ballas

ballas (imperfect jballas, verbal noun tballis)

jballas (imperfect)
tballis (noun-from-verb)
ballast (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ballast (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ballas (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ballasna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ballastu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ballsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ballast (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ballast (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ballset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ballasna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ballastu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ballsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nballas (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tballas (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jballas (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nballsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tballsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jballsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nballas (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tballas (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tballas (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nballsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tballsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jballsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ballas (imperative second-person singular)
ballsu (imperative plural second-person)


finanzier

mt-noun

finanzier m (plural finanzieri or finanziera)


drapp

Borrowed from Sicilian drappu and/or Italian drappo, from Latin drappus, of uncertain origin.


sabar

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:

patience, endurance (ability to accept sorrow and hardship)


sabar

mt-verb

sabar (imperfect jisbor, past participle misbur, active participle sieber)

jisbor (imperfect)
misbur (participle past)
sieber (active participle)
sbart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sbart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sabar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sbarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sbartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sabru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sbart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sbart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sabret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sbarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sbartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sabru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisbor (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisbor (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisbor (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisbru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisbru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisbru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisbor (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisbor (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisbor (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisbru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisbru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisbru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
isbor (imperative second-person singular)
isbru (imperative plural second-person)


siel

siel (imperfect jsil, past participle misul, verbal noun tisjil)

jsil (imperfect)
misul (participle past)
tisjil (noun-from-verb)
silt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
silt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
siel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
silna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
siltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sielu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
silt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
silt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sielet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
silna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
siltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sielu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsil (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssil (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsil (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsilu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssilu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsilu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsil (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssil (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssil (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsilu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssilu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsilu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sil (imperative second-person singular)
silu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala, “to ask”). Compare Moroccan Arabic سال (sāl, “to be owed money”).


bram

From Sicilian bromu (“jellyfish”), from Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “shipworm”). Compare Italian bruma, Spanish broma. The Sicilian may have been influenced by Latin pulmo (“jellyfish”, literally “lung”).


obdi

second-person singular imperative of obda


berbex

mt-verb

berbex (imperfect jberbex, past participle mberbex)

jberbex (imperfect)
mberbex (participle past)
berbixt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
berbixt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
berbex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
berbixna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
berbixtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
berbxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
berbixt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
berbixt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
berbxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
berbixna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
berbixtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
berbxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nberbex (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tberbex (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jberbex (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nberbxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tberbxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jberbxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nberbex (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tberbex (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tberbex (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nberbxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tberbxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jberbxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
berbex (imperative second-person singular)
berbxu (imperative plural second-person)


ċikkulata

mt-noun

ċikkulata f (plural ċikkulati or ċikkulajjet)

ċikkulati (plural)
ċikkulajjet (plural)
ċukkulata (alternative)

From older Sicilian cicculata, from Spanish chocolate.


liem

jlum (imperfect)
limt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
limt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
liem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
limna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
limtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
liemu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
limt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
limt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
liemet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
limna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
limtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
liemu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nlum (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlum (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jlum (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nlumu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlumu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jlumu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nlum (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlum (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tlum (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nlumu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlumu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jlumu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
lum (imperative second-person singular)
lumu (imperative plural second-person)


inbid

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of nbid


kenn

mt-verb

kenn (imperfect jkenn, past participle miknun)

jkenn (imperfect)
miknun (participle past)
kennejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kennejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kenn (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kennejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kennejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kennew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kennejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kennejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kennet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kennejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kennejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kennew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkenn (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkenn (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkenn (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkennu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkennu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkennu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkenn (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkenn (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkenn (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkennu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkennu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkennu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kenn (imperative second-person singular)
kennu (imperative plural second-person)


trab

From Arabic تُراب (turāb, “soil, dust”).


bruda

tepidness; coolness (lack of warmth, a neutral temperature)

(figurative) lukewarmness; lack of enthusiasm


falz

mt-adjective

falz (feminine singular falza, plural foloz)

falza (feminine singular)
foloz (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian falsu and/or Italian falso, from Latin falsus.

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

(nominalized, in the definite) falsehood


dahar

mt-noun

dahar m (plural dhur or dhura or idhra, diminutive dhajjar)

dhur (plural)
dhura (plural)
idhra (plural)
dhajjar (diminutive)
dahri (first-person singular)
daharna (first-person singular)
dahrek (second-person singular)
daharkom (second-person singular)
dahru (masculine singular third-person)
daharha (feminine singular third-person)
daharhom (singular third-person)

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

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

[…] u nġiegħel l-għedewwa tiegħek idawru daharhom lejk.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 23:27:

King James Version translation: […] and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.


duħħan

Għax jiemi bħal duħħan jgħibu; u għadmi bħal ħuġġieġa jaqbad.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tas-Salmi 102:3:

King James Version translation: For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.


ħaġar

ħaġra (singulative)
ħġar (plural)
ħġur (plural)
eħġar (plural)
ħaġriet (paucal)

From Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar, “stone”), which was reinterpreted as collective. Compare Moroccan Arabic حجر (ḥjar, “stones”), حجرة (ḥajra, “a stone”).

Intom illum qomtu kontra dar missieri u qtiltu lil uliedu - sebgħin wieħed fuq ħaġra waħda - u għamiltu lil Abimelek, bin il-konkubina tiegħu, fuq in-nies ta’ Sikem, għax hu ħukom.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Imħallfin 9:18:

New International Version translation: But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.


ramel

irmla (plural)
rmiel (plural)
ramal (alternative)
remel (alternative)

Jien għedt: Fil-bejta tiegħi mmut wara jiem kotrana daqs ir-ramel.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb ta' Ġob 29:18:

King James Version translation: Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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.


irmied

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rmied


stramb

mt-adj

stramb (feminine singular stramba, plural strambi)

stramba (feminine singular)
strambi (plural)

Borrowed from Italian strambo, from Vulgar Latin *strambus, from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στρᾰβός (străbós).

Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.
Waħda ħelwa, imma stramba.
Fil-verità, waħda li qed noħlom ta’ spiss.

2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, →ISBN, page 18:

Last night I had a dream.
A pleasant dream, but strange.
Actually, it's a recurring dream.


bravu

mt-adjective

bravu (feminine singular brava, plural bravi, comparative (Australia) ibrav)

brava (feminine singular)
bravi (plural)
ibrav (Australia comparative)

Borrowed from Italian bravo and/or Sicilian bravu.


daq

mt-verb

daq (imperfect jduq, past participle midjuq, verbal noun dewqan or dewqien)

jduq (imperfect)
midjuq (participle past)
dewqan (noun-from-verb)
dewqien (noun-from-verb)
doqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
doqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
daq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
doqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
doqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
daqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
doqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
doqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
daqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
doqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
doqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
daqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nduq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
dduq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jduq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nduqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
dduqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jduqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nduq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
dduq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
dduq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nduqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
dduqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jduqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
duq (imperative second-person singular)
duqu (imperative plural second-person)
dieq (alternative)
doq (alternative)

to taste, try (eat or drink a bit of in order to check the taste)

(figurative) to experience, to go through


operat

mt-past participle

operat (feminine operata, plural operati)


operat

third-person feminine singular perfect of opera


sewa

mt-verb

sewa (imperfect jiswa, verbal noun siwi)

jiswa (imperfect)
siwi (noun-from-verb)
swejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
swejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sewa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
swejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
swejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
swew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
swejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
swejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
swiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
swejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
swejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
swew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niswa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiswa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiswa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niswew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiswew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiswew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niswa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiswa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiswa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niswew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiswew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiswew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iswa (imperative second-person singular)
iswew (imperative plural second-person)

to cost, to be worth (to incur a charge, a price)

Mewthom sewielna għali kbir


żaffran

(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of żagħfran


luzzu

→ English: luzzu

Borrowed from Sicilian guzzu, from Italian guzzo.


shart

first/second-person singular perfect of sahar


-iet

From Arabic ـَات (-āt), feminine and non-personal plural ending.

tfajla (“girl”) + -iet → tfajliet (“girls”)

qabża (“jump”) + -iet → qabżiet (“jumps”)

a plural suffix used in some nouns, chiefly ones of Arabic origin and/or ending in -a


tamar

tamra (singulative)
itmra (plural)
tmar (plural)
tamriet (paucal)
tamal (alternative)


Ġgantija

From ġgantija, feminine singular of ġganti (“gigantic”).

Ġgantija (a megalithic temple in Xagħra, Gozo)


nikker

nikker (imperfect jnikker, past participle mnikker, verbal noun tinkir)

jnikker (imperfect)
mnikker (participle past)
tinkir (noun-from-verb)
nikkirt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nikkirt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nikker (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nikkirna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nikkirtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nikkru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nikkirt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nikkirt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nikkret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nikkirna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nikkirtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nikkru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nnikker (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnikker (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jnikker (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nnikkru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnikkru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jnikkru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nnikker (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnikker (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tnikker (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nnikkru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnikkru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jnikkru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nikker (imperative second-person singular)
nikkru (imperative plural second-person)

Related to Arabic نَكِرَ (nakira, “to deny”).


saram

saram (imperfect jisrom, past participle misrum, verbal noun srim)

jisrom (imperfect)
misrum (participle past)
srim (noun-from-verb)
sramt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sramt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
saram (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sramna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sramtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sarmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sramt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sramt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sarmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sramna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sramtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sarmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisrom (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisrom (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisrom (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisormu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisormu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisormu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisrom (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisrom (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisrom (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisormu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisormu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisormu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
isrom (imperative second-person singular)
isormu (imperative plural second-person)

saram il-ħajt.


bakkar

bakkar (imperfect jbakkar, past participle mbakkar, verbal noun tibkir)

jbakkar (imperfect)
mbakkar (participle past)
tibkir (noun-from-verb)
bakkart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bakkart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bakkar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bakkarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bakkartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bakkru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bakkart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bakkart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bakkret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bakkarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bakkartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bakkru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbakkar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbakkar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbakkar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbakkru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbakkru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbakkru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbakkar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbakkar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbakkar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbakkru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbakkru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbakkru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bakkar (imperative second-person singular)
bakkru (imperative plural second-person)


gwerra

Borrowed from Sicilian guerra and/or Italian guerra.


fiss

mt-adjective

fiss (feminine singular fissa, plural fissi)

fissa (feminine singular)
fissi (plural)


karozza

karozzi (plural)
krarez (plural)
karrozza (alternative)


flixkun

mt-noun

flixkun m (plural fliexken, diminutive flejxken)

From Latin flasco (probably through Old French or Old Occitan, rather than Italo-Romance), from Frankish *flaska, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ. Cognate to English flask.


sellem

mt-verb

sellem (imperfect jsellem, past participle msellem, verbal noun tislim)

jsellem (imperfect)
msellem (participle past)
tislim (noun-from-verb)
sellimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sellimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sellem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sellimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sellimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sellmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sellimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sellimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sellmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sellimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sellimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sellmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsellem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssellem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsellem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsellmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssellmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsellmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsellem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssellem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssellem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsellmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssellmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsellmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sellem (imperative second-person singular)
sellmu (imperative plural second-person)

Għeżieżi, nixtieq insellmilkom mill-qalb.

Dear friends, I want to greet you cordially.


sebbaħ

sebbaħ (imperfect jsebbaħ, past participle msebbaħ, verbal noun tisbiħ)

jsebbaħ (imperfect)
msebbaħ (participle past)
tisbiħ (noun-from-verb)
sebbaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sebbaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sebbaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sebbaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sebbaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sebbħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sebbaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sebbaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sebbħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sebbaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sebbaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sebbħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsebbaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssebbaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsebbaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsebbħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssebbħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsebbħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsebbaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssebbaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssebbaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsebbħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssebbħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsebbħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sebbaħ (imperative second-person singular)
sebbħu (imperative plural second-person)

Factitive of sabiħ (“beautiful”), from Arabic صَبِيح (ṣabīḥ). The verb is equivalent to Arabic صَبَّحَ (ṣabbaḥa), which at least in the standard language does not have this sense, however.


ċittadin

mt-noun

ċittadin m (plural ċittadini, feminine ċittadina)


mgħarfa

From Arabic مِغْرَفة (miḡrafa, “scoop, ladle”). Compare Tunisian Arabic مغرفة (mḡarfa, “spoon”), Moroccan Arabic مغرفة (mḡarfa, “ladle”).


tellet

mt-verb

tellet (imperfect jtellet, past participle mtellet)

jtellet (imperfect)
mtellet (participle past)
tellitt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tellitt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tellet (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tellitna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tellittu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
telltu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tellitt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tellitt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
telltet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tellitna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tellittu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
telltu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntellet (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttellet (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtellet (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntelltu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttelltu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtelltu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntellet (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttellet (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttellet (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntelltu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttelltu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtelltu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tellet (imperative second-person singular)
telltu (imperative plural second-person)


lajk

mt-adj

lajk (feminine singular lajka, plural lajċi)

lajka (feminine singular)
lajċi (plural)


qaqa

jqaqi (imperfect)
qaqejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qaqejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qaqa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qaqejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qaqejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qaqew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qaqejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qaqejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qaqiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qaqejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qaqejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qaqew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqaqi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqaqi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqaqi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqaqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqaqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqaqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqaqi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqaqi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqaqi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqaqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqaqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqaqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qaqi (imperative second-person singular)
qaqu (imperative plural second-person)

From dialectal Arabic, ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Moroccan Arabic قاقى (qāqa) and North Levantine Arabic قاقى (ʔāʔa).


salla

mt-verb

salla (imperfect jsalli, past participle msalli)

jsalli (imperfect)
msalli (participle past)
sallejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sallejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
salla (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sallejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sallejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sallew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sallejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sallejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
salliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sallejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sallejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sallew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsalli (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssalli (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsalli (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsallu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssallu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsallu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsalli (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssalli (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssalli (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsallu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssallu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsallu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
salli (imperative second-person singular)
sallu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”). In this sense it was replaced in Maltese with talab, a loan translation of Sicilian prigari.
In order to understand the semantic development, it would have to be known whether the association with Islamic prayer has been inherited through the centuries. If so, this could well explain the origin of the negative sense “to blaspheme” among the staunchly Catholic Maltese. However, that association may simply be due to a modern learned practice after the Arabic cognate verb.

to perform the Islamic obligatory prayer

(obsolete) Alternative form of sella (“to greet”)


eduka

eduka (imperfect jeduka, past participle edukat)

jeduka (imperfect)
edukat (participle past)
edukajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
edukajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
eduka (masculine perfect singular third-person)
edukajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
edukajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
edukaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
edukajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
edukajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
edukat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
edukajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
edukajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
edukaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
neduka (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
teduka (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jeduka (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nedukaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tedukaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jedukaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
neduka (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
teduka (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
teduka (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nedukaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tedukaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jedukaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
eduka (imperative second-person singular)
edukaw (imperative plural second-person)


kafar

jokfor (imperfect)
kfart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kfart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kafar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kfarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kfartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kafru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kfart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kfart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kafret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kfarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kfartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kafru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nokfor (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tokfor (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jokfor (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nokfru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tokfru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jokfru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nokfor (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tokfor (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tokfor (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nokfru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tokfru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jokfru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
okfor (imperative second-person singular)
okfru (imperative plural second-person)


Natan

a male given name, equivalent to English Nathan


ossiġenu

ossiġnu (alternative)
oksiġin (alternative)


aluminju

aluminji (plural)
aluminjum (alternative)


fosfru

(chemistry) Alternative form of fosforu: phosphorus


lembut

Borrowed from Italian imbuto, with a fused definite article.


-ax

From common dialectal Arabic -aʿš, -āš, from عَشَرة (ʕašara, “ten”), whence Maltese għaxra. There is evidence that the underlying għ had already been vocalised in this ending before the same happened as a general development in Maltese (hence also the lack of it in the spelling). We find the same vocalisation in some modern Arabic dialects; compare Egyptian Arabic حداشر (ḥidāšar, “eleven”).

cog

tnejn (“two”) + -ax → tnax (“twelve”)

sebat (“seven”, attributive) + -ax → sbatax (“seventeen”)

Used to form the pronominal forms of the cardinal numbers from 11 to 19; -teen.


ammen

Borrowed from Italian ammen, from Latin amen, form Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn).


approfonda

mt-verb

approfonda (imperfect japprofondi, past participle approfondit, verbal noun approfondir)

japprofondi (imperfect)
approfondit (participle past)
approfondir (noun-from-verb)
approfondejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
approfondejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
approfonda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
approfondejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
approfondejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
approfondew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
approfondejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
approfondejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
approfondiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
approfondejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
approfondejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
approfondew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
napprofondi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tapprofondi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
japprofondi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
napprofondu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tapprofondu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
japprofondu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
napprofondi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tapprofondi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tapprofondi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
napprofondu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tapprofondu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
japprofondu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
approfondi (imperative second-person singular)
approfondu (imperative plural second-person)

Alternative form of approfondixxa: to deepen


ankra

ankra (imperfect jankra, past participle ankrat, verbal noun ankrar)

jankra (imperfect)
ankrat (participle past)
ankrar (noun-from-verb)
ankrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ankrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ankra (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ankrajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ankrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ankraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ankrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ankrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ankrat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ankrajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ankrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ankraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nankra (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tankra (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jankra (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nankraw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tankraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jankraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nankra (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tankra (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tankra (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nankraw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tankraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jankraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ankra (imperative second-person singular)
ankraw (imperative plural second-person)


barad

barad (imperfect jobrod, past participle mibrud, verbal noun brid)

jobrod (imperfect)
mibrud (participle past)
brid (noun-from-verb)
bradt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bradt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
barad (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bradna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bradtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bardu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bradt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bradt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bardet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bradna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bradtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bardu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nobrod (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobrod (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jobrod (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nobordu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobordu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jobordu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nobrod (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobrod (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tobrod (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nobordu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobordu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jobordu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
obrod (imperative second-person singular)
obordu (imperative plural second-person)


smien

jismien (imperfect)
smint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
smint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
smien (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sminna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
smintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
smienu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
smint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
smint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
smienet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sminna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
smintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
smienu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nismien (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tismien (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jismien (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nismienu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tismienu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jismienu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nismien (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tismien (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tismien (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nismienu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tismienu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jismienu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
smien (imperative second-person singular)
smienu (imperative plural second-person)


qalla

qalla (imperfect jqalli, verbal noun tqollija)

jqalli (imperfect)
tqollija (noun-from-verb)
qallejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qallejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qalla (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qallejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qallejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qallew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qallejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qallejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qalliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qallejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qallejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qallew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqalli (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqalli (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqalli (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqallu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqallu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqallu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqalli (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqalli (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqalli (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqallu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqallu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqallu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qalli (imperative second-person singular)
qallu (imperative plural second-person)


filosofija

mt-noun

filosofija f (plural filosofiji or filosofijiet)

filosofiji (plural)
filosofijiet (plural)
filosfija (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian filosofia and/or Sicilian filusufìa, from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía).


tramuntana

Borrowed from Sicilian tramuntana (“north wind; north”), from Latin transmontanus (“beyond the mountains”). The use for a north wind is found in several Romance languages; it seems not quite clear what mountains it originally referred to.


abatija

abatiji (plural)
abatijiet (plural)
abbatija (alternative)
labatija (alternative)


fjur

fjura (singulative)
fjuri (plural)
fjuriet (paucal)

Borrowed from Sicilian ciuri (once fiuri), from Latin flōs. The singular in -a and the collective are backformations from the plural.

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

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

flower, blossom (reproductive structure on plants)


safar

verbal noun of siefer:
voyage, travel, travelling

verbal noun of siefer:
export, export market


wella

mt-verb

wella (imperfect jwelli, past participle mwelli, verbal noun tulija or twellija or twillija)

jwelli (imperfect)
mwelli (participle past)
tulija (noun-from-verb)
twellija (noun-from-verb)
twillija (noun-from-verb)
wellejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
wellejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
wella (masculine perfect singular third-person)
wellejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
wellejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
wellew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
wellejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
wellejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
welliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
wellejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
wellejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
wellew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwelli (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twelli (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwelli (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwellu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twellu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwellu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwelli (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twelli (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twelli (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwellu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twellu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwellu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
welli (imperative second-person singular)
wellu (imperative plural second-person)

to renounce, to give up, to surrender, to cede


sapuna

sapun (collective)
spapen (plural)
spajjen (plural)
sapuniet (paucal)

singulative of sapun: a piece or bar of soap


zenzen

zenzen (imperfect jzenzen, past participle mzenzen, verbal noun zenzin)

jzenzen (imperfect)
mzenzen (participle past)
zenzin (noun-from-verb)
zenzint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
zenzint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
zenzen (masculine perfect singular third-person)
zenzinna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
zenzintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
zenznu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
zenzint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
zenzint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
zenznet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
zenzinna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
zenzintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
zenznu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nzenzen (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
zzenzen (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jzenzen (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nzenznu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
zzenznu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jzenznu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nzenzen (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
zzenzen (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
zzenzen (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nzenznu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
zzenznu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jzenznu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
zenzen (imperative second-person singular)
zenznu (imperative plural second-person)


dardar

dardar (imperfect jdardar, past participle mdardar, verbal noun dardir)

jdardar (imperfect)
mdardar (participle past)
dardir (noun-from-verb)
dardart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dardart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
dardar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dardarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dardartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dardru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dardart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dardart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dardret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dardarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dardartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dardru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndardar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddardar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdardar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndardru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddardru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdardru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndardar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddardar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddardar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndardru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddardru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdardru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
dardar (imperative second-person singular)
dardru (imperative plural second-person)

(figuratively) to disgust someone with one's manners


sikka

From Arabic سِكَّة (sikka). Doublet of zekka /zikka.


saqsa

jsaqsi (imperfect)
saqsejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
saqsejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
saqsa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
saqsejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
saqsejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
saqsew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
saqsejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
saqsejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
saqsiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
saqsejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
saqsejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
saqsew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsaqsi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssaqsi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsaqsi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsaqsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssaqsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsaqsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsaqsi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssaqsi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssaqsi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsaqsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssaqsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsaqsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
saqsi (imperative second-person singular)
saqsu (imperative plural second-person)
staqsa (alternative)

Inherited from common Maghrebi Arabic سقصى (saqṣa), also سقسى (saqsa), an alteration of staqsa, from Arabic اِسْتَقْصَى (istaqṣā, “to investigate, fathom, inquire”).


nikket

mt-verb

nikket (imperfect jnikket, past participle mnikket)

jnikket (imperfect)
mnikket (participle past)
nikkitt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nikkitt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nikket (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nikkitna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nikkittu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nikktu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nikkitt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nikkitt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nikktet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nikkitna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nikkittu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nikktu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nnikket (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnikket (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jnikket (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nnikktu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnikktu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jnikktu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nnikket (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnikket (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tnikket (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nnikktu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnikktu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jnikktu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nikket (imperative second-person singular)
nikktu (imperative plural second-person)


tieġ

From Arabic تَاج (tāj, “crown, diadem”). Semantically from a ceremonial headpiece worn on one's wedding day. Possibly the bride's chaplet (the symbol of her virginity), but more probably the wedding crowns of the Byzantine tradition, by which Malta was influenced in the Middle Ages.


qallut

mt-noun

qallut m (plural qlalet, diminutive qlajlet)


majjal

majjal m (plural majjali, feminine majjala, diminutive majjalett)

majjali (plural)
majjala (feminine)
majjalett (diminutive)

Borrowed from Sicilian majali and/or Italian maiale, both from Latin maiālis.

pig; generally in the context of meat production: porker


qama

a linear measure from the end of one arm extended horizontally to the end of the other.


mqar

The same word as Greek μακάρι (makári), Romanian măcar, Italian magari, Spanish maguer, Andalusian Arabic مكار (ma(k)kār, “even, at least”). Probably from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários), perhaps through the interjection ὦ μακάριε (ô makárie, “lucky you!”). While this etymology is generally accepted, compare also Persian مگر (magar, “but, unless, perhaps”), whence Ottoman Turkish مگر (meger).


talab

mt-verb

talab (imperfect jitlob, past participle mitlub, verbal noun talb or tlib)

jitlob (imperfect)
mitlub (participle past)
talb (noun-from-verb)
tlib (noun-from-verb)
tlabt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tlabt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
talab (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tlabna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tlabtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
talbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tlabt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tlabt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
talbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tlabna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tlabtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
talbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitlob (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titlob (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitlob (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitolbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titolbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitolbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitlob (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titlob (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titlob (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitolbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titolbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitolbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
itlob (imperative second-person singular)
itolbu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic طَلَبَ (ṭalaba, “to demand, ask, beg”). Though the Arabic verb can mean “to ask God in prayer”, the general sense “to pray” is not present. In Maltese, it is without doubt a semantic influence from Sicilian prigari (both “to ask” and “to pray”), from Latin precari.


infinit

mt-adjective

infinit (feminine singular infinita, plural infiniti)

infinita (feminine singular)
infiniti (plural)


balbal

mt-verb

balbal (imperfect jbalbal, past participle mbalbal, verbal noun tbalbil)

jbalbal (imperfect)
mbalbal (participle past)
tbalbil (noun-from-verb)
balbalt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
balbalt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
balbal (masculine perfect singular third-person)
balbalna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
balbaltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
balblu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
balbalt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
balbalt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
balblet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
balbalna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
balbaltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
balblu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbalbal (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbalbal (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbalbal (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbalblu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbalblu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbalblu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbalbal (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbalbal (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbalbal (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbalblu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbalblu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbalblu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
balbal (imperative second-person singular)
balblu (imperative plural second-person)


matal

matal (imperfect jmatal, verbal noun tamtil)

jmatal (imperfect)
tamtil (noun-from-verb)
matalt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
matalt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
matal (masculine perfect singular third-person)
matalna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mataltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
matlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
matalt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
matalt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
matlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
matalna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mataltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
matlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
mmatal (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmatal (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmatal (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
mmatlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmatlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmatlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
mmatal (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmatal (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmatal (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
mmatlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmatlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmatlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
matal (imperative second-person singular)
matlu (imperative plural second-person)


madum

maduma (singulative)
madumiet (paucal)
madun (alternative)


vomitatur

mt-noun

vomitatur m (plural vomitaturi, feminine vomitatura)

vomitaturi (plural)
vomitatura (feminine)


tal-

tal-mara

tal-idea

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


kartun

(comics) cartoon (humorous drawing or strip)


Greċja

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Latvja

Latvia (a country in North Eastern Europe)


lampuka

Coryphaena hippurus
Coryphaena hippurus#Translingual

common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)


nemmel

mt-verb

nemmel (imperfect jnemmel, past participle mnemmel)

jnemmel (imperfect)
mnemmel (participle past)
nemmilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nemmilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nemmel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nemmilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nemmiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nemmlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nemmilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nemmilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nemmlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nemmilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nemmiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nemmlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nnemmel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnemmel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jnemmel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nnemmlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnemmlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jnemmlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nnemmel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnemmel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tnemmel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nnemmlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnemmlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jnemmlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nemmel (imperative second-person singular)
nemmlu (imperative plural second-person)


wardi

mt-adjective

wardi (feminine singular wardija, plural wardin)

wardija (feminine singular)
wardin (plural)


adottat

adottat (feminine singular adottata, plural adottati)

adottata (feminine singular)
adottati (plural)


adottat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

third-person feminine singular perfect of adotta


għażla

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

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


garr

mt-verb

garr (imperfect jgorr, verbal noun garr)

jgorr (imperfect)
garr (noun-from-verb)
garrejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
garrejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
garr (masculine perfect singular third-person)
garrejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
garrejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
garrew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
garrejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
garrejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
garret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
garrejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
garrejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
garrew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngorr (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgorr (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgorr (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngorru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgorru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgorru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngorr (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgorr (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgorr (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngorru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgorru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgorru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
gorr (imperative second-person singular)
gorru (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic كَرَّ (karra, “make a rattling or gurgling sound”).


renju

Borrowed from Sicilian regnu and/or Italian regno.


lampik

Borrowed from Sicilian lambicu, variant of lammicu.


qamas

mt-verb

qamas (imperfect joqmos, verbal noun qmas or qmis)

joqmos (imperfect)
qmas (noun-from-verb)
qmis (noun-from-verb)
qmast (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qmast (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qamas (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qmasna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qmastu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qamsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qmast (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qmast (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qamset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qmasna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qmastu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qamsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
noqmos (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toqmos (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
joqmos (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
noqomsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toqomsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
joqomsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
noqmos (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toqmos (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
toqmos (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
noqomsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toqomsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
joqomsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
oqmos (imperative second-person singular)
oqomsu (imperative plural second-person)
qomos (alternative)
qames (alternative)


dehex

jidhex (imperfect)
dhext (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dhext (masculine perfect second-person singular)
dehex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dhexna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dhextu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dehxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dhext (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dhext (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dehxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dhexna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dhextu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dehxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidhex (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidhex (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidhex (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidhxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidhxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidhxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidhex (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidhex (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidhex (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidhxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidhxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidhxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idhex (imperative second-person singular)
idhxu (imperative plural second-person)


madankollu

Univerbation of ma’ (“with”) + dan (“this”) + kollu (“all of it”), literally “with all of this”. Compare the same in Egyptian Arabic مع دا كلو (maʕ da kullu). See also Arabic مَعَ ذٰلِكَ (maʕa ḏālika).


dejjem

Dan minħabba l-interess li dejjem wera għat-tagħlim ferm qabel il-Griegi u r-Rumani.

2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 5:

Sadattant, mal-medda tas-snin dan l-antagoniżmu anti-Semitiku baqa’ dejjem jiżdied, anki fost il-Ġermaniżi.

2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 6:

Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
li dejjem ta’ kull sena
titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
u kull April tinbena,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


dejjem

mt-verb

dejjem (imperfect jdejjem, past participle mdejjem, verbal noun tidjim)

jdejjem (imperfect)
mdejjem (participle past)
tidjim (noun-from-verb)
dejjimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dejjimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
dejjem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dejjimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dejjimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dejmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dejjimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dejjimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dejmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dejjimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dejjimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dejmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndejjem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddejjem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdejjem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndejmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddejmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdejmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndejjem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddejjem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddejjem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndejmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddejmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdejmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
dejjem (imperative second-person singular)
dejmu (imperative plural second-person)


buza

buz (collective)
bwiez (plural)
buzien (plural)
buzijiet (plural plural-of)
buziet (paucal)

singulative of buz: a boot (kind of shoe)


xejn

From Arabic شَيْئًا (šayʔan), indefinite accusative of شَيْء (šayʔ, “thing”).

Ma naf xejn fuq dan is-suġġett.

Għax meta missieri kien jibni xi gallinar, jew xi xatba, jew xi kannizzata, qatt ma kien jixtri xejn, iżda jlaqqat u jillapazza b’dak li jsib. Imma jiena ma ridtx għarix mibni bl-imbarazz, iżda kamp sabiħ u pulit u b’saħħtu.

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


witta

witta (imperfect jwitti, past participle mwitti, verbal noun tutija)

jwitti (imperfect)
mwitti (participle past)
tutija (noun-from-verb)
wittejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
wittejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
witta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
wittejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
wittejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
wittew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
wittejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
wittejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
wittiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
wittejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
wittejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
wittew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwitti (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twitti (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwitti (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwittu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twittu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwittu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwitti (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twitti (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twitti (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwittu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twittu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwittu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
witti (imperative second-person singular)
wittu (imperative plural second-person)

to ease, facilitate (a situation, problem)


frosta

Borrowed from Sicilian frusta or Italian frusta, both probably from Latin fustis. Sicilian chiefly uses the Arabic borrowing zotta, itself cognate with native Maltese sawt. On the other hand, the Maltese -o- would seem to imply a fairly early borrowing before the phonemicisation of [ʊ].


Tuvalan

mt-adjective

Tuvalan (feminine singular Tuvalana, plural Tuvalani)

Tuvalana (feminine singular)
Tuvalani (plural)

Tuvaluan (of, from or relating to Tuvalu)


Tuvalan

mt-noun

Tuvalan m (plural Tuvalani, feminine Tuvalana)

Tuvaluan (native or inhabitant of Tuvalu) (male or of unspecified gender)


salib

Wieqfa taħt is-salib Marija f’agunija.

Standing under the Cross is Mary, in agony. (Line from a popular hymn)


midneb

midneb m (plural midinbin, feminine midinba)

From Arabic مُذْنِب (muḏnib, “sinner, wrongdoer”). The plural midinbin is regular: The unstressed -e- is deleted, yielding *midnbin, where the -n- needs an epenthetic -i- because sonorants cannot stand between two other consonants. Compare the same in mislem, misilmin.


imla

second-person singular imperative of mela


mnara

mt-noun

mnara f (plural mnajjar or mnieri or mnariet)

mnajjar (plural)
mnieri (plural)
mnariet (plural)
imnara (alternative)


Ħaruf ta' Alla

Ħaruf ta’ Alla (canonical masculine)
Ħaruf t’Alla (alternative)

Calque of Latin Agnus Dei, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ (Amnòs toû Theoû).

der

Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ


għen

mt-verb

għen (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)
għen (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għenna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għentu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għenu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għent (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għent (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għenet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għenna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għentu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għenu (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)
għan (alternative)


sidt

Sidtna Marija


bgħid

mt-adjective

bgħid (feminine singular bgħida, plural bgħad, diminutive bgħejjed, comparative ibgħad or ibgħed)

bgħida (feminine singular)
bgħad (plural)
bgħejjed (diminutive)
ibgħad (comparative)
ibgħed (comparative)

From Arabic بَعِيد (baʕīd). Unrelated with the family of bagħad (“to hate”), from Arabic بَغَضَ (baḡaḍa).


qrib

qrib (feminine singular qriba, comparative eqreb)

qriba (feminine singular)
eqreb (comparative)

From Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb). Doublet of the noun qarib (“relative”).


qrib

qribi (first-person singular)
qribna (first-person plural)
qribek (second-person singular)
qribkom (plural second-person)
qribu (masculine singular third-person)
qribha (feminine singular third-person)
qribhom (plural third-person)

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

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


sikket

mt-verb

sikket (imperfect jsikket, past participle msikket, verbal noun tiskit)

jsikket (imperfect)
msikket (participle past)
tiskit (noun-from-verb)
sikkitt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sikkitt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sikket (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sikkitna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sikkittu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sikktu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sikkitt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sikkitt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sikktet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sikkitna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sikkittu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sikktu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsikket (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssikket (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsikket (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsikktu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssikktu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsikktu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsikket (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssikket (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssikket (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsikktu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssikktu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsikktu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sikket (imperative second-person singular)
sikktu (imperative plural second-person)


emotiv

mt-adjective

emotiv (feminine singular emotiva, plural emotivi)

emotiva (feminine singular)
emotivi (plural)


Fontana

Fontana (a village and local council of the Gozo Region, Malta)


radd

mt-verb

radd (imperfect jrodd, past participle mirdud or merdud or mardud, verbal noun radd)

jrodd (imperfect)
mirdud (participle past)
merdud (participle past)
mardud (participle past)
radd (noun-from-verb)
raddejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
raddejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
radd (masculine perfect singular third-person)
raddejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
raddejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
raddew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
raddejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
raddejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
raddet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
raddejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
raddejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
raddew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nrodd (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
trodd (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jrodd (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nroddu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
troddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jroddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nrodd (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
trodd (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
trodd (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nroddu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
troddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jroddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
rodd (imperative second-person singular)
roddu (imperative plural second-person)


radd

wake (the path left behind a ship on the surface of the water)


dublett

mt-noun

dublett m (plural dbielet, diminutive dbejlett)


Saliba

From saliba, feminine form of salib (“cross”).


Ebrew

mt-adj

Ebrew (feminine singular Ebrija, plural Ebrej)

Ebrija (feminine singular)
Ebrej (plural)


Lhudi

From Arabic يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy, “Jew, Jewish”). The definite form اَلْيَهُودِيّ (al-yahūdiyy) underwent assimilation -ly- → -ll- (compare illum from il-jum), whence a new basic form *lahūdī, *lhūdī by backformation.

inh

Jew (an adherent of Judaism or a person who claims a tribal or ancestral connection to the Jewish people)


Lhudi

mt-adjective

Lhudi (feminine singular Lhudija, plural Lhudin)

Lhudija (feminine singular)
Lhudin (plural)


magħruf

mt-past participle

magħruf (feminine magħrufa, plural magħrufin)

past participle of għaraf: known, recognized, acknowledged


fakar

mt-verb

fakar (imperfect jifkar, verbal noun fakar)

jifkar (imperfect)
fakar (noun-from-verb)
fkart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fkart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fakar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fkarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fkartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fakru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fkart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fkart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fakret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fkarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fkartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fakru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nifkar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tifkar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jifkar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nifkru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tifkru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jifkru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nifkar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tifkar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tifkar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nifkru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tifkru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jifkru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ifkar (imperative second-person singular)
ifkru (imperative plural second-person)


ftakar

ftakar (imperfect jiftakar, past participle miftakar, verbal noun ftakir)

jiftakar (imperfect)
miftakar (participle past)
ftakir (noun-from-verb)
ftakart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftakart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ftakar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ftakarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftakartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ftakru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ftakart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftakart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ftakret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ftakarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftakartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ftakru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niftakar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiftakar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiftakar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niftakru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiftakru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiftakru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niftakar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiftakar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiftakar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niftakru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiftakru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiftakru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ftakar (imperative second-person singular)
ftakru (imperative plural second-person)

Ma niftakarx.

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:

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


xurban

mt-adjective

xurban (feminine singular xurbana, plural xurbana or xurbanin)

xurbana (feminine singular)
xurbana (plural)
xurbanin (plural)

From xorob (“to drink”). Compare North Levantine Arabic شربان (šarbān, širbān).


ħarab

mt-verb

ħarab (imperfect jaħrab, past participle maħrub, verbal noun ħrib or ħarb or ħrieb)

jaħrab (imperfect)
maħrub (participle past)
ħrib (noun-from-verb)
ħarb (noun-from-verb)
ħrieb (noun-from-verb)
ħrabt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħrabt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħarab (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħrabna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħrabtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħarbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħrabt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħrabt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħarbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħrabna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħrabtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħarbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħrab (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħrab (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħrab (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħarbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħarbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħarbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħrab (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħrab (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħrab (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħarbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħarbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħarbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħrab (imperative second-person singular)
aħarbu (imperative plural second-person)
harab (alternative)

From Arabic هَرَبَ (haraba) with the h- irregularly strengthened to ħ-.


teoloġiku

mt-adjective

teoloġiku (feminine singular teoloġika, plural teoloġiċi)

teoloġika (feminine singular)
teoloġiċi (plural)


qed

From a contracted pronunciation of qiegħed, from Arabic قاعِد (qāʕid, “sitting”), used in a number of dialects (like Tunisian Arabic and Hijazi Arabic) to form progressive tenses, originally in the sense “he’s sitting there (talking, drinking, etc.)”. Unrelated to Arabic قَد (qad), a modal particle, which does not express progressiveness.

X’qed tagħmel? – Qed naħsel ħwejġek.
What are you doing? – I am washing your clothes.

A verbal particle indicating progressive verb tenses


kważi

Borrowed from Italian quasi and/or Sicilian quasi, both from Latin quasi.

Kważi qatluh.


riċetta

Borrowed from Italian ricetta, from Latin recepta, feminine of receptus, whence also razzett.


melodiku

melodiku (feminine singular melodika, plural melodiċi)

melodika (feminine singular)
melodiċi (plural)


organizzazzjoni

mt-noun

organizzazzjoni f (plural organizzazzjonijiet)

organizzazzjonijiet (plural)
organiżżazzjoni (alternative)


ħadem

jaħdem (imperfect)
ħdimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħdimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħadem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħdimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħdimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħadmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħdimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħdimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħadmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħdimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħdimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħadmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħdem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħdem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħdem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħdmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħdmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħdmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħdem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħdem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħdem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħdmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħdmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħdmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħdem (imperative second-person singular)
aħdmu (imperative plural second-person)


ħaddem

mt-verb

ħaddem (imperfect jħaddem, past participle mħaddem)

jħaddem (imperfect)
mħaddem (participle past)
ħaddimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħaddimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħaddem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħaddimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħaddimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħaddmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħaddimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħaddimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħaddmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħaddimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħaddimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħaddmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħaddem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħaddem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħaddem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħaddmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħaddmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħaddmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħaddem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħaddem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħaddem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħaddmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħaddmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħaddmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħaddem (imperative second-person singular)
ħaddmu (imperative plural second-person)


bierek

bierek (imperfect jbierek, past participle mbierek)

jbierek (imperfect)
mbierek (participle past)
berikt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
berikt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bierek (masculine perfect singular third-person)
berikna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
beriktu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bierku (masculine perfect plural third-person)
berikt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
berikt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bierket (feminine perfect singular third-person)
berikna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
beriktu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bierku (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbierek (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbierek (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbierek (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbierku (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbierku (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbierku (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbierek (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbierek (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbierek (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbierku (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbierku (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbierku (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bierek (imperative second-person singular)
bierku (imperative plural second-person)


vittma

Borrowed from Sicilian vìttima and/or Italian vittima, both from Latin victima.


ktejjeb

From Arabic كُتَيِّب (kutayyib), diminutive of كِتاب (kitāb), whence Maltese ktieb.


kittieb

mt-noun

kittieb m (plural kittieba, feminine kittieba)


ħaddiem

ħaddiem m (plural ħaddiema or ħaddemin, feminine ħaddiema)

ħaddiema (plural)
ħaddemin (plural)
ħaddiema (feminine)

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

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

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


għaref

mt-adjective

għaref (feminine singular għarfa, plural għorrief)

għarfa (feminine singular)
għorrief (plural)

From Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif), active participle of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”), whence Maltese jaf and għaraf.


qamħ

qamħa (singulative)
qamħtejn (dual)
qmuħ (plural)
qmieħ (plural)
qamħiet (paucal)


possibilment

Borrowed from Italian possibilmente. By surface analysis, possibbli + -ment.


tfulija

tfuliti (first-person singular)
tfulitna (first-person singular)
tfulitek (second-person singular)
tfulitkom (second-person singular)
tfulitu (masculine singular third-person)
tfulitha (feminine singular third-person)
tfulithom (singular third-person)


għalla

jgħalli (imperfect)
għallejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għallejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għalla (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għallejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għallejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għallew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għallejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għallejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għalliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għallejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għallejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għallew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħalli (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħalli (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħalli (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħallu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħallu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħallu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħalli (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħalli (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħalli (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħallu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħallu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħallu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għalli (imperative second-person singular)
għallu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic غَلَّى (ḡallā), causative of غَلَى (ḡalā), يَغْلِي (yaḡlī), whence Maltese għela (“to boil, be boiled”).

(transitive) to boil (a liquid); to cause to boil; to cook by boiling


għalla

From Arabic غَلَّى (ḡallā), causative of غَلَا (ḡalā), يَغْلُو (yaḡlū), whence Maltese għela (“to rise in price”).

(transitive, dated) to raise the price of; to make something more expensive


għalla

mt-noun

għalla f (dual għalltejn, plural għalliet)


għalla

għalla f (dual għalltejn, plural għalel or għelejjel)

għalltejn (dual)
għalel (plural)
għelejjel (plural)


barrani

mt-adjective

barrani (feminine singular barranija, plural barranin)

barranija (feminine singular)
barranin (plural)

From Arabic بَرَّانِيّ (barrāniyy, “outer, external”). By surface analysis, barra + -ani.


eżamina

jeżamina (imperfect)
eżaminajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
eżaminajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
eżamina (masculine perfect singular third-person)
eżaminajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
eżaminajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
eżaminaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
eżaminajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
eżaminajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
eżaminat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
eżaminajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
eżaminajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
eżaminaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
neżamina (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
teżamina (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jeżamina (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
neżaminaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
teżaminaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jeżaminaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
neżamina (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
teżamina (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
teżamina (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
neżaminaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
teżaminaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jeżaminaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
eżamina (imperative second-person singular)
eżaminaw (imperative plural second-person)

Neżaminawhom.


ekoloġiku

mt-adjective

ekoloġiku (feminine singular ekoloġika, plural ekoloġiċi)

ekoloġika (feminine singular)
ekoloġiċi (plural)


ekoloġiċi

/ɛ.kɔˈlɔː.d͡ʒɪ.t͡ʃɪ/


Masri

Masri (feminine singular Masrija, plural Masrin)

Masrija (feminine singular)
Masrin (plural)

From Arabic مِصْرِيّ (miṣriyy). By surface analysis, Masar + -i.

(obsolete) Synonym of Eġizzjan (“Egyptian”)


ħxien

jeħxien (imperfect)
jiħxien (imperfect)
ħxint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħxint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħxien (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħxinna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħxintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħxienu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħxint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħxint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħxienet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħxinna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħxintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħxienu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niħxien (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
neħxien (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiħxien (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
teħxien (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiħxien (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
jeħxien (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niħxienu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
neħxienu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiħxienu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
teħxienu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiħxienu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
jeħxienu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niħxien (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
neħxien (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiħxien (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
teħxien (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiħxien (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
teħxien (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niħxienu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
neħxienu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiħxienu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
teħxienu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiħxienu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
jeħxienu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħxien (imperative second-person singular)
ħxienu (imperative plural second-person)


kixef

mt-verb

kixef (imperfect jikxef, past participle mikxuf, verbal noun kxif)

jikxef (imperfect)
mikxuf (participle past)
kxif (noun-from-verb)
kxift (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kxift (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kixef (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kxifna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kxiftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kixfu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kxift (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kxift (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kixfet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kxifna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kxiftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kixfu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nikxef (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikxef (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jikxef (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nikxfu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikxfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jikxfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nikxef (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikxef (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tikxef (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nikxfu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikxfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jikxfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ikxef (imperative second-person singular)
ikxfu (imperative plural second-person)

Fil-ktieb tagħha tikxef il-verità dwar il-ħajja privata ta’ missierha.

In her book, she uncovers the truth about her father’s private life.

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

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

to uncover; to reveal; to disclose (make known something that was secret or dubious)


aggressivament

Borrowed from Italian aggressivamente. By surface analysis, aggressiv + -ment.


inattiv

mt-adjective

inattiv (feminine singular inattiva, plural inattivi)

inattiva (feminine singular)
inattivi (plural)


tħaddem

jitħaddem (imperfect)
tħaddimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tħaddimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tħaddem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tħaddimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tħaddimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tħaddmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tħaddimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tħaddimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tħaddmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tħaddimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tħaddimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tħaddmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitħaddem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titħaddem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitħaddem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitħaddmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titħaddmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitħaddmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitħaddem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titħaddem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titħaddem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitħaddmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titħaddmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitħaddmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tħaddem (imperative second-person singular)
tħaddmu (imperative plural second-person)


illużorju

illużorju (feminine singular illużorja, plural illużorji)

illużorja (feminine singular)
illużorji (plural)


illużjonista

mt-noun

illużjonista m or f by sense (plural illużjonisti)


reliġjuż

mt-adjective

reliġjuż (feminine singular reliġjuża, plural reliġjużi)

reliġjuża (feminine singular)
reliġjużi (plural)

libertà reliġjuża u persekuzzjoni politika

religious liberty and political prosecution

Naħseb li huma reliġjużi.


reliġjuż

mt-noun

reliġjuż m (plural reliġjużi, feminine reliġjuża)


ħwejjeġ

From Arabic حَوَائِج (ḥawāʔij). Compare Libyan Arabic حْوَايِج (ħwāyij, “clothes”).


mħallat

mt-past participle

mħallat (feminine mħallta, plural mħalltin)

mħallta (feminine)
mħalltin (plural)
imħallat (alternative)


lingwistiku

mt-adjective

lingwistiku (feminine singular lingwistika, plural lingwistiċi)

lingwistika (feminine singular)
lingwistiċi (plural)


tefa

mt-verb

tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi)

jitfi (imperfect)
mitfi (participle past)
tfejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tfejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tefa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tfejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tfejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tfew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tfejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tfejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tfiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tfejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tfejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tfew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitfi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titfi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitfi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitfu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitfi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titfi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titfi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitfu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
itfi (imperative second-person singular)
itfu (imperative plural second-person)
tafa (alternative)

Il-pumpiera tfew in-nar.

Itfi l-mowbajl.


żviluppa

żviluppa (imperfect jiżviluppa, past participle żviluppat, verbal noun żviluppar)

jiżviluppa (imperfect)
żviluppat (participle past)
żviluppar (noun-from-verb)
żviluppajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żviluppajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żviluppa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żviluppajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żviluppajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żviluppaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żviluppajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żviluppajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żviluppat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żviluppajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żviluppajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żviluppaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżviluppa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżviluppa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżviluppa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżviluppaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżviluppaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżviluppaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżviluppa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżviluppa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżviluppa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżviluppaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżviluppaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżviluppaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żviluppa (imperative second-person singular)
żviluppaw (imperative plural second-person)


domestiku

mt-adj

domestiku (feminine singular domestika, plural domestiċi)

domestika (feminine singular)
domestiċi (plural)


Galea

Probably from Italian galea (“helmet”), which would relate to families with gladiator husbands/sons.