ġarr (imperfect jġorr, past participle miġrur, verbal noun ġarr)

jġorr (imperfect)
miġrur (participle past)
ġarr (noun-from-verb)
ġarrejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġarrejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġarr (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġarrejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġarrejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġarrew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġarrejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġarrejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġarret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġarrejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġarrejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġarrew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nġorr (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġorr (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jġorr (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nġorru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġorru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jġorru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nġorr (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġorr (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ġġorr (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nġorru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġorru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jġorru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ġorr (imperative second-person singular)
ġorru (imperative plural second-person)

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

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


ġarr

verbal noun of ġarr: transport, carriage


kmieni

mt-adjective

kmieni (invariable, comparative (Australia) ikmen)

Uncertain, but probably from Latin mane (“early in the morning”). The k- is explained by Joseph Aquilina as the preposition cum (“with”), as if from a Vulgar Latin phrase *cum mane (literally “with the early morning”).
Otherwise compare the Arabic root ك م ن (k m n) related to concealment and ambush; thus speculatively from the notion of getting up very early in order to do something in secret. Phonetically the word is quite reminiscent of dialectal Arabic كَمان (kamān, “also, as well”), from classical كَمَا أَنَّ (kamā ʔanna), but a semantic relation is hard to see.

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:


kmieni

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


fieħ

jfuħ (imperfect)
fiħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fiħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fieħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fiħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fiħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fieħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fiħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fiħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fieħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fiħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fiħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fieħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nfuħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfuħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jfuħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nfuħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfuħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jfuħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nfuħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfuħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tfuħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nfuħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfuħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jfuħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
fuħ (imperative second-person singular)
fuħu (imperative plural second-person)
faħ (alternative)

to have a good smell, scent, be fragrant

(figuratively) to have a good reputation


fwieħa

mt-noun

fwieħa f (plural fwejjaħ or fwiħat, diminutive fwejħa)

fwejjaħ (plural)
fwiħat (plural)
fwejħa (diminutive)

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:


fewwieħ

mt-adjective

fewwieħ (feminine singular fewwieħa, plural fewwieħa)

fewwieħa (feminine singular)
fewwieħa (plural)


kutra

Borrowed from Sicilian cutra, probably eventually from Latin culcita, culcitra. Compare Italian coltre.


dirett

dirett (feminine singular diretta, plural diretti)

diretta (feminine singular)
diretti (plural)

Borrowed from Italian diretto, from Latin directus. Doublet of older dritt, from Sicilian.


bajsikil

bajsikils (plural)
bicycle (alternative)


nifed

mt-verb

nifed (imperfect jinfed, past participle minfud)

jinfed (imperfect)
minfud (participle past)
nfidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nfidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nifed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nfidna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nfidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nifdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nfidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nfidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nifdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nfidna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nfidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nifdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninfed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinfed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinfed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninfdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinfdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinfdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninfed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinfed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinfed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninfdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinfdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinfdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
infed (imperative second-person singular)
infdu (imperative plural second-person)

to pierce; to penetrate; to puncture; to pass through


ntnifed

jintnifed (imperfect)
ntnifidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ntnifidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ntnifed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ntnifidna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ntnifidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ntnifdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ntnifidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ntnifidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ntnifdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ntnifidna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ntnifidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ntnifdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nintnifed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tintnifed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jintnifed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nintnifdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tintnifdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jintnifdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nintnifed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tintnifed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tintnifed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nintnifdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tintnifdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jintnifdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ntnifed (imperative second-person singular)
ntnifdu (imperative plural second-person)
intnifed (alternative)

mediopassive of nifed: to be pierced, penetrated, punctured


rasuli

mt-adjective

rasuli (feminine singular rasulija, plural rasulin)

rasulija (feminine singular)
rasulin (plural)

From Arabic رَسُولِيّ (rasūliyy). By surface analysis, rasul + -i.


qgħadt

second-person singular perfect of qagħad


għaqad

mt-verb

għaqad (imperfect jagħqad, past participle magħqud)

jagħqad (imperfect)
magħqud (participle past)
għaqadt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaqadt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għaqad (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għaqadna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaqadtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għaqdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għaqadt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaqadt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għaqdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għaqadna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaqadtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għaqdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħqad (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħqad (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħqad (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħqdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħqdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħqdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħqad (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħqad (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħqad (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħqdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħqdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħqdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħqad (imperative second-person singular)
agħqdu (imperative plural second-person)

(of blood, eggs, etc.) to coagulate; to congeal; to become thick

(figurative, e.g. of a group) to become joined, united, tight-knit


staġun

Borrowed from Sicilian staggiuni, from Latin statio. Doublet of stazzjon (“station”).


stazzjon

stazzjonijiet (plural)
istazzjon (alternative)
stazzjoni (alternative)
istazzjoni (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian stazione, from Latin statio. Doublet of staġun (“season”).


ħrafa

mt-noun

ħrafa f (plural ħrejjef or ħrajjef, diminutive ħrejfa or ħrajfa)

ħrejjef (plural)
ħrajjef (plural)
ħrejfa (diminutive)
ħrajfa (diminutive)

Ħafna nies jaħsbu li din l-istorja hija biss ħrafa qadima, imma hija verità.

Many people think that this story is just an old fable, but it is true.


għarbiel

(figurative) check, scan, careful examination


għarbel

mt-verb

għarbel (imperfect jgħarbel, past participle mgħarbel or mgħarbul)

jgħarbel (imperfect)
mgħarbel (participle past)
mgħarbul (participle past)
għarbilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għarbilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għarbel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għarbilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għarbiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għarblu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għarbilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għarbilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għarblet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għarbilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għarbiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għarblu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħarbel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħarbel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħarbel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħarblu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħarblu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħarblu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħarbel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħarbel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħarbel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħarblu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħarblu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħarblu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għarbel (imperative second-person singular)
għarblu (imperative plural second-person)

(figurative) to check; to scan; to scrutinise


għatta x-xemx bl-għarbiel

/ˈaˤːt.ta‿ʃˈʃɛmʒ blaˤːrˈbɪːl/

From Arabic غَطَّى الشَّمْسَ بِالْغِرْبالِ (ḡaṭṭā š-šamsa bi-l-ḡirbāli, literally “to cover the sun with a sieve”). Probably the idea is that the light of the sun could not be veiled even with an unperforated surface, but with a sieve the attempt is all the more hopeless. Compare Portuguese tapar o sol com a peneira, which is perhaps also from Arabic.

inh

غَطَّى الشَّمْسَ بِالْغِرْبالِ

to (try to) conceal something that is bound to come out


għeriebel

/ɛˤːˈrɪː.bɛl/

/ɣɛˈrɪː.bɛl/


teba'

mt-verb

teba’ (imperfect jitba’, past participle mitbugħ, verbal noun tbigħ)

teba’ (canonical)
jitba’ (imperfect)
mitbugħ (participle past)
tbigħ (noun-from-verb)
tbajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tbajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
teba’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tbajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tbajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tebgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tbajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tbajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tebgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tbajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tbajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tebgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitba’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titba’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitba’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitbgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titbgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitbgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitba’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titba’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titba’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitbgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titbgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitbgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
itba’ (imperative second-person singular)
itbgħu (imperative plural second-person)


għallaq

għallaq (imperfect jgħallaq, past participle mgħallaq, verbal noun tgħalliq or tagħliq)

jgħallaq (imperfect)
mgħallaq (participle past)
tgħalliq (noun-from-verb)
tagħliq (noun-from-verb)
għallaqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għallaqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għallaq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għallaqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għallaqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għallqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għallaqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għallaqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għallqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għallaqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għallaqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għallqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħallaq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħallaq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħallaq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħallqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħallqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħallqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħallaq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħallaq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħallaq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħallqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħallqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħallqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għallaq (imperative second-person singular)
għallqu (imperative plural second-person)


dendel

dendel (imperfect jdendel, past participle mdendel, verbal noun dendil)

jdendel (imperfect)
mdendel (participle past)
dendil (noun-from-verb)
dendilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dendilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
dendel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dendilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dendiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dendlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dendilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dendilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dendlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dendilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dendiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dendlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndendel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddendel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdendel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndendlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddendlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdendlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndendel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddendel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddendel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndendlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddendlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdendlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
dendel (imperative second-person singular)
dendlu (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare Iraqi Arabic دندل (dandal, “to hang, to dangle”). The Formal Arabic form is Arabic دَلْدَلَ (daldala, “to dangle”).


tgħallaq

mt-verb

tgħallaq (imperfect jitgħallaq, verbal noun tgħalliq)

jitgħallaq (imperfect)
tgħalliq (noun-from-verb)
tgħallaqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħallaqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tgħallaq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tgħallaqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħallaqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tgħallqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tgħallaqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħallaqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tgħallqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tgħallaqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħallaqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tgħallqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitgħallaq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħallaq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitgħallaq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitgħallqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħallqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitgħallqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitgħallaq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħallaq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titgħallaq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitgħallqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħallqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitgħallqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħallaq (imperative second-person singular)
tgħallqu (imperative plural second-person)

mediopassive of għallaq: to be killed by hanging; to hang oneself


ddendel

jiddendel (imperfect)
ddendilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddendilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddendel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddendilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddendiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddendlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddendilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddendilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddendlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddendilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddendiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddendlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddendel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddendel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddendel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddendlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddendlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddendlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddendel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddendel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddendel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddendlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddendlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddendlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddendel (imperative second-person singular)
ddendlu (imperative plural second-person)
iddendel (alternative)

From Arabic تَدَلْدَلَ (tadaldala, “to dangle”).

inh

mediopassive of dendel
(intransitive) to hang; to be hung

mediopassive of dendel
to hang; to be hung

(intransitive) to be killed by hanging; to hang oneself


daħkan

mt-adjective

daħkan (feminine singular daħkana, plural daħkanin or daħkana)

daħkana (feminine singular)
daħkanin (plural)
daħkana (plural)
daħqan (alternative)


daħħak

mt-verb

daħħak (imperfect jdaħħak, past participle mdaħħak)

jdaħħak (imperfect)
mdaħħak (participle past)
daħħakt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
daħħakt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
daħħak (masculine perfect singular third-person)
daħħakna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
daħħaktu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
daħħku (masculine perfect plural third-person)
daħħakt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
daħħakt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
daħħket (feminine perfect singular third-person)
daħħakna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
daħħaktu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
daħħku (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndaħħak (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddaħħak (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdaħħak (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndaħħku (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddaħħku (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdaħħku (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndaħħak (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddaħħak (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddaħħak (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndaħħku (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddaħħku (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdaħħku (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
daħħak (imperative second-person singular)
daħħku (imperative plural second-person)
daħħaq (alternative)

From Arabic ضَحَّكَ (ḍaḥḥaka), factitive second stem of ضَحِكَ (ḍaḥika), whence Maltese daħak (“to laugh”).


fażola

fażola (singulative)
fażoli (plural)
fażoliet (paucal)

Borrowed from Sicilian fasola, from Latin phaseolus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos).


qatran

qatran (imperfect jqatran, past participle mqatran)

jqatran (imperfect)
mqatran (participle past)
qatrant (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qatrant (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qatran (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qatranna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qatrantu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qatarnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qatrant (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qatrant (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qatarnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qatranna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qatrantu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qatarnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqatran (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqatran (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqatran (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqatarnu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqatarnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqatarnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqatran (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqatran (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqatran (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqatarnu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqatarnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqatarnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qatran (imperative second-person singular)
qatarnu (imperative plural second-person)


qurdien

qurdiena (singulative)
qraden (plural)
qurdiniet (paucal)

From Arabic قِرْدَان (qirdān), plural of قُراد (qurād).


fasad

fasad (imperfect jofsod, past participle mifsud)

jofsod (imperfect)
mifsud (participle past)
fsadt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fsadt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fasad (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fsadna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fsadtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fasdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fsadt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fsadt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fasdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fsadna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fsadtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fasdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nofsod (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tofsod (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jofsod (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nofsdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tofsdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jofsdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nofsod (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tofsod (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tofsod (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nofsdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tofsdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jofsdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ofsod (imperative second-person singular)
ofsdu (imperative plural second-person)

to make trickle, e.g. liquid from a tree or tank

(figurative) to cause someone distress or anger


velenu

Borrowed from Italian veleno, from Latin venenum.

vvelena

avvalena, vvalena, vvaliena, avvelena, invalena


velenuż

mt-adjective

velenuż (feminine singular velenuża, plural velenużi)

velenuża (feminine singular)
velenużi (plural)

Borrowed from Italian velenoso. By surface analysis, velenu + -uż.


semma

mt-verb

semma (imperfect jsemmi, past participle msemmi, verbal noun tismija)

jsemmi (imperfect)
msemmi (participle past)
tismija (noun-from-verb)
semmejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
semmejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
semma (masculine perfect singular third-person)
semmejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
semmejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
semmew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
semmejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
semmejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
semmiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
semmejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
semmejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
semmew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsemmi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssemmi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsemmi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsemmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssemmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsemmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsemmi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssemmi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssemmi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsemmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssemmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsemmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
semmi (imperative second-person singular)
semmu (imperative plural second-person)


semma'

semma’ (imperfect jsemma’, past participle msemma’, verbal noun tismigħ)

semma’ (canonical)
jsemma’ (imperfect)
msemma’ (participle past)
tismigħ (noun-from-verb)
semmajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
semmajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
semma’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
semmajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
semmajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
semmgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
semmajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
semmajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
semmgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
semmajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
semmajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
semmgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsemma’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssemma’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsemma’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsemmgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssemmgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsemmgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsemma’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssemma’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssemma’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsemmgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssemmgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsemmgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
semma’ (imperative second-person singular)
semmgħu (imperative plural second-person)

Iż-żgħażagħ iridu jsemmgħu leħinhom.

Young people want to make their voices heard.


refa'

refa’ (imperfect jerfa’, past participle merfugħ, verbal noun rfigħ or rfugħ)

refa’ (canonical)
jerfa’ (imperfect)
merfugħ (participle past)
rfigħ (noun-from-verb)
rfugħ (noun-from-verb)
rfajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rfajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
refa’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rfajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rfajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
refgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rfajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rfajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
refgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rfajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rfajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
refgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nerfa’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
terfa’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jerfa’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nerfgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
terfgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jerfgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nerfa’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
terfa’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
terfa’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nerfgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
terfgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jerfgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
erfa’ (imperative second-person singular)
erfgħu (imperative plural second-person)
rafa’ (alternative)

to try to hit someone [with fuq or għal]


tella'

tella’ (imperfect jtella’, past participle mtella’, verbal noun titligħ)

tella’ (canonical)
jtella’ (imperfect)
mtella’ (participle past)
titligħ (noun-from-verb)
tellajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tellajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tella’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tellajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tellajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tellgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tellajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tellajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tellgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tellajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tellajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tellgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntella’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttella’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtella’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntellgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttellgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtellgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntella’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttella’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttella’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntellgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttellgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtellgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tella’ (imperative second-person singular)
tellgħu (imperative plural second-person)
talla’ (alternative)

Tellajtu torri għoli ħafna.

Tella’ l-ktieb fuq l-ixkaffa ta’ fuq nett.

to raise, to lift (move something to a higher position)

Tellgħu l-video fuq YouTube. ― They uploaded the video on YouTube.

Tellajthomli!

Il-kunsill lokali qed itella’ kunċert.

The local council is organising a concert.


għolla

għolla (imperfect jgħolli, past participle mgħolli)

jgħolli (imperfect)
mgħolli (participle past)
għollejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għollejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għolla (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għollejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għollejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għollew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għollejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għollejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għolliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għollejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għollejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għollew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħolli (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħolli (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħolli (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħollu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħollu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħollu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħolli (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħolli (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħolli (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħollu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħollu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħollu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għolli (imperative second-person singular)
għollu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic عَلَّى (ʕallā, “to raise”). The sense “raise the price of” was transferred from għalla, from the originally unrelated Arabic غَلَّى (ḡallā).

to raise; to lift (move something to a higher position)

to raise the price of; to make something more expensive


għela

jagħli (imperfect)
għelejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għelejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għela (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għelejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għelejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għelew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għelejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għelejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għeliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għelejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għelejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għelew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħli (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħli (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħli (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħli (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħli (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħli (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħli (imperative second-person singular)
agħlu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic غَلَى (ḡalā), يَغْلِي (yaḡlī, “to boil”).

(intransitive, of a liquid) to boil; to be boiled

(intransitive, of a person) to be bitter; to feel bitterness


għela

From Arabic غَلَا (ḡalā), يَغْلُو (yaḡlū, “to rise in price”).

(dated) to rise in price; to become expensive


għola

jogħla (imperfect)
għolejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għolejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għola (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għolejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għolejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għolew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għolejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għolejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għoliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għolejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għolejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għolew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nogħla (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
togħla (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jogħla (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nogħlew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
togħlew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jogħlew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nogħla (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
togħla (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
togħla (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nogħlew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
togħlew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jogħlew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ogħla (imperative second-person singular)
ogħlew (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic عَلِيَ (ʕaliya, “to rise”). The sense “rise in price” was transferred from għela, from the originally unrelated Arabic غَلَا (ḡalā).

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

(of a rate, tax, etc.) to rise; to increase


ħaffer

ħaffer (imperfect jħaffer, past participle mħaffer)

jħaffer (imperfect)
mħaffer (participle past)
ħaffirt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħaffirt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħaffer (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħaffirna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħaffirtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħaffru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħaffirt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħaffirt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħaffret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħaffirna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħaffirtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħaffru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħaffer (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħaffer (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħaffer (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħaffru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħaffru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħaffru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħaffer (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħaffer (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħaffer (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħaffru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħaffru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħaffru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħaffer (imperative second-person singular)
ħaffru (imperative plural second-person)

Intensive second stem replacing ħafer, from Arabic حَفَرَ (ḥafara), in order to avoid the homophony with ħafer (“to forgive”), from Arabic غَفَرَ (ḡafara).


għan

inh

Arabic عَانِي (ʕānī)


għan

mt-verb

għan (imperfect jgħin, past participle megħjun or magħjun or (colloquial) mgħin, verbal noun għajnuna)

jgħin (imperfect)
megħjun (participle past)
magħjun (participle past)
mgħin (colloquial participle past)
għajnuna (noun-from-verb)
għent (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għent (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għan (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għenna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għentu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għanu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għent (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għent (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għanet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għenna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għentu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għanu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħin (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħin (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħin (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħinu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħinu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħinu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħin (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħin (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħin (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħinu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħinu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħinu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għin (imperative second-person singular)
għinu (imperative plural second-person)


sjuf

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


siġriet

/sɪd͡ʒˈrɪːt/


ġobniet

/d͡ʒɔbˈnɪːt/


żeblaħ

mt-verb

żeblaħ (imperfect jżeblaħ, past participle mżeblaħ, verbal noun żebliħ)

jżeblaħ (imperfect)
mżeblaħ (participle past)
żebliħ (noun-from-verb)
żeblaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żeblaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żeblaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żeblaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żeblaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żebilħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żeblaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żeblaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żebilħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żeblaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żeblaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żebilħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nżeblaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżeblaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jżeblaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nżebilħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżebilħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jżebilħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nżeblaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżeblaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
żżeblaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nżebilħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżebilħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jżebilħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żeblaħ (imperative second-person singular)
żebilħu (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from a dialectal Arabic زَبْلَحَ (zablaḥa). The sense varies somewhat, but appears to be related to idle or dishonest talk. Possibly related with żżagħbel and Arabic خُزَعْبَلة (ḵuzaʕbala, “made-up and ridiculous story, palaver”). Or perhaps an extended form of the root ز ب ل (z b l); compare Maltese żibel (“dung, waste”).

m+

to vilify, to abuse, to defame, to blaspheme


anġeliċi

/anˈd͡ʒɛː.lɪ.t͡ʃɪ/


baxxa

mt-verb

baxxa (imperfect jbaxxi, past participle mbaxxi)

jbaxxi (imperfect)
mbaxxi (participle past)
baxxejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
baxxejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
baxxa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
baxxejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
baxxejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
baxxew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
baxxejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
baxxejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
baxxiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
baxxejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
baxxejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
baxxew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbaxxi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbaxxi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbaxxi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbaxxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbaxxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbaxxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbaxxi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbaxxi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbaxxi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbaxxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbaxxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbaxxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
baxxi (imperative second-person singular)
baxxu (imperative plural second-person)


erotiċi

/ɛˈrɔː.tɪ.t͡ʃɪ/


fqar

jifqar (imperfect)
fqart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fqart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fqar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fqarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fqartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fqaru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fqart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fqart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fqaret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fqarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fqartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fqaru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nifqar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tifqar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jifqar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nifqaru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tifqaru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jifqaru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nifqar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tifqar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tifqar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nifqaru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tifqaru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jifqaru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
fqar (imperative second-person singular)
fqaru (imperative plural second-person)


ndaf

jindaf (imperfect)
ndaft (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ndaft (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ndaf (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ndafna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ndaftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ndafu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ndaft (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ndaft (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ndafet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ndafna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ndaftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ndafu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nindaf (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tindaf (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jindaf (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nindafu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tindafu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jindafu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nindaf (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tindaf (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tindaf (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nindafu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tindafu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jindafu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ndaf (imperative second-person singular)
ndafu (imperative plural second-person)


għanbaqar

għanbaqra (singulative)
għajnbaqriet (paucal)


qalbieni

mt-adjective

qalbieni (feminine singular qalbiena or qalbenija, plural qalbiena or qalbenin)

qalbiena (feminine singular)
qalbenija (feminine singular)
qalbiena (plural)
qalbenin (plural)

From qalb + -ieni, from Arabic قَلْب (qalb), perhaps after the expression قَوِيُّ القَلْبِ (qawiyyu l-qalbi, “courageous”, literally “strong of heart”).
The same notion exists in many languages, compare German beherzt, English take heart, etc. Compare also the etymology of courage.


kuraġġuż

kuraġġuż (feminine singular kuraġġuża, plural kuraġġużi)

kuraġġuża (feminine singular)
kuraġġużi (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian curaggiusu, from Old French corageus, eventually derived from Latin cor (“heart”). By surface analysis, kuraġġ + -uż.


kuraġġ

Borrowed from Sicilian curaggiu, from Old French corage, eventually derived from Latin cor (“heart”).


lgħab

drool, slobber (excessive saliva as e.g. in babies or old people)


għajnbaqar

għajnbaqra (singulative)
għajnbaqriet (paucal)
għanbaqar (alternative)
għajn baqar (alternative)
għambaqar (alternative)

From Arabic عَيْن بَقَر (ʕayn baqar). By surface analysis, għajn + baqar.

plum, plums (several fruits; plum as a mass, taste, species)


għajnbaqra

għajnbaqar (collective)
għajnbaqriet (plural)

singulative of għajnbaqar: a plum (single fruit)


għanbaqra

għanbaqar (collective)
għanbaqriet (plural)


qawwa

mt-verb

qawwa (imperfect jqawwi, past participle mqawwi, verbal noun tqawwija or taqwija)

jqawwi (imperfect)
mqawwi (participle past)
tqawwija (noun-from-verb)
taqwija (noun-from-verb)
qawwejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qawwejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qawwa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qawwejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qawwejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qawwew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qawwejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qawwejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qawwiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qawwejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qawwejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qawwew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqawwi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqawwi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqawwi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqawwu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqawwu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqawwu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqawwi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqawwi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqawwi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqawwu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqawwu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqawwu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qawwi (imperative second-person singular)
qawwu (imperative plural second-person)


tqawwa

jitqawwa (imperfect)
tqawwejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tqawwejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tqawwa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tqawwejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tqawwejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tqawwew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tqawwejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tqawwejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tqawwiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tqawwejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tqawwejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tqawwew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitqawwa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titqawwa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitqawwa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitqawwew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titqawwew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitqawwew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitqawwa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titqawwa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titqawwa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitqawwew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titqawwew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitqawwew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tqawwa (imperative second-person singular)
tqawwew (imperative plural second-person)

mediopassive of qawwa: to become strong, stronger; to be strengthened


pproteġa

pproteġa (imperfect jipproteġi, past participle protett or proteġut or pproteġut)

jipproteġi (imperfect)
protett (participle past)
proteġut (participle past)
pproteġut (participle past)
pproteġejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
pproteġejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
pproteġa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
pproteġejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
pproteġejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
pproteġew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
pproteġejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
pproteġejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
pproteġiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
pproteġejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
pproteġejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
pproteġew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nipproteġi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tipproteġi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jipproteġi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nipproteġu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tipproteġu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jipproteġu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nipproteġi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tipproteġi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tipproteġi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nipproteġu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tipproteġu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jipproteġu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
pproteġi (imperative second-person singular)
pproteġu (imperative plural second-person)
ipproteġa (alternative)
pproteġġa (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian proteggere and/or Sicilian prutèggiri, from Latin protegere. The lacking gemination might be directly after the Latin or just a spontaneous simplification.


ddefenda

ddefenda (imperfect jiddefendi, past participle difiż or defendut or ddefendut)

jiddefendi (imperfect)
difiż (participle past)
defendut (participle past)
ddefendut (participle past)
ddefendejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddefendejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddefenda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddefendejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddefendejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddefendew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddefendejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddefendejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddefendiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddefendejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddefendejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddefendew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddefendi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddefendi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddefendi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddefendu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddefendu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddefendu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddefendi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddefendi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddefendi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddefendu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddefendu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddefendu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddefendi (imperative second-person singular)
ddefendu (imperative plural second-person)
iddefenda (alternative)
ddifenda (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian difendere and/or Sicilian difendiri, difenniri, both from Latin defendere. The form with de- existed as an older variant in Italian; it may also have been reinforced by Latin and/or English.


difiża

Borrowed from Sicilian difisa, from Latin defensa.


ħema

ħema (imperfect jaħmi, past participle moħmi)

jaħmi (imperfect)
moħmi (participle past)
ħmejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħmejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħema (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħmejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħmejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħmew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħmejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħmejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħmiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħmejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħmejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħmew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħmi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħmi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħmi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħmi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħmi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħmi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħmi (imperative second-person singular)
aħmu (imperative plural second-person)

(figurative) to mull, to incubate, to plan, to plot


ħama

From Arabic حَمَأ (ḥamaʔ). The word predominantly keeps its masculine gender in Maltese, but may also be feminised on account of the final -a.

silt, sludge, ooze (fine mud as found especially near the seashore)


ħama

ħama (imperfect jħami, past participle maħmi)

jħami (imperfect)
maħmi (participle past)
ħamejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħamejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħama (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħamejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħamejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħamew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħamejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħamejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħamiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħamejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħamejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħamew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħami (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħami (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħami (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħamu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħamu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħamu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħami (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħami (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħami (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħamu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħamu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħamu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħami (imperative second-person singular)
ħamu (imperative plural second-person)

inh

Arabic حَامَى (ḥāmā)


tajn

From Arabic طِين (ṭīn). Some older Gozitan dialects regularly diphthongised /iː/ and /uː/ in the vicinity of emphatic consonants. In tajn, this diphthongisation established itself more widely probably because it prevented homophony with tin (“figs”), from Arabic تِين (tīn).


tkanta

jitkanta (imperfect)
tkantajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tkantajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tkanta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tkantajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tkantajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tkantaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tkantajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tkantajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tkantat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tkantajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tkantajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tkantaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitkanta (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titkanta (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitkanta (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitkantaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titkantaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitkantaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitkanta (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titkanta (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titkanta (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitkantaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titkantaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitkantaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tkanta (imperative second-person singular)
tkantaw (imperative plural second-person)

From kanta (“to sing”), from Latin cantare, with the form built as in a native four-radical verb.


għam

mt-verb

għam (imperfect jgħum, verbal noun għawm)

jgħum (imperfect)
għawm (noun-from-verb)
għomt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għomt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għam (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għomna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għomtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għamu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għomt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għomt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għamet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għomna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għomtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għamu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħum (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħum (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħum (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħumu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħumu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħumu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħum (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħum (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħum (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħumu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħumu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħumu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għum (imperative second-person singular)
għumu (imperative plural second-person)


għer

jgħir (imperfect)
għert (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għert (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għer (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għerna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għertu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għeru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għert (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għert (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għeret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għerna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għertu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għeru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħir (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħir (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħir (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħiru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħiru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħiru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħir (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħir (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħir (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħiru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħiru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħiru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għir (imperative second-person singular)
għiru (imperative plural second-person)


xeher

xeher (imperfect jixher, past participle mixhur, active participle xieher, verbal noun xhir or xehir)

jixher (imperfect)
mixhur (participle past)
xieher (active participle)
xhir (noun-from-verb)
xehir (noun-from-verb)
xhert (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xhert (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xeher (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xherna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xhertu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xehru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xhert (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xhert (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xehret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xherna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xhertu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xehru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nixher (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tixher (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jixher (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nixhru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tixhru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jixhru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nixher (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tixher (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tixher (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nixhru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tixhru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jixhru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ixher (imperative second-person singular)
ixhru (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic شَهَرَ (šahara), أَشْهَرَ (ʔašhara, “to announce, spread, make public”). The contemporary sense developed in the context of death or specifically the announcement of a person’s passing by ritualised lamentation, which is found in some countries and formerly existed also in Malta.


sogħol

jisgħol (imperfect)
sgħolt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sgħolt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sogħol (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sgħolna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sgħoltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sogħlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sgħolt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sgħolt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sogħlot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sgħolna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sgħoltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sogħlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisgħol (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisgħol (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisgħol (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisogħlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisogħlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisogħlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisgħol (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisgħol (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisgħol (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisogħlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisogħlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisogħlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
isgħol (imperative second-person singular)
isogħlu (imperative plural second-person)