kunjat

mt-noun

kunjat m (plural kunjati, feminine kunjata)

Borrowed from Sicilian cugnatu, from Latin cognatus.

a parent in-law, i.e. related by way of marriage


parrinu

parrinu m (plural parrini, feminine parrina)

Borrowed from Sicilian parrinu, from Early Medieval Latin patrīnus.


demmel

mt-verb

demmel (imperfect jdemmel, past participle mdemmel, verbal noun tidmil)

jdemmel (imperfect)
mdemmel (participle past)
tidmil (noun-from-verb)
demmilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
demmilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
demmel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
demmilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
demmiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
demmlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
demmilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
demmilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
demmlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
demmilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
demmiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
demmlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndemmel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddemmel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdemmel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndemmlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddemmlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdemmlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndemmel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddemmel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddemmel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndemmlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddemmlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdemmlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
demmel (imperative second-person singular)
demmlu (imperative plural second-person)


għonnella

mt-noun

għonnella f (plural għenienel, diminutive għejnilla)

għenienel (plural)
għejnilla (diminutive)

From older Sicilian *gunnella (now gunnedda) and/or Italian gonnella, from a diminutive of Latin gonna, whence also English gown. The replacement of /ɡ/ with /ɣ/ is unusual even in early borrowings. At any rate it requires that the borrowing occurred before the beginning of the merger of /ɣ/ with /ʕ/, thus earlier than 1700.

(historical, folklore) kind of head covering worn by Maltese women (generally until the 19th c. and occasionally still in the earlier 20th c.), most typically in the form of a long shawl with a stiff hem, creating a wide hood over the wearer’s head

(obsolete) women’s overgarment more generally


għenienel

/ɛˤːˈnɪː.nɛl/

/ɣɛˈnɪː.nɛl/


niggeż

mt-verb

niggeż (imperfect jniggeż, past participle mniggeż, verbal noun tingiż)

jniggeż (imperfect)
mniggeż (participle past)
tingiż (noun-from-verb)
niggiżt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
niggiżt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
niggeż (masculine perfect singular third-person)
niggiżna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
niggiżtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
niggżu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
niggiżt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
niggiżt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
niggżet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
niggiżna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
niggiżtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
niggżu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nniggeż (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tniggeż (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jniggeż (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nniggżu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tniggżu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jniggżu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nniggeż (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tniggeż (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tniggeż (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nniggżu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tniggżu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jniggżu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
niggeż (imperative second-person singular)
niggżu (imperative plural second-person)

Intensive/frequentative of Arabic نَكَزَ (nakaza, “to drive, prod, spur”). Generalisation of /ɡ/ from assimilation to the following /z/ as in gideb, gidem.


rukkell

From older Sicilian *rucchellu (now ruccheddu), from a diminutive of Latin rocca (“distaff”), itself from Proto-Germanic *rukkô.

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:


tebaħ

mt-verb

tebaħ (imperfect jitboħ or jotboħ, past participle mitbuħ, verbal noun tbiħ)

jitboħ (imperfect)
jotboħ (imperfect)
mitbuħ (participle past)
tbiħ (noun-from-verb)
tbaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tbaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tebaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tbaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tbaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tebħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tbaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tbaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tebħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tbaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tbaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tebħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitboħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titboħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitboħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitbħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titbħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitbħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitboħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titboħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titboħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitbħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titbħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitbħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
itboħ (imperative second-person singular)
itbħu (imperative plural second-person)
tbaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tbaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tebaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tbaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tbaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tebħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tbaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tbaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tebħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tbaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tbaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tebħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
notboħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
totboħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jotboħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
notbħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
totbħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jotbħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
notboħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
totboħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
totboħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
notbħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
totbħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jotbħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
otboħ (imperative second-person singular)
otbħu (imperative plural second-person)


sagrifiċċju

Borrowed from Italian sacrificio and/or Sicilian sacrificiu, sacrifizziu, both from Latin sacrificium.

(religion) sacrifice, offering (act of giving something up willingly in order to honour a deity; that which is so offered)

(by extension) sacrifice (act of giving something up for the sake of something more important or pressing)


midbuħ

mt-past participle

midbuħ (feminine midbuħa, plural midbuħa or midbuħin)

midbuħa (feminine)
midbuħa (plural)
midbuħin (plural)

past participle of debaħ: slaughtered, sacrificed


Iżakk

Borrowed from Italian Isacco, from Latin Isaac, from Ancient Greek Ἰσαάκ (Isaák), from Hebrew יצחק (Yiṣḥāq, literally “he laughs”). Doublet of jidħak.


nkejja

verbal noun of neka: teasing, annoying, spite


minkejja

From minn + nkejja, literally “from spite/teasing (of)”. A very common construct for prepositions with this meaning; compare Arabic رَغْمَ (raḡma), English in spite of, German trotz, etc.


nkejjuż

mt-adj

nkejjuż (feminine singular nkejjuża, plural nkejjużi)

nkejjuża (feminine singular)
nkejjużi (plural)
inkejjuż (alternative)


xellef

mt-verb

xellef (imperfect jxellef, past participle mxellef, verbal noun tixlif)

jxellef (imperfect)
mxellef (participle past)
tixlif (noun-from-verb)
xellift (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xellift (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xellef (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xellifna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xelliftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xellfu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xellift (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xellift (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xellfet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xellifna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xelliftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xellfu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxellef (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxellef (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxellef (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxellfu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxellfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxellfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxellef (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxellef (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxellef (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxellfu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxellfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxellfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xellef (imperative second-person singular)
xellfu (imperative plural second-person)

Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare North Levantine Arabic شلف (šalaf, “to throw”). The football sense is a calque of English chip.

cog

(figuratively) to break (a promise), to compromise (a principle)

(figuratively) to reduce (a price, wage)

(soccer) to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)


ngħam

ngħama (singulative)
ngħamiet (paucal)
nagħam (alternative)


nagħma

singulative of nagħam, itself an alternative spelling of ngħam


tiġijiet

/tɪ.d͡ʒɪˈjɪːt/


nagħġiet

/naˤːˈd͡ʒɪːt/


gezzez

mt-verb

gezzez (imperfect jgezzez, past participle mgezzez, verbal noun tgezziz)

jgezzez (imperfect)
mgezzez (participle past)
tgezziz (noun-from-verb)
gezzizt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
gezzizt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
gezzez (masculine perfect singular third-person)
gezzizna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
gezziztu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
gezzu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
gezzizt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
gezzizt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
gezzet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
gezzizna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
gezziztu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
gezzu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngezzez (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgezzez (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgezzez (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngezzu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgezzu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgezzu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngezzez (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgezzez (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgezzez (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngezzu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgezzu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgezzu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
gezzez (imperative second-person singular)
gezzu (imperative plural second-person)

From the original form below by reinterpretation of -dds- in the inflected forms as -zz-. Compare gozz.

Alternative form of geddes (“to heap up, amass”)


tgeddes

tgeddes (imperfect jitgeddes, verbal noun tgeddis)

jitgeddes (imperfect)
tgeddis (noun-from-verb)
tgeddist (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgeddist (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tgeddes (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tgeddisna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgeddistu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tgeddsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tgeddist (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgeddist (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tgeddset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tgeddisna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgeddistu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tgeddsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitgeddes (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgeddes (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitgeddes (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitgeddsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgeddsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitgeddsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitgeddes (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgeddes (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titgeddes (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitgeddsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgeddsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitgeddsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgeddes (imperative second-person singular)
tgeddsu (imperative plural second-person)
tgezzez (alternative)

mediopassive of geddes: to be heaped up, amassed


tgezzez

tgezzez (imperfect jitgezzez, verbal noun tgezziz)

jitgezzez (imperfect)
tgezziz (noun-from-verb)
tgezzizt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgezzizt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tgezzez (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tgezzizna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgezziztu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tgezzu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tgezzizt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgezzizt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tgezzet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tgezzizna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgezziztu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tgezzu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitgezzez (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgezzez (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitgezzez (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitgezzu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgezzu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitgezzu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitgezzez (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgezzez (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titgezzez (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitgezzu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgezzu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitgezzu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgezzez (imperative second-person singular)
tgezzu (imperative plural second-person)


tarrax

tarrax (imperfect jtarrax, past participle mtarrax, verbal noun titrix)

jtarrax (imperfect)
mtarrax (participle past)
titrix (noun-from-verb)
tarraxt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tarraxt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tarrax (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tarraxna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tarraxtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tarrxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tarraxt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tarraxt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tarrxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tarraxna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tarraxtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tarrxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntarrax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttarrax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtarrax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntarrxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttarrxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtarrxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntarrax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttarrax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttarrax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntarrxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttarrxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtarrxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tarrax (imperative second-person singular)
tarrxu (imperative plural second-person)


truxija

truxiti (first-person singular)
truxitna (first-person singular)
truxitek (second-person singular)
truxitkom (second-person singular)
truxitu (masculine singular third-person)
truxitha (feminine singular third-person)
truxithom (singular third-person)


razzist

mt-adj

razzist (feminine singular razzista, plural razzisti)

razzista (feminine singular)
razzisti (plural)
razzista (alternative)


għalef

mt-verb

għalef (imperfect jagħlef, past participle magħluf)

jagħlef (imperfect)
magħluf (participle past)
għalift (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għalift (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għalef (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għalifna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għaliftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għalfu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għalift (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għalift (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għalfet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għalifna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għaliftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għalfu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħlef (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħlef (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħlef (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħlfu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħlfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħlfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħlef (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħlef (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħlef (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħlfu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħlfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħlfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħlef (imperative second-person singular)
agħlfu (imperative plural second-person)


jagħlef

third-person masculine singular imperfect of għalef


mazzun

Compare perhaps Sicilian mazzuni (“cattle entrails”), thus speculatively from the notion of “inferior meat”.

one of certain fish that are easy to catch, but are of inferior quality, especially a gudgeon, goby

(figurative) someone credulous and easily duped


kuxjenza

Borrowed from Sicilian cuscienza, from Latin conscientia.

conscience (inner sense of morality; the attitude to one’s actions that it creates)


xejjaħ

xejjaħ (imperfect jxejjaħ, past participle mxejjaħ, verbal noun tixjiħ)

jxejjaħ (imperfect)
mxejjaħ (participle past)
tixjiħ (noun-from-verb)
xejjaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xejjaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xejjaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xejjaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xejjaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xejħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xejjaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xejjaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xejħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xejjaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xejjaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xejħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxejjaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxejjaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxejjaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxejħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxejħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxejħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxejjaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxejjaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxejjaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxejħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxejħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxejħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xejjaħ (imperative second-person singular)
xejħu (imperative plural second-person)

to make someone old, or make them seem or feel old


tixjieħ

second-person singular imperfect of xjieħ

third-person feminine singular imperfect of xjieħ


jixjieħ

third-person masculine singular imperfect of xjieħ


anzjan

mt-adj

anzjan (feminine singular anzjana, plural anzjani)

anzjana (feminine singular)
anzjani (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian anzianu and/or Italian anziano, from Vulgar Latin *anteanus, derived from Latin ante.

(polite) old, elderly, senior (as in senior citizen)


Missierna

From missierna (“our father”), from missier (“father”) + -na (first-person plural pronominal suffix).

(Christianity) Lord's Prayer, Our Father


daħħal

mt-verb

daħħal (imperfect jdaħħal, past participle mdaħħal, verbal noun tidħil)

jdaħħal (imperfect)
mdaħħal (participle past)
tidħil (noun-from-verb)
daħħalt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
daħħalt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
daħħal (masculine perfect singular third-person)
daħħalna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
daħħaltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
daħħlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
daħħalt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
daħħalt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
daħħlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
daħħalna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
daħħaltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
daħħlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndaħħal (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddaħħal (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdaħħal (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndaħħlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddaħħlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdaħħlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndaħħal (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddaħħal (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddaħħal (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndaħħlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddaħħlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdaħħlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
daħħal (imperative second-person singular)
daħħlu (imperative plural second-person)

Daħħalna żiemel ġdid.


glorja

Borrowed from Italian gloria, from Latin gloria.


tiġrib

verbal noun of ġarrab: test, trial, temptation


jessu għalik

jessu għalik ! (canonical)
jassu għalik (alternative)

Unknown. Aquilina rejects a derivation from Arabic يَا سَلام (yā salām). The required contraction of sliem into -ssu is indeed unlikely. However, Aquilina’s own connection with Arabic يَسَّ (yassa, “to journey”) seems even less plausible.
The phrase is reminiscent of dialectal Arabic الله عَلَيْك (allāh ʕalayk), which often has the same sense of “bravo!, well done!”. The word jessu would then be Christian Arabic يَسُوع (yasūʕ, “Jesus”). The unexpected gemination is not problematic in this exclamatory context. However, it is questionable whether يَسُوع (yasūʕ) was ever used in Malta. While there were Arabic-speaking missionaries, no Christian Arabic names are found. Moreover, the Islamic name form Għisa is attested (though it is not entirely clear whether the Maltese actually used it among themselves or knew it mainly through Muslim slaves).

m+

الله عَلَيْك

(archaic, especially to a child) bravo!, well done!


kkonkluda

mt-verb

kkonkluda (imperfect jikkonkludi, past participle konkluż)

jikkonkludi (imperfect)
konkluż (participle past)
kkonkludejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kkonkludejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kkonkluda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kkonkludejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kkonkludejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kkonkludew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kkonkludejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kkonkludejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kkonkludiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kkonkludejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kkonkludejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kkonkludew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nikkonkludi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikkonkludi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jikkonkludi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nikkonkludu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikkonkludu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jikkonkludu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nikkonkludi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikkonkludi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tikkonkludi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nikkonkludu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikkonkludu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jikkonkludu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kkonkludi (imperative second-person singular)
kkonkludu (imperative plural second-person)
ikkonkluda (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian concludere, from Latin concludere.


frugħ

verbal noun of forogħ: ebb, the receding of the sea


ferra'

ferra’ (imperfect jferra’, past participle mferra’, verbal noun tifrigħ)

ferra’ (canonical)
jferra’ (imperfect)
mferra’ (participle past)
tifrigħ (noun-from-verb)
ferrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ferrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ferra’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ferrajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ferrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ferrgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ferrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ferrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ferrgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ferrajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ferrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ferrgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nferra’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tferra’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jferra’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nferrgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tferrgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jferrgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nferra’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tferra’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tferra’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nferrgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tferrgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jferrgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ferra’ (imperative second-person singular)
ferrgħu (imperative plural second-person)

Regularly the verb “to pour” (Arabic فَرَّغَ (farraḡa)) should be ferragħ, while the verb “to branch out” (Arabic فَرَّعَ (farraʕa)) should be ferra’. However, due to confluence in several conjugated forms, both have been merged and are now variants.

Alternative form of ferragħ (“to branch out”)


jofrogħ

third-person masculine singular imperfect of forogħ


mifrugħ

mt-past participle

mifrugħ (feminine mifrugħa, plural mifrugħa or mifrugħin)

mifrugħa (feminine)
mifrugħa (plural)
mifrugħin (plural)

past participle of forogħ: at low tide, receded, in a state of ebb


glorjuż

mt-adj

glorjuż (feminine singular glorjuża, plural glorjużi)

glorjuża (feminine singular)
glorjużi (plural)

Borrowed from Italian glorioso. By surface analysis, glorja + -uż.


għagħa

From Arabic غَاغَة (ḡāḡa, “mob, crowd”). The word is an extreme example of how the loss/vowelisation of għ has weakened the phonetic shapes of many words in Maltese. One might think that għagħa would subsequently have come out of use, but it remains common.


għagħa

jgħagħi (imperfect)
għagħejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għagħejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għagħa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għagħejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għagħejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għagħew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għagħejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għagħejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għagħiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għagħejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għagħejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għagħew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħagħi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħagħi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħagħi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħagħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħagħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħagħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħagħi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħagħi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħagħi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħagħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħagħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħagħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għagħi (imperative second-person singular)
għagħu (imperative plural second-person)


ħakk

mt-verb

ħakk (imperfect jħokk, past participle maħkuk)

jħokk (imperfect)
maħkuk (participle past)
ħakkejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħakkejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħakk (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħakkejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħakkejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħakkew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħakkejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħakkejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħakket (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħakkejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħakkejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħakkew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħokk (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħokk (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħokk (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħokku (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħokku (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħokku (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħokk (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħokk (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħokk (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħokku (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħokku (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħokku (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħokk (imperative second-person singular)
ħokku (imperative plural second-person)


żebbiegħ

mt-noun

żebbiegħ m (plural żebbiegħa, feminine żebbiegħa)


nżebagħ

jinżebagħ (imperfect)
nżbagħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nżbagħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nżebagħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nżbagħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nżbagħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nżebgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nżbagħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nżbagħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nżebgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nżbagħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nżbagħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nżebgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninżebagħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinżebagħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinżebagħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninżebgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinżebgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinżebgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninżebagħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinżebagħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinżebagħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninżebgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinżebgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinżebgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nżebagħ (imperative second-person singular)
nżebgħu (imperative plural second-person)
inżebagħ (alternative)
nżeba’ (alternative)

mediopassive of żebagħ: to be painted, coloured, varnished, dyed


nżeba'

nżeba’ (canonical)
jinżeba’ (imperfect)
nżbajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nżbajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nżeba’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nżbajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nżbajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nżebgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nżbajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nżbajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nżebgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nżbajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nżbajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nżebgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninżeba’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinżeba’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinżeba’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninżebgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinżebgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinżebgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninżeba’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinżeba’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinżeba’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninżebgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinżebgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinżebgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nżeba’ (imperative second-person singular)
nżebgħu (imperative plural second-person)
inżeba’ (alternative)


żbigħ

verbal noun of żebagħ: colouring, painting, varnishing, dyeing


pittur

pittur m (plural pitturi, feminine pittur or pittura)

pitturi (plural)
pittur (feminine)
pittura (feminine)

Borrowed from Sicilian pitturi, from Latin pictor.


mimli

mt-past participle

mimli (feminine mimlija, plural mimlija or mimlijin)

mimlija (feminine)
mimlija (plural)
mimlijin (plural)

Id-dar kienet mimlija nies / mimlija bin-nies.

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

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

Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes
daret kollha daħkana;
għalihom ferħ biss kellha
u daqq u żfin u għana,
xita ta’ ross, xewqiet
f’għomor mimli għaxqiet;

1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:

full, filled [with indefinite noun or b’ (+ definite noun)]

+obj

(of the sea) at high tide, in a state of flow, flood

past participle of mela
at high tide, in a state of flow, flood


Ave Marija

(Roman Catholicism) Synonym of Sliema (“Hail Mary”)


Sliema u Qaddisa

From the first words of the prayer’s first and second portions. Compare the text at the main lemma.

Alternative form of Sliema (“Hail Mary”)


grazzja

Borrowed from Sicilian grazzia and/or Italian grazia, both from Latin gratia.


mbierek

mt-past participle

mbierek (feminine mbierka, plural mberkin or mbierka)

mbierka (feminine)
mberkin (plural)
mbierka (plural)
imbierek (alternative)

For the use with God compare Arabic تَبارَكَ وَتَعالَى (tabāraka wataʕālā).

cog

تَبارَكَ وَتَعالَى

Kunu mberkin!

Alla l-Imbierek

God the Lord, God the Most High, God who be praised


sliema

Ħuh wasal bis-sliema.


dgħat

third-person feminine singular perfect of dagħa


nidgħi

first-person singular imperfect of dagħa


tidgħi

second-person singular imperfect of dagħa

third-person feminine singular imperfect of dagħa


reġġa'

mt-verb

reġġa’ (imperfect jreġġa’, past participle mreġġa’, verbal noun tirġigħ)

reġġa’ (canonical)
jreġġa’ (imperfect)
mreġġa’ (participle past)
tirġigħ (noun-from-verb)
reġġajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
reġġajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
reġġa’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
reġġajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
reġġajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
reġġgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
reġġajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
reġġajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
reġġgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
reġġajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
reġġajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
reġġgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nreġġa’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
treġġa’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jreġġa’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nreġġgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
treġġgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jreġġgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nreġġa’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
treġġa’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
treġġa’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nreġġgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
treġġgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jreġġgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
reġġa’ (imperative second-person singular)
reġġgħu (imperative plural second-person)
raġġa’ (alternative)


wassal

wassal (imperfect jwassal, past participle mwassal, verbal noun twassil)

jwassal (imperfect)
mwassal (participle past)
twassil (noun-from-verb)
wassalt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
wassalt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
wassal (masculine perfect singular third-person)
wassalna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
wassaltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
wasslu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
wassalt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
wassalt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
wasslet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
wassalna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
wassaltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
wasslu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwassal (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twassal (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwassal (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwasslu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twasslu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwasslu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwassal (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twassal (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twassal (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwasslu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twasslu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwasslu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
wassal (imperative second-person singular)
wasslu (imperative plural second-person)


żeġġ

żeġġ (imperfect jżiġġ or jżeġġ, past participle mżeġġ, verbal noun żeġġ or żeġġien)

jżiġġ (imperfect)
jżeġġ (imperfect)
mżeġġ (participle past)
żeġġ (noun-from-verb)
żeġġien (noun-from-verb)
żeġġejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żeġġejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żeġġ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żeġġejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żeġġejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żeġġew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żeġġejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żeġġejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żeġġet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żeġġejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żeġġejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żeġġew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nżiġġ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżiġġ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jżiġġ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nżiġġu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżiġġu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jżiġġu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nżiġġ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżiġġ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
żżiġġ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nżiġġu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżiġġu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jżiġġu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żiġġ (imperative second-person singular)
żiġġu (imperative plural second-person)
żeġġejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żeġġejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żeġġ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żeġġejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żeġġejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żeġġew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żeġġejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żeġġejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żeġġet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żeġġejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żeġġejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żeġġew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nżeġġ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżeġġ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jżeġġ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nżeġġu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
żżeġġu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jżeġġu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nżeġġ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżeġġ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
żżeġġ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nżeġġu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
żżeġġu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jżeġġu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żeġġ (imperative second-person singular)
żeġġu (imperative plural second-person)

to move (around) swiftly and energetically, to frisk (e.g. of fish), to lick (of flames)


ħabbel

ħabbel (imperfect jħabbel, past participle mħabbel)

jħabbel (imperfect)
mħabbel (participle past)
ħabbilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħabbilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħabbel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħabbilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħabbiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħabblu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħabbilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħabbilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħabblet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħabbilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħabbiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħabblu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħabbel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħabbel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħabbel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħabblu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħabblu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħabblu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħabbel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħabbel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħabbel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħabblu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħabblu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħabblu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħabbel (imperative second-person singular)
ħabblu (imperative plural second-person)


jżiġġ

third-person masculine singular imperfect of żeġġ


likkem

likkem (imperfect jlikkem, past participle mlikkem)

jlikkem (imperfect)
mlikkem (participle past)
likkimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
likkimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
likkem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
likkimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
likkimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
likkmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
likkimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
likkimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
likkmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
likkimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
likkimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
likkmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nlikkem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlikkem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jlikkem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nlikkmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlikkmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jlikkmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nlikkem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlikkem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tlikkem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nlikkmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlikkmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jlikkmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
likkem (imperative second-person singular)
likkmu (imperative plural second-person)

Perhaps from loqma (“bite, morsel”), from Arabic لُقْمة (luqma), with sporadic -k- for -q-. If so, a doublet of laqqam.


burqax

Inherited from dialectal Arabic بُرْقاش (burqāš).

Serranus scriba
Serranus scriba#Translingual

painted comber (Serranus scriba, a fish)


forka

Borrowed from Sicilian furca and/or Italian forca, both from Latin furca.


bixra

From Arabic بَشَرَة (bašara, “skin, especially its surface”).

inh

appearance (the way someone or something looks, appears)


felul

Arabic ثُؤْلُول (ṯuʔlūl)


tgħalliq

/taˤːlˈlɪːʔ/

verbal noun of għallaq: hanging (as a form of execution)

verbal noun of tgħallaq: hanging (as a form of suicide)


mxiegħel

mt-past participle

mxiegħel (feminine mxiegħla, plural mxiegħla or mxegħlin)

mxiegħla (feminine)
mxiegħla (plural)
mxegħlin (plural)
imxiegħel (alternative)

/(ɪ)mˈʃɪː.əˤl/

/(ɪ)mˈʃɪː.ɣɛl/

past participle of xiegħel: occupied, busy


tferragħ

jitferragħ (imperfect)
tferragħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tferragħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tferragħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tferragħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tferragħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tferrgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tferragħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tferragħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tferrgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tferragħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tferragħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tferrgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitferragħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titferragħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitferragħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitferrgħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titferrgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitferrgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitferragħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titferragħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titferragħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitferrgħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titferrgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitferrgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tferragħ (imperative second-person singular)
tferrgħu (imperative plural second-person)
tferra’ (alternative)


paċpaċ

mt-verb

paċpaċ (imperfect jpaċpaċ, verbal noun tpaċpiċ)

jpaċpaċ (imperfect)
tpaċpiċ (noun-from-verb)
paċpaċt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
paċpaċt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
paċpaċ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
paċpaċna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
paċpaċtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
paċpċu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
paċpaċt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
paċpaċt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
paċpċet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
paċpaċna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
paċpaċtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
paċpċu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
npaċpaċ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpaċpaċ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jpaċpaċ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
npaċpċu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpaċpċu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jpaċpċu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
npaċpaċ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpaċpaċ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tpaċpaċ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
npaċpċu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpaċpċu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jpaċpċu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
paċpaċ (imperative second-person singular)
paċpċu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic بَجْبَجَ (bajbaja), probably influenced by paċoċċ. Compare بَجْباج (bajbāj, “talking nonsense, garrulous, stupid”).


paċpaċi

mt-adj

paċpaċi (feminine singular paċpaċa, plural paċpaċa)

paċpaċa (feminine singular)
paċpaċa (plural)

From Arabic بَجْباج (bajbāj, “talking nonsense, garrulous, stupid”).


tpaċpiċ

verbal noun of paċpaċ: talk, chat, babbling


fjamma

mt-noun

fjamma f (plural fjammi or (rare) fjamem)

Borrowed from Italian fiamma, from Latin flamma.


ġawhriet

paucal of ġawhar: 2 to 10 jewels, pearls


difa

jidfi (imperfect)
dfejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dfejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
difa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dfejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dfejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dfew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dfejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dfejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dfiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dfejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dfejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dfew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidfi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidfi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidfi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidfu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidfi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidfi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidfi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidfu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idfi (imperative second-person singular)
idfu (imperative plural second-person)


difa

Alternative form: diefa


il-għodwa t-tajba

l-għodwa t-tajba
l-għodwa t-tajba#Maltese


ndiehes

jindiehes (imperfect)
ndehist (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ndehist (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ndiehes (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ndehisna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ndehistu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ndiehsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ndehist (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ndehist (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ndiehset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ndehisna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ndehistu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ndiehsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nindiehes (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tindiehes (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jindiehes (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nindiehsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tindiehsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jindiehsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nindiehes (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tindiehes (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tindiehes (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nindiehsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tindiehsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jindiehsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ndiehes (imperative second-person singular)
ndiehsu (imperative plural second-person)
indiehes (alternative)
ndehes (alternative)
ndess (alternative)

The contemporary form is an analogical alteration of ndehes, but this is perhaps itself an alteration of ndess. Then further from Arabic اِنْدَسَّ (indassa, “to enter”, also “to visit in secret or in order to gossip”).

inh

(with f’) to seek access (to some group or field), especially through flattery and the like

(with ma’) to curry favour, to seek contact (with some person)


ħaxxem

mt-verb

ħaxxem (imperfect jħaxxem, past participle mħaxxem, verbal noun taħxim)

jħaxxem (imperfect)
mħaxxem (participle past)
taħxim (noun-from-verb)
ħaxximt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħaxximt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħaxxem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħaxximna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħaxximtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħaxxmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħaxximt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħaxximt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħaxxmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħaxximna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħaxximtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħaxxmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħaxxem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħaxxem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħaxxem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħaxxmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħaxxmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħaxxmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħaxxem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħaxxem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħaxxem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħaxxmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħaxxmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħaxxmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħaxxem (imperative second-person singular)
ħaxxmu (imperative plural second-person)
ħaxkem (alternative)

From Arabic هَشَّمَ (haššama, “to crush”)

(chiefly Gozo) to catch, trap one’s finger (etc.), as in a door or drawer


kexxun

mt-noun

kexxun m (plural kxaxen or kxiexen, diminutive kxajxen or kxejxen)

kxaxen (plural)
kxiexen (plural)
kxajxen (diminutive)
kxejxen (diminutive)


rieqed

active participle of raqad: sleeping, asleep


matul

matuli (first-person singular)
matulna (first-person plural)
matulek (second-person singular)
matulkom (plural second-person)
matulu (masculine singular third-person)
matulha (feminine singular third-person)
matulhom (plural third-person)

From ma’ + tul, literally “with the length [of]”.


ħlejju

mt-adj

ħlejju (feminine singular ħlejja, plural ħlejja or ħlejjin)

ħlejja (feminine singular)
ħlejja (plural)
ħlejjin (plural)


jindiehes

third-person masculine singular imperfect of ndiehes


jindiehsu

third-person plural imperfect of ndiehes


fiehmet

third-person feminine singular perfect of fiehem


jfiehem

third-person masculine singular imperfect of fiehem


Ġaħan

From Arabic جُحَا (juḥā). The final -n is probably paragogic.

Hershel of Ostropol
w:Hershel of Ostropol

(folklore) A character in Maltese folktales, a “wise fool”, equivalent to the Arabic Joha and Sicilian Giufà, similar also to the Turko-Persian Molla Nasreddin, the Jewish Hershel of Ostropol, the German Till Eulenspiegel, etc.


tgħir

second-person singular imperfect of għer

third-person feminine singular imperfect of għer


forgħot

third-person feminine singular perfect of forogħ


tofrogħ

second-person singular imperfect of forogħ

third-person feminine singular imperfect of forogħ


kuntest

Borrowed from Sicilian cuntestu, from Latin contextus.

Din il-kelma għandha tifsiriet differenti skont il-kuntest tagħha.

This word has different meanings depending on its context.


skont

skonti (first-person singular)
skontna (first-person plural)
skontok (second-person singular)
skontkom (plural second-person)
skontu (masculine singular third-person)
skontha (feminine singular third-person)
skonthom (plural third-person)
skond (alternative)

From older Sicilian *sicundu (now sicunnu) and/or Italian secondo, both from Latin secundum.

Skontok x’inhija l-aktar ħaġa importanti?

What’s the most important thing according to you? (in your opinion?)


skont

Borrowed from Italian sconto, from Latin discomputus.


traċċa

Borrowed from Sicilian traccia and/or Italian traccia, both derived from Vulgar Latin *tractiāre, itself from Latin tractus.


stħarreġ

mt-verb

stħarreġ (imperfect jistħarreġ, past participle mistħarreġ, verbal noun stħarriġ)

jistħarreġ (imperfect)
mistħarreġ (participle past)
stħarriġ (noun-from-verb)
stħarriġt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stħarriġt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
stħarreġ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
stħarriġna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stħarriġtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
stħarrġu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
stħarriġt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stħarriġt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
stħarrġet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
stħarriġna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stħarriġtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
stħarrġu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nistħarreġ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistħarreġ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jistħarreġ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nistħarrġu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistħarrġu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jistħarrġu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nistħarreġ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistħarreġ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tistħarreġ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nistħarrġu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistħarrġu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jistħarrġu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
stħarreġ (imperative second-person singular)
stħarrġu (imperative plural second-person)
staħreġ (alternative)


mexxa

mexxa (imperfect jmexxi, past participle mmexxi, verbal noun tmexxija)

jmexxi (imperfect)
mmexxi (participle past)
tmexxija (noun-from-verb)
mexxejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mexxejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
mexxa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
mexxejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mexxejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
mexxew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
mexxejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mexxejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
mexxiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
mexxejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mexxejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
mexxew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
mmexxi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmexxi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmexxi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
mmexxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmexxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmexxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
mmexxi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmexxi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmexxi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
mmexxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmexxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmexxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
mexxi (imperative second-person singular)
mexxu (imperative plural second-person)


tmexxa

jitmexxa (imperfect)
tmexxejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tmexxejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tmexxa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tmexxejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tmexxejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tmexxew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tmexxejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tmexxejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tmexxiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tmexxejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tmexxejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tmexxew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitmexxa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titmexxa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitmexxa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitmexxew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titmexxew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitmexxew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitmexxa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titmexxa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titmexxa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitmexxew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titmexxew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitmexxew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tmexxa (imperative second-person singular)
tmexxew (imperative plural second-person)

Il-quddiesa se titmexxa mill-arċisqof stess.

The mass will be led by the archbishop himself.

mediopassive of mexxa: to be or have oneself led


mixja

singulative of mixi: a walk, an instance of walking

il-mixja tal-ħajja


nfaga

jinfaga (imperfect)
nfgajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nfgajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nfaga (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nfgajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nfgajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nfgaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nfgajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nfgajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nfgat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nfgajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nfgajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nfgaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninfaga (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinfaga (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinfaga (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninfgaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinfgaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinfgaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninfaga (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinfaga (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinfaga (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninfgaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinfgaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinfgaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nfaga (imperative second-person singular)
nfgaw (imperative plural second-person)
infaga (alternative)
nfega (alternative)

mediopassive of faga: to be choked, throttled, to die from suffocation


leqq

jleqq (imperfect)
leqqejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
leqqejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
leqq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
leqqejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
leqqejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
leqqew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
leqqejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
leqqejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
leqqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
leqqejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
leqqejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
leqqew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nleqq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tleqq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jleqq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nleqqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tleqqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jleqqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nleqq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tleqq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tleqq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nleqqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tleqqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jleqqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
leqq (imperative second-person singular)
leqqu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic لَقَّ (laqqa, “to hit”). Compare Hijazi Arabic لق (lagg, “to shine”).


leqq

The same enhanced pronunciation /laʔ/ or even /laʔ.ʔa/ is heard in dialectal Arabic.

(colloquial) no, nope; an alternative form of le


tafal

tafla (singulative)
itfla (obsolete plural)
utfla (obsolete plural)


kuruna

Borrowed from Sicilian curuna, from Latin corona, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē).


għodu għodu

/ˌɔˤː.du ˈɔˤː.du/


fhimt

first/second-person singular perfect of fehem


mexxej

mt-noun

mexxej m (plural mexxejja, feminine mexxejja)


mexxej

mt-adjective

mexxej (feminine singular mexxejja, plural mexxejja)

mexxejja (feminine singular)
mexxejja (plural)


mirgħi

mt-past participle

mirgħi (feminine mirgħija, plural mirgħija)


għaġeb

/ˈaˤː.d͡ʒɛp/


tal-għaġeb

amazing, astonishing, surprising, extraordinary


stagħġib

verbal noun of stagħġeb: the state of being amazed, astonished, surprised


mgħaġġeb

mgħaġġeb (feminine mgħaġġba, plural mgħaġġbin)

mgħaġġba (feminine)
mgħaġġbin (plural)
imgħaġġeb (alternative)

past participle of għaġġeb: amazed, astonished, surprised


tgħaġġib

verbal noun of għaġġeb: the act of amazing, astonishing, surprising

għaġġeb

verbal noun of tgħaġġeb: the state of being amazed, astonished, surprised


magħġub

magħġub (feminine magħġuba, plural magħġubin)

past participle of għoġob: pleased, amused, content


tgħaġġeb

mt-verb

tgħaġġeb (imperfect jitgħaġġeb, verbal noun tgħaġġib)

jitgħaġġeb (imperfect)
tgħaġġib (noun-from-verb)
tgħaġġibt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħaġġibt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tgħaġġeb (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tgħaġġibna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħaġġibtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tgħaġġbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tgħaġġibt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħaġġibt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tgħaġġbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tgħaġġibna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħaġġibtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tgħaġġbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitgħaġġeb (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħaġġeb (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitgħaġġeb (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitgħaġġbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħaġġbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitgħaġġbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitgħaġġeb (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħaġġeb (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titgħaġġeb (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitgħaġġbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħaġġbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitgħaġġbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħaġġeb (imperative second-person singular)
tgħaġġbu (imperative plural second-person)

mediopassive of għaġġeb: to be amazed, astonished, surprised


jitgħaġġeb

third-person masculine singular imperfect of tgħaġġeb


għeġubija

Possibly an extended form of Arabic أُعْجُوبة (ʔuʕjūba, “wonder”). Otherwise derived from the root with the Maltese abstract-noun measure.

(uncountable) the quality of being amazing, astonishing, surprising

(countable) something amazing, astonishing, surprising; a marvel, wonder


dakinhar

From dak in-nhar (“that day”). The gemination caused by the definite article was reduced when h was still a consonant. Outside the lexicalised adverb it was later restored, such that both are now pronounced differently. Compare the same in nofsinhar.


ħorom

joħrom (imperfect)
ħromt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħromt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħorom (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħromna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħromtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħormu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħromt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħromt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħormot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħromna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħromtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħormu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
noħrom (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toħrom (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
joħrom (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
noħormu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toħormu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
joħormu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
noħrom (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toħrom (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
toħrom (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
noħormu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toħormu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
joħormu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
oħrom (imperative second-person singular)
oħormu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic حَرِمَ (ḥarima, “to be in heat”), related to its root probably through the idea of being deprived and therefore keen.


ħarrem

ħarrem (imperfect jħarrem, past participle mħarrem, verbal noun taħrim)

jħarrem (imperfect)
mħarrem (participle past)
taħrim (noun-from-verb)
ħarrimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħarrimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħarrem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħarrimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħarrimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħarrmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħarrimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħarrimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħarrmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħarrimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħarrimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħarrmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħarrem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħarrem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħarrem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħarrmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħarrmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħarrmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħarrem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħarrem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħarrem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħarrmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħarrmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħarrmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħarrem (imperative second-person singular)
ħarrmu (imperative plural second-person)

(dated, literary) to cause lust, to arouse sexually


fetaq

fetaq (imperfect joftoq, past participle miftuq, verbal noun ftuq or ftiq)

joftoq (imperfect)
miftuq (participle past)
ftuq (noun-from-verb)
ftiq (noun-from-verb)
ftaqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftaqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fetaq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ftaqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftaqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fetqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ftaqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftaqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fetqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ftaqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftaqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fetqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
noftoq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toftoq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
joftoq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
noftqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toftqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
joftqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
noftoq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toftoq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
toftoq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
noftqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toftqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
joftqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
oftoq (imperative second-person singular)
oftqu (imperative plural second-person)


fetqa

mt-noun

fetqa f (plural fetqiet, diminutive ftejqa)


bażwa

From Arabic بَزْو (bazw), verbal noun of بَزَا (bazā), which refers to a deforming protrusion of a body part (chest, belly, back, or posterior).


ernja

Borrowed from Italian ernia, from Latin hernia.


żejt fil-bażwa

Literally: “oil on a hernia”, because it has no healing effect.

(idiomatic) something done in vain, a futile course of action


ħorma

From Arabic حِرْمة (ḥirma, “sexual desire”, especially of female animals “heat, rut”).


ndiema

verbal noun of nidem: repentance, remorse


riegħex

mt-verb

riegħex (imperfect jriegħex, past participle mriegħex, verbal noun tregħix)

jriegħex (imperfect)
mriegħex (participle past)
tregħix (noun-from-verb)
regħixt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
regħixt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
riegħex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
regħixna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
regħixtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
riegħxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
regħixt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
regħixt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
riegħxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
regħixna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
regħixtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
riegħxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nriegħex (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
triegħex (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jriegħex (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nriegħxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
triegħxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jriegħxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nriegħex (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
triegħex (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
triegħex (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nriegħxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
triegħxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jriegħxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
riegħex (imperative second-person singular)
riegħxu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic رَعَّشَ (raʕʕaša, “to make tremble”).


jindem

third-person masculine singular imperfect of nidem


regħxa

From Arabic رِعْشَة (riʕša, “trembling, quivering”).


żbalja

mt-verb

żbalja (imperfect jiżbalja, past participle żbaljat)

jiżbalja (imperfect)
żbaljat (participle past)
żbaljajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żbaljajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żbalja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żbaljajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żbaljajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żbaljaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żbaljajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żbaljajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żbaljat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żbaljajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żbaljajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żbaljaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżbalja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżbalja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżbalja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżbaljaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżbaljaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżbaljaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżbalja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżbalja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżbalja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżbaljaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżbaljaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżbaljaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żbalja (imperative second-person singular)
żbaljaw (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian sbagliari and/or Italian sbagliare.


għelet

jegħlet (imperfect)
għelitt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għelitt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għelet (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għelitna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għelittu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għeltu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għelitt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għelitt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għeltet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għelitna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għelittu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għeltu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
negħlet (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tegħlet (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jegħlet (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
negħltu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tegħltu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jegħltu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
negħlet (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tegħlet (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tegħlet (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
negħltu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tegħltu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jegħltu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
egħlet (imperative second-person singular)
egħltu (imperative plural second-person)
għalat (alternative)

(dated, literary) to make a mistake, to err


għajjex

għajjex (imperfect jgħajjex, past participle mgħajjex)

jgħajjex (imperfect)
mgħajjex (participle past)
għajjixt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għajjixt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għajjex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għajjixna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għajjixtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għajxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għajjixt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għajjixt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għajxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għajjixna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għajjixtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għajxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħajjex (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħajjex (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħajjex (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħajxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħajxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħajxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħajjex (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħajjex (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħajjex (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħajxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħajxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħajxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għajjex (imperative second-person singular)
għajxu (imperative plural second-person)


għajxa

From Arabic عَيْش (ʕayš), perhaps merged with عِيشة (ʕīša).


għajxa

Uncertain. One may compare the verb għajjex (“to keep alive, earn livelihood”), but the sense is only a vague match and the formation is entirely unclear. Therefore it may be noted that De Soldanis in one of his colloquial dialogues includes an upper-class lady who owns two Muslim maids called Għajxa and Fatma. It is conceivable that the Arabic name عائِشة (ʕāʔiša, “Aisha”) was seen as a prototypical maid's name and developed into an appellative. (The Maltese Order retaliated against the Ottoman slave raids, which habitually targeted Malta and the waters around it, by developing its own trade in Muslim slaves.)

(obsolete) governess, maid in the household


għeltu

third-person masculine singular pronominal form of għelt: his mistake


jiżbalja

third-person masculine singular imperfect of żbalja


żbaljat

mt-past participle

żbaljat (feminine żbaljata, plural żbaljati)

past participle of żbalja: mistaken, containing an error, wrong


żbaljat

third-person feminine singular perfect of żbalja


għeltijiet

/ɛˤːl.tɪˈjɪːt/


jegħlet

third-person masculine singular imperfect of għelet


megħjux

megħjux (feminine megħjuxa, plural megħjuxa or megħjuxin)

megħjuxa (feminine)
megħjuxa (plural)
megħjuxin (plural)
mgħix (alternative)

il-ħajja megħjuxa

(fairly rare) past participle of għex: lived


mgħix

mgħix (feminine mgħixa, plural mgħixa or mgħixin)

mgħixa (feminine)
mgħixa (plural)
mgħixin (plural)

Derived from the present form jgħix (“he lives”) by analogy with other verbs in which the past participle is equivalent to the present tense + prefix m-, such as jibni (“he builds”) → mibni (“built”). The fact that this form is equivalent to Classical Arabic مَعِيش (maʕīš) is merely coincidental. In the verb għex the improper form is equally common as the proper megħjux because the participle as such is rare and therefore mostly formed ad hoc. One also finds mgħin for megħjun (“helped”) and mgħib for megħjub (“disappeared”), but these are exceptional.

il-ħajja mgħixa

(nonstandard) Alternative form of megħjux, the past participle of għex: lived


mixhur

mixhur (feminine mixhura, plural mixhurin)

past participle of xeher: lamented, loudly bewept


mixhur

mt-adj

mixhur (feminine singular mixhura, plural mixhurin)

mixhura (feminine singular)
mixhurin (plural)


xhir

verbal noun of xeher: lamenting, wailing, loud crying


jixher

third-person masculine singular imperfect of xeher


jgħajxu

third-person plural imperfect of għajjex


jgħajjex

third-person masculine singular imperfect of għajjex


mgħajjex

mt-past participle

mgħajjex (feminine mgħajxa, plural mgħajxa or mgħajxin)

mgħajxa (feminine)
mgħajxa (plural)
mgħajxin (plural)
imgħajjex (alternative)


mgħin

mgħin (feminine mgħina, plural mgħina or mgħinin)

mgħina (feminine)
mgħina (plural)
mgħinin (plural)

Analogous formation after the present tense jgħin; see mgħix for more.

(nonstandard) Alternative form of megħjun, the past participle of għen: helped


mgħib

mgħib (feminine mgħiba, plural mgħiba or mgħibin)

mgħiba (feminine)
mgħiba (plural)
mgħibin (plural)

Analogous formation after the present tense jgħib; see mgħix for more.

(nonstandard) Alternative form of megħjub, the past participle of għeb: disappeared


rgħat

third-person feminine singular perfect of ragħa (“to graze”)


rgħat

third-person plural perfect of ragħa (“to foam”)


rgħaw

third-person plural perfect of ragħa (“to graze”)


nirgħa

first-person singular imperfect of ragħa


tirgħa

inflection of ragħa (“to graze”):
second-person singular imperfect

third-person feminine singular imperfect


tirgħa

third-person feminine singular imperfect of ragħa (“to foam”)


jirgħu

third-person plural imperfect of ragħa (“to graze”)


jirgħu

third-person plural imperfect of ragħa (“to foam”)


tirgħi

third-person feminine singular imperfect of ragħa


ragħwi

mt-adjective

ragħwi (feminine singular ragħwija, plural ragħwin)

ragħwija (feminine singular)
ragħwin (plural)

From Arabic رَغْوِيّ (raḡwiyy). By surface analysis, ragħwa + -i.


rajna

first-person plural pronominal form of raj


taqtaq

mt-verb

taqtaq (imperfect jtaqtaq, verbal noun taqtiq)

jtaqtaq (imperfect)
taqtiq (noun-from-verb)
taqtaqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
taqtaqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
taqtaq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
taqtaqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
taqtaqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
taqtqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
taqtaqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
taqtaqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
taqtqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
taqtaqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
taqtaqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
taqtqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntaqtaq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttaqtaq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtaqtaq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntaqtqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttaqtqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtaqtqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntaqtaq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttaqtaq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttaqtaq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntaqtqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttaqtqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtaqtqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
taqtaq (imperative second-person singular)
taqtqu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic طَقْطَقَ (ṭaqṭaqa), also تَقْتَقَ (taqtaqa), an onomatopoeic verb referring e.g. to the clacking of a horse's hooves and to stones tumbling down.

(of the heart) to beat heavily, to palpitate


tbata

jitbata (imperfect)
tbatejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tbatejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tbata (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tbatejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tbatejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tbatew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tbatejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tbatejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tbatiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tbatejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tbatejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tbatew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitbata (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titbata (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitbata (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitbatew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titbatew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitbatew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitbata (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titbata (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titbata (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitbatew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titbatew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitbatew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tbata (imperative second-person singular)
tbatu (imperative plural second-person)


jbati

third-person masculine singular imperfect of bata


taqtiq

verbal noun of taqtaq: palpitation, heavy heartbeat


jtaqtaq

third-person masculine singular imperfect of taqtaq


nissel

nissel (imperfect jnissel, past participle mnissel, verbal noun tinsil or tnissil)

jnissel (imperfect)
mnissel (participle past)
tinsil (noun-from-verb)
tnissil (noun-from-verb)
nissilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nissilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nissel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nissilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nissiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nisslu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nissilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nissilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nisslet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nissilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nissiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nisslu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nnissel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnissel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jnissel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nnisslu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnisslu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jnisslu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nnissel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnissel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tnissel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nnisslu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnisslu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jnisslu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nissel (imperative second-person singular)
nisslu (imperative plural second-person)

Intensive and factitive of Arabic نَسَلَ (nasala).

(intransitive) to procreate, to have children, offspring

(transitive) to bring forth, generate, derive


tnissel

tnissel (imperfect jitnissel, verbal noun tnissil)

jitnissel (imperfect)
tnissil (noun-from-verb)
tnissilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tnissilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tnissel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tnissilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tnissiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tnisslu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tnissilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tnissilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tnisslet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tnissilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tnissiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tnisslu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitnissel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titnissel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitnissel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitnisslu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titnisslu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitnisslu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitnissel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titnissel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titnissel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitnisslu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titnisslu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitnisslu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tnissel (imperative second-person singular)
tnisslu (imperative plural second-person)

mediopassive of nissel:
to descend (from a family)

to come (from a source), to be brought forth, generated, derived


indokra

indokra (imperfect jindokra, past participle indokrat)

jindokra (imperfect)
indokrat (participle past)
indokrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
indokrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
indokra (masculine perfect singular third-person)
indokrajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
indokrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
indokraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
indokrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
indokrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
indokrat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
indokrajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
indokrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
indokraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nindokra (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tindokra (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jindokra (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nindokraw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tindokraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jindokraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nindokra (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tindokra (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tindokra (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nindokraw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tindokraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jindokraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
indokra (imperative second-person singular)
indokraw (imperative plural second-person)
ndokra (alternative)

Probably from a variant of Sicilian aducchiari (“to have an eye on”), derived from occhiu, from Latin oculum (“eye”). The appropriate form *nducchirari is cited in Maltese literature. Otherwise the incorporation of the Sicilian infinitive ending in the Maltese verb would be unusual.
An alternative suggestion derives it from riguardari (“to watch”). This would plausibly have been borrowed as *rgorda, but the further development requires several steps of dissimilation and metathesis (e.g. *rgodra → *ngodra → *ndokra), which ultimately makes this derivation unlikely. Aquilina, finally, proposes ndagari (“to investigate”), which however involves the same problem concerning the -r- as aducchiari and is semantically further off.


xirja

a shopping tour or errand, an instance of shopping


għażil

verbal noun of għażel (“to choose, select”)


ażil

Borrowed from Italian asilo, from Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

(uncountable) asylum (status granted by a country to foreigners)

(countable) asylum, refuge, shelter (place of safety)


rifuġju

Borrowed from Italian rifugio, from Latin refugium.

refuge, shelter, asylum (place of safety)


rifuġjat

mt-noun

rifuġjat m (plural rifuġjati, feminine rifuġjata)

rifuġjati (plural)
rifuġjata (feminine)
refuġjat (alternative)


għażżiel

għażżiel m (plural għażżiela or għażżelin, feminine għażżiela)

għażżiela (plural)
għażżelin (plural)
għażżiela (feminine)


lgħaqt

second-person singular perfect of lagħaq


jilgħaq

third-person masculine singular imperfect of lagħaq


rqaqt

first/second-person singular perfect of rqaq


jirqaq

third-person masculine singular imperfect of rqaq


rqaqet

third-person feminine singular perfect of rqaq


tirqaq

second-person singular imperfect of rqaq

third-person feminine singular imperfect of rqaq


tpinġa

jitpinġa (imperfect)
tpinġejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tpinġejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tpinġa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tpinġejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tpinġejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tpinġew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tpinġejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tpinġejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tpinġiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tpinġejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tpinġejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tpinġew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitpinġa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titpinġa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitpinġa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitpinġew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titpinġew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitpinġew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitpinġa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titpinġa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titpinġa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitpinġew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titpinġew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitpinġew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tpinġa (imperative second-person singular)
tpinġu (imperative plural second-person)
tpenġa (alternative)

mediopassive of pinġa: to be or have oneself painted, drawn, depicted


tpinġija

tpinġijiet (plural)
tpenġija (alternative)

(uncountable) the act or art of painting, drawing, depicting

verbal noun of pinġa
(countable) picture, painting, drawing

verbal noun of pinġa
picture, painting, drawing


tpitter

jitpitter (imperfect)
tpittirt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tpittirt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tpitter (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tpittirna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tpittirtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tpittru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tpittirt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tpittirt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tpittret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tpittirna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tpittirtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tpittru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitpitter (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titpitter (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitpitter (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitpittru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titpittru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitpittru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitpitter (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titpitter (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titpitter (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitpittru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titpittru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitpittru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tpitter (imperative second-person singular)
tpittru (imperative plural second-person)

mediopassive of pitter: to be or have oneself painted, drawn, depicted


tpittir

verbal noun of pitter: the act or art of painting, drawing, depicting


bgħatt

bagħad (except archaic rural and standard 2)

second-person singular perfect of bagħat


bgħadt

second-person singular perfect of bagħad


bagħdet

third-person feminine singular perfect of bagħad


bagħtet

third-person feminine singular perfect of bagħat


tibgħat

second-person singular imperfect of bagħat

third-person feminine singular imperfect of bagħat


nibgħat

first-person singular imperfect of bagħat


tibagħtu

second-person plural imperfect of bagħat


nobgħod

first-person singular imperfect of bagħad


tobgħod

second-person singular imperfect of bagħad

third-person feminine singular imperfect of bagħad


tobogħdu

second-person plural imperfect of bagħad


vjola

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:


krimżi

Borrowed from Italian cremisi or Sicilian crèmisi, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian کرمست (kermest).


-izza

Borrowed from Italian -izzare, from Latin -izare, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein).

-ise, -ize; verbal suffix occurring in borrowings from Italian and loan translations from English


ħafna drabi

Ħafna drabi nħossni xbajt mill-ħajja.


wisq drabi

Alternative form of ħafna drabi (“often”)


sikwit

Borrowed from Sicilian siquitu (“followed”).


tniffes

mt-verb

tniffes (imperfect jitniffes, verbal noun tniffis)

jitniffes (imperfect)
tniffis (noun-from-verb)
tniffist (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tniffist (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tniffes (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tniffisna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tniffistu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tniffsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tniffist (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tniffist (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tniffset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tniffisna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tniffistu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tniffsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitniffes (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titniffes (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitniffes (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitniffsu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titniffsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitniffsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitniffes (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titniffes (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titniffes (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitniffsu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titniffsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitniffsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tniffes (imperative second-person singular)
tniffsu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic تَنَفَّسَ (tanaffasa, “to breathe”).

inh

Ħadd minnhom ma jitniffes.

None of them moves at all / lifts a finger.

(figurative, now predominant, often negated) to move slightly, at all


ġemgħat

/d͡ʒɛˈmaˤːt/


ġmiegħi

/ˈd͡ʒmɪː.əˤj/


ftuħ

verbal noun of fetaħ:
opening; prologue; preface


nfetaħ

jinfetaħ (imperfect)
nftaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nftaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nfetaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nftaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nftaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nfetħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nftaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nftaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nfetħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nftaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nftaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nfetħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninfetaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinfetaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinfetaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninfetħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinfetħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinfetħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninfetaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinfetaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinfetaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninfetħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinfetħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinfetħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nfetaħ (imperative second-person singular)
nfetħu (imperative plural second-person)
infetaħ (alternative)

mediopassive of fetaħ: to open (intransitive), become open, be opened


trabixù

trabixujiet (plural)
trabuxù (alternative)

From French tire-bouchon, probably through Italian tirabusciò.


jerġa'

third-person masculine singular imperfect of reġa’


rieġa'

rieġa’ (canonical)
rieġgħa (feminine)
rieġgħa (plural)
reġgħin (plural)

/ˈrɪː.d͡ʒaˤ/

active participle of reġa’: returning, coming back, doing again


rġigħ

/(ɪ)rˈd͡ʒɪːħ/

verbal noun of reġa’: the act of returning, coming back, doing again


reġgħa

a return, an instance of coming back or doing again


reġgħat

/rɛˈd͡ʒaˤːt/