tefa

mt-verb

tefa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi, verbal noun tifi)

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

Il-pumpiera tfew in-nar.

Itfi l-mowbajl.


żviluppa

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

jiżviluppa (imperfect)
żviluppat (participle past)
żviluppar (noun-from-verb)
żviluppajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żviluppajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żviluppa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żviluppajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
żviluppajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żviluppaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żviluppajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żviluppajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żviluppat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żviluppajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
żviluppajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żviluppaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżviluppa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżviluppa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżviluppa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżviluppaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiżviluppaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżviluppaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżviluppa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżviluppa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżviluppa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżviluppaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiżviluppaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżviluppaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żviluppa (imperative second-person singular)
żviluppaw (imperative plural second-person)
żviluppajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żviluppajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żviluppajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
żviluppajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żviluppawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żviluppajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żviluppajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żviluppatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żviluppajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
żviluppajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żviluppawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżviluppax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżviluppax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżviluppax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżviluppawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiżviluppawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżviluppawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżviluppax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżviluppax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżviluppax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżviluppawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiżviluppawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżviluppawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tiżviluppax (imperative second-person singular)
tiżviluppawx (imperative plural second-person)


domestiku

mt-adj

domestiku (feminine singular domestika, plural domestiċi)

domestika (feminine singular)
domestiċi (plural)


Galea

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


sploda

mt-verb

sploda (imperfect jisplodi, past participle splodut)

jisplodi (imperfect)
splodut (participle past)
splodejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
splodejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sploda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
splodejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
splodejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
splodew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
splodejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
splodejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
splodiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
splodejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
splodejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
splodew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisplodi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisplodi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisplodi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisplodu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisplodu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisplodu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisplodi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisplodi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisplodi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisplodu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisplodu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisplodu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
splodi (imperative second-person singular)
splodu (imperative plural second-person)
splodejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
splodejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
splodejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
splodejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
splodewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
splodejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
splodejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
splodietx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
splodejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
splodejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
splodewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisplodix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisplodix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisplodix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisplodux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisplodux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisplodux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisplodix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisplodix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisplodix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisplodux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisplodux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisplodux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisplodix (imperative second-person singular)
tisplodux (imperative plural second-person)

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

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


stenna

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

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

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

inh

*اِسْتَأَنَّى

Sieħbek qed jistenniek.

Sħabi qed jistennewni.

Lil Alexander insibu jistennieni.

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


għallem

mt-verb

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

jgħallem (imperfect)
mgħallem (participle past)
tagħlim (noun-from-verb)
għallimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għallimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għallem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għallimna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għallimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għallmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għallimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għallimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għallmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għallimna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għallimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għallmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħallem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħallem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħallem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħallmu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħallmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħallmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħallem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħallem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħallem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħallmu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħallmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħallmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għallem (imperative second-person singular)
għallmu (imperative plural second-person)
għallimtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għallimtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għallimx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għallimniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għallimtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għallmux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għallimtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għallimtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għallmitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għallimniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għallimtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għallmux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħallimx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħallimx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħallimx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħallmux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħallmux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħallmux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħallimx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħallimx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħallimx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħallmux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħallmux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħallmux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħallimx (imperative second-person singular)
tgħallmux (imperative plural second-person)


tgħallem

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

jitgħallem (imperfect)
mitgħallem (participle past)
tgħallim (noun-from-verb)
tgħallimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħallimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tgħallem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tgħallimna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tgħallimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tgħallmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tgħallimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħallimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tgħallmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tgħallimna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tgħallimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tgħallmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitgħallem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħallem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitgħallem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitgħallmu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titgħallmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitgħallmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitgħallem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħallem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titgħallem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitgħallmu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titgħallmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitgħallmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħallem (imperative second-person singular)
tgħallmu (imperative plural second-person)
tgħallimtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tgħallimtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tgħallimx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tgħallimniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tgħallimtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tgħallmux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tgħallimtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tgħallimtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tgħallmitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tgħallimniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tgħallimtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tgħallmux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitgħallimx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titgħallimx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitgħallimx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitgħallmux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titgħallmux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitgħallmux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitgħallimx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titgħallimx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titgħallimx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitgħallmux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titgħallmux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitgħallmux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
titgħallimx (imperative second-person singular)
titgħallmux (imperative plural second-person)


lissen

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

jlissen (imperfect)
mlissen (participle past)
tlissin (noun-from-verb)
lissint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lissint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
lissen (masculine perfect singular third-person)
lissinna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
lissintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
lissnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
lissint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lissint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
lissnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
lissinna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
lissintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
lissnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nlissen (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlissen (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jlissen (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nlissnu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tlissnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jlissnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nlissen (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlissen (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tlissen (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nlissnu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tlissnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jlissnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
lissen (imperative second-person singular)
lissnu (imperative plural second-person)
lissintx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lissintx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
lissinx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
lissinniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
lissintux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
lissnux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
lissintx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lissintx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
lissnitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
lissinniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
lissintux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
lissnux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nlissinx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlissinx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jlissinx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nlissnux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tlissnux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jlissnux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nlissinx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlissinx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tlissinx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nlissnux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tlissnux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jlissnux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tlissinx (imperative second-person singular)
tlissnux (imperative plural second-person)


impressjona

jimpressjona (imperfect)
impressjonajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
impressjonajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
impressjona (masculine perfect singular third-person)
impressjonajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
impressjonajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
impressjonaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
impressjonajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
impressjonajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
impressjonat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
impressjonajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
impressjonajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
impressjonaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nimpressjona (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timpressjona (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jimpressjona (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nimpressjonaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
timpressjonaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jimpressjonaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nimpressjona (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timpressjona (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
timpressjona (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nimpressjonaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
timpressjonaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jimpressjonaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
impressjona (imperative second-person singular)
impressjonaw (imperative plural second-person)
impressjonajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
impressjonajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
impressjonajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
impressjonajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
impressjonawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
impressjonajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
impressjonajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
impressjonatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
impressjonajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
impressjonajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
impressjonawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nimpressjonax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timpressjonax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jimpressjonax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nimpressjonawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
timpressjonawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jimpressjonawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nimpressjonax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timpressjonax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
timpressjonax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nimpressjonawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
timpressjonawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jimpressjonawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
timpressjonax (imperative second-person singular)
timpressjonawx (imperative plural second-person)


Micallef

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


Attard

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


Tabone

From ta’ + buni. buni is probably from Sicilian boni, plural of bona. The family name may have been originally Ta’ Buni or Ta’ Bona.


elettriku

mt-adjective

elettriku (feminine singular elettrika, plural elettriċi)

elettrika (feminine singular)
elettriċi (plural)


Żagreb

Zagreb (the capital and largest city of Croatia)


nifs

mt-noun

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

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


tenna

mt-verb

tenna (imperfect jtenni, past participle mtenni)

jtenni (imperfect)
mtenni (participle past)
tennejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tennejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tenna (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tennejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tennejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tennew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tennejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tennejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tenniet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tennejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tennejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tennew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntenni (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttenni (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtenni (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntennu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ttennu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtennu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntenni (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttenni (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttenni (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntennu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ttennu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtennu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tenni (imperative second-person singular)
tennu (imperative plural second-person)
tennejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tennejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tenniex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tennejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tennejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tennewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tennejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tennejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tennietx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tennejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tennejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tennewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntennix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttennix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtennix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntennux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ttennux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtennux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntennix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttennix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttennix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntennux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ttennux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtennux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ttennix (imperative second-person singular)
ttennux (imperative plural second-person)

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


għasel

honey (viscous substance produced by bees)


Filippini

Repubblika tal-Filippini
Repubblika tal-Filippini#Maltese

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


tabal

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


Masar

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


tadam

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

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

cog

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


baram

mt-verb

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

jobrom (imperfect)
mibrum (participle past)
mobrum (participle past)
mabrum (participle past)
brim (noun-from-verb)
bramt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bramt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
baram (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bramna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bramtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
barmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bramt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bramt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
barmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bramna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bramtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
barmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nobrom (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobrom (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jobrom (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nobormu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tobormu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jobormu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nobrom (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobrom (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tobrom (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nobormu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tobormu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jobormu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
obrom (imperative second-person singular)
obormu (imperative plural second-person)
bramtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bramtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
baramx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bramniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bramtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
barmux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bramtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bramtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
barmitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bramniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bramtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
barmux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nobromx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobromx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jobromx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nobormux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tobormux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jobormux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nobromx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobromx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tobromx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nobormux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tobormux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jobormux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tobromx (imperative second-person singular)
tobormux (imperative plural second-person)


artab

mt-adjective

artab (feminine singular ratba, plural rotob)

ratba (feminine singular)
rotob (plural)

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


Grech

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


jj

/ˈjɛk ˈjɔˤːd͡ʒ.bɔk/

/ˈjɛk jɔˤːˈd͡ʒɔp.kɔm/


saq

mt-verb

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

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

Suq bil-galbu.


flimkien

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

der

فِي الْمَكان


buri

Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus#Translingual


magg

mug (any large drinking vessel without a stem)


sadd

mt-verb

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

jsodd (imperfect)
misdud (participle past)
sadd (noun-from-verb)
saddejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
saddejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sadd (masculine perfect singular third-person)
saddejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
saddejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
saddew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
saddejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
saddejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
saddet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
saddejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
saddejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
saddew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsodd (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssodd (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsodd (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsoddu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssoddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsoddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsodd (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssodd (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssodd (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsoddu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssoddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsoddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sodd (imperative second-person singular)
soddu (imperative plural second-person)
saddejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
saddejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
saddx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
saddejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
saddejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
saddewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
saddejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
saddejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sadditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
saddejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
saddejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
saddewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsoddx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssoddx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsoddx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsoddux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssoddux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsoddux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsoddx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssoddx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssoddx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsoddux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssoddux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsoddux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ssoddx (imperative second-person singular)
ssoddux (imperative plural second-person)

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


parpar

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

jparpar (imperfect)
mparpar (participle past)
tparpir (noun-from-verb)
parpart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
parpart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
parpar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
parparna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
parpartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
parpru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
parpart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
parpart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
parpret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
parparna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
parpartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
parpru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nparpar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tparpar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jparpar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nparpru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tparpru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jparpru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nparpar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tparpar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tparpar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nparpru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tparpru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jparpru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
parpar (imperative second-person singular)
parpru (imperative plural second-person)
parpartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
parpartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
parparx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
parparniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
parpartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
parprux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
parpartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
parpartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
parpritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
parparniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
parpartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
parprux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nparparx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tparparx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jparparx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nparprux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tparprux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jparprux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nparparx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tparparx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tparparx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nparprux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tparprux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jparprux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tparparx (imperative second-person singular)
tparprux (imperative plural second-person)

Probably derived from parta. Sense 2 is onomatopoeic.

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

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


dieb

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

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


kellem

kellem (imperfect jkellem, past participle mkellem)

jkellem (imperfect)
mkellem (participle past)
kellimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kellimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kellem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kellimna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
kellimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kellmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kellimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kellimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kellmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kellimna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
kellimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kellmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkellem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkellem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkellem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkellmu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tkellmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkellmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkellem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkellem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkellem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkellmu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tkellmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkellmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kellem (imperative second-person singular)
kellmu (imperative plural second-person)
kellimtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kellimtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kellimx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kellimniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
kellimtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kellmux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kellimtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kellimtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kellmitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kellimniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
kellimtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kellmux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkellimx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkellimx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkellimx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkellmux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tkellmux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkellmux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkellimx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkellimx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkellimx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkellmux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tkellmux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkellmux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tkellimx (imperative second-person singular)
tkellmux (imperative plural second-person)


kapitana

Borrowed from Sicilian capitana and/or Italian capitana.


Amerikana

mt-noun

Amerikana f (plural Amerikani, masculine Amerikan)

female equivalent of Amerikan; female American (female native or inhabitant of the United States)


majna

mt-verb

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

jmajna (imperfect)
majnat (participle past)
majnar (noun-from-verb)
majnajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
majnajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
majna (masculine perfect singular third-person)
majnajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
majnajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
majnaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
majnajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
majnajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
majnat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
majnajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
majnajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
majnaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nmajna (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmajna (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmajna (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nmajnaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tmajnaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmajnaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nmajna (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmajna (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmajna (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nmajnaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tmajnaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmajnaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
majna (imperative second-person singular)
majnaw (imperative plural second-person)
majnajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
majnajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
majnajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
majnajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
majnawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
majnajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
majnajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
majnatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
majnajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
majnajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
majnawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nmajnax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmajnax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmajnax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nmajnawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tmajnawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmajnawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nmajnax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmajnax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmajnax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nmajnawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tmajnawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmajnawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tmajnax (imperative second-person singular)
tmajnawx (imperative plural second-person)


tafa

tafa (imperfect jitfi, past participle mitfi)

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


nida

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


badbad

badbad (imperfect jbadbad, verbal noun tbadbid)

jbadbad (imperfect)
tbadbid (noun-from-verb)
badbadt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
badbadt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
badbad (masculine perfect singular third-person)
badbadna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
badbadtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
badbdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
badbadt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
badbadt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
badbdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
badbadna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
badbadtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
badbdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbadbad (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbadbad (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbadbad (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbadbdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tbadbdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbadbdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbadbad (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbadbad (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbadbad (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbadbdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tbadbdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbadbdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
badbad (imperative second-person singular)
badbdu (imperative plural second-person)
badbadtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
badbadtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
badbadx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
badbadniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
badbadtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
badbdux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
badbadtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
badbadtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
badbditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
badbadniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
badbadtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
badbdux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbadbadx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbadbadx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbadbadx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbadbdux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tbadbdux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbadbdux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbadbadx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbadbadx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbadbadx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbadbdux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tbadbdux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbadbdux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tbadbadx (imperative second-person singular)
tbadbdux (imperative plural second-person)


ħmira

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


nwar

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


simen

jismen (imperfect)
smint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
smint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
simen (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sminna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
smintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
simnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
smint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
smint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
simnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sminna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
smintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
simnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nismen (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tismen (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jismen (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisimnu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisimnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisimnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nismen (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tismen (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tismen (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisimnu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisimnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisimnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ismen (imperative second-person singular)
isimnu (imperative plural second-person)
smintx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
smintx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sminniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
smintux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
simnux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
smintx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
smintx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
simnitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sminniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
smintux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
simnux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisminx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisminx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisminx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisimnux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisimnux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisimnux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisminx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisminx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisminx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisimnux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisimnux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisimnux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisminx (imperative second-person singular)
tisimnux (imperative plural second-person)


Imber

(obsolete) Alternative form of Novembru: November


laport

Borrowed from Italian rapporto, by dissimilation.

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


twalet

third-person feminine singular perfect of twal


ftira

mt-noun

ftira f (plural ftajjar, diminutive ftajra)

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

(by extension) anything flat or flattened


tudun

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


kunjom

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


maqtugħ

head

maqtugħ (feminine singular maqtugħa, plural maqtugħin)

maqtugħa (feminine singular)
maqtugħin (plural)

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


fehmet

third-person feminine singular perfect of fehem


wasla

mt-noun

wasla f (dual wasaltajn, plural wasliet)

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

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


bired

mt-verb

bired (imperfect jibred, active participle biered)

jibred (imperfect)
biered (active participle)
bridt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bridt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bired (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bridna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bridtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
birdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bridt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bridt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
birdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bridna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bridtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
birdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nibred (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibred (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jibred (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nibirdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tibirdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jibirdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nibred (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibred (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tibred (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nibirdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tibirdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jibirdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ibred (imperative second-person singular)
ibirdu (imperative plural second-person)
bridtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bridtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bridniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bridtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
birdux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bridtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bridtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
birditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bridniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bridtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
birdux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nibridx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibridx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jibridx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nibirdux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tibirdux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jibirdux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nibridx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibridx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tibridx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nibirdux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tibirdux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jibirdux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tibridx (imperative second-person singular)
tibirdux (imperative plural second-person)


moħriet

inh

Arabic مِحْرَاث (miḥrāṯ)


webbes

mt-verb

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

jwebbes (imperfect)
mwebbes (participle past)
twebbis (noun-from-verb)
webbist (first-person masculine perfect singular)
webbist (masculine perfect second-person singular)
webbes (masculine perfect singular third-person)
webbisna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
webbistu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
webbsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
webbist (feminine first-person perfect singular)
webbist (feminine perfect second-person singular)
webbset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
webbisna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
webbistu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
webbsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwebbes (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twebbes (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwebbes (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwebbsu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
twebbsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwebbsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwebbes (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twebbes (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twebbes (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwebbsu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
twebbsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwebbsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
webbes (imperative second-person singular)
webbsu (imperative plural second-person)
webbistx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
webbistx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
webbisx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
webbisniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
webbistux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
webbsux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
webbistx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
webbistx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
webbsitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
webbisniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
webbistux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
webbsux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwebbisx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twebbisx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwebbisx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwebbsux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
twebbsux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwebbsux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwebbisx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twebbisx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twebbisx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwebbsux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
twebbsux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwebbsux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
twebbisx (imperative second-person singular)
twebbsux (imperative plural second-person)


-ijiet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


-ejn

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

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

id (“hand”) + -ejn → idejn (“hands”)

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

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

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


ilbieraħ

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of lbieraħ


għada

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


minn bejn l-imwiet

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

inh

مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَمْواتِ

Sidna Ġesù Kristu qam minn bejn l-imwiet.

Our Lord Jesus Christ has risen from the dead.

(Christianity) from the dead (construed with qam)


fieragħ

mt-adjective

fieragħ (feminine singular fiergħa, plural fiergħa)

fiergħa (feminine singular)
fiergħa (plural)

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

inh

kliem fieragħ


azzara

mt-verb

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

jazzara (imperfect)
azzarat (participle past)
azzarar (noun-from-verb)
azzarajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
azzarajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
azzara (masculine perfect singular third-person)
azzarajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
azzarajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
azzaraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
azzarajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
azzarajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
azzarat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
azzarajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
azzarajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
azzaraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nazzara (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tazzara (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jazzara (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nazzaraw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tazzaraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jazzaraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nazzara (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tazzara (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tazzara (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nazzaraw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tazzaraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jazzaraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
azzara (imperative second-person singular)
azzaraw (imperative plural second-person)
azzarajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
azzarajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
azzarajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
azzarajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
azzarawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
azzarajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
azzarajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
azzaratx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
azzarajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
azzarajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
azzarawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nazzarax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tazzarax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jazzarax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nazzarawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tazzarawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jazzarawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nazzarax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tazzarax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tazzarax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nazzarawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tazzarawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jazzarawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tazzarax (imperative second-person singular)
tazzarawx (imperative plural second-person)


hedded

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

jhedded (imperfect)
mhedded (participle past)
tehdid (noun-from-verb)
heddidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
heddidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
hedded (masculine perfect singular third-person)
heddidna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
heddidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
heddu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
heddidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
heddidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
heddet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
heddidna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
heddidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
heddu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nhedded (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
thedded (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jhedded (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nheddu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
theddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jheddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nhedded (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
thedded (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
thedded (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nheddu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
theddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jheddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
hedded (imperative second-person singular)
heddu (imperative plural second-person)
heddidtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
heddidtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
heddidx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
heddidniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
heddidtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
heddux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
heddidtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
heddidtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
hedditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
heddidniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
heddidtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
heddux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nheddidx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
theddidx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jheddidx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nheddux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
theddux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jheddux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nheddidx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
theddidx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
theddidx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nheddux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
theddux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jheddux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
theddidx (imperative second-person singular)
theddux (imperative plural second-person)


xogħol

mt-noun

xogħol m (plural xogħlijiet, diminutive xgħajjel)

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

xogħol bix-xift

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

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


xogħlijiet

xogħolijiet (alternative common misspelling)

/ʃɔ.lɪˈjɪːt/

/ʃɔˤː.lɪˈjɪːt/

/ʃɔɣ.lɪˈjɪːt/


dawl

dawl m (plural dwal, diminutive dwajjel)

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

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

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

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

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

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


Ras ir-Randan

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


qaddis

mt-adjective

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

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


qaddis

mt-noun

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

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

(Christianity) saint (male or of unspecified sex)


kampnar

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

1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Qanpiena”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:


magħmudija

inh

مَعْمُودِيّة


qabar

mt-noun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


ljun

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


dorbies

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

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


arkitett

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


ftaħar

mt-verb

ftaħar (imperfect jiftaħar, verbal noun ftaħir)

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

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


bidla

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


professur

mt-noun

professur m (plural professuri, feminine professoressa)

professuri (plural)
professoressa (feminine)

Borrowed from Italian professore, from Latin professor.


ġummar

ġummara (singulative)
ġummariet (paucal)
ġommar (alternative)


saff

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

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

raġel b’saffejn

ħajt b’saffejn

saff snien


ħafna

mt-adjective

ħafna (comparative aktar or iktar or iżjed)

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

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

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

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


favetta

favetta (singulative)
favettiet (paucal)

Phaseolus vulgaris
Phaseolus vulgaris#Translingual

bush bean, dwarf bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Lathyrus sativus
Lathyrus sativus#Translingual


prezz

Borrowed from Italian prezzo and/or Sicilian prezzu.

prezz nett

prezz bl-imnut

prezz bl-ingrossa

prezz tad-dħul


marsa

mt-noun

marsa f (plural mrasi or mrajjas or mrajjes)

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

(archaic, chiefly in place names) harbour


umda

mt-verb

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

jumda (imperfect)
umdat (participle past)
umdar (noun-from-verb)
umdajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
umdajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
umda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
umdajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
umdajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
umdaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
umdajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
umdajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
umdat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
umdajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
umdajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
umdaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
numda (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tumda (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jumda (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
numdaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tumdaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jumdaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
numda (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tumda (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tumda (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
numdaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tumdaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jumdaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
umda (imperative second-person singular)
umdaw (imperative plural second-person)
umdajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
umdajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
umdajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
umdajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
umdawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
umdajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
umdajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
umdatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
umdajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
umdajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
umdawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
numdax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tumdax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jumdax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
numdawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tumdawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jumdawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
numdax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tumdax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tumdax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
numdawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tumdawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jumdawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tumdax (imperative second-person singular)
tumdawx (imperative plural second-person)


xellug

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


biċċa

mt-noun

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

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

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

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


umilja

mt-verb

umilja (imperfect jumilja, past participle umiljat)

jumilja (imperfect)
umiljat (participle past)
umiljajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
umiljajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
umilja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
umiljajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
umiljajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
umiljaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
umiljajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
umiljajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
umiljat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
umiljajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
umiljajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
umiljaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
numilja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tumilja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jumilja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
numiljaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tumiljaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jumiljaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
numilja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tumilja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tumilja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
numiljaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tumiljaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jumiljaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
umilja (imperative second-person singular)
umiljaw (imperative plural second-person)
umiljajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
umiljajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
umiljajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
umiljajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
umiljawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
umiljajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
umiljajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
umiljatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
umiljajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
umiljajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
umiljawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
numiljax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tumiljax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jumiljax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
numiljawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tumiljawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jumiljawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
numiljax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tumiljax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tumiljax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
numiljawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tumiljawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jumiljawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tumiljax (imperative second-person singular)
tumiljawx (imperative plural second-person)

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

Qed numiljaw lilna nfusna.


ġo

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

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


qilla

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


kullimkien

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

inh

كُلِّ مَكَان


warrab

mt-verb

warrab (imperfect jwarrab, past participle mwarrab)

jwarrab (imperfect)
mwarrab (participle past)
warrabt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
warrabt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
warrab (masculine perfect singular third-person)
warrabna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
warrabtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
warrbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
warrabt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
warrabt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
warrbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
warrabna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
warrabtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
warrbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwarrab (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twarrab (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwarrab (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwarrbu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
twarrbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwarrbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwarrab (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twarrab (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twarrab (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwarrbu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
twarrbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwarrbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
warrab (imperative second-person singular)
warrbu (imperative plural second-person)
warrabtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
warrabtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
warrabx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
warrabniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
warrabtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
warrbux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
warrabtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
warrabtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
warrbitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
warrabniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
warrabtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
warrbux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwarrabx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twarrabx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwarrabx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwarrbux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
twarrbux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwarrbux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwarrabx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twarrabx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twarrabx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwarrbux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
twarrbux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwarrbux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
twarrabx (imperative second-person singular)
twarrbux (imperative plural second-person)

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

inh

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

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

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

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

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


taptap

jtaptap (imperfect)
taptapt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
taptapt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
taptap (masculine perfect singular third-person)
taptapna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
taptaptu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
taptpu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
taptapt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
taptapt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
taptpet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
taptapna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
taptaptu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
taptpu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntaptap (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttaptap (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtaptap (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntaptpu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ttaptpu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtaptpu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntaptap (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttaptap (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttaptap (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntaptpu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ttaptpu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtaptpu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
taptap (imperative second-person singular)
taptpu (imperative plural second-person)
taptaptx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
taptaptx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
taptapx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
taptapniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
taptaptux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
taptpux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
taptaptx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
taptaptx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
taptpitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
taptapniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
taptaptux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
taptpux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntaptapx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttaptapx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtaptapx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntaptpux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ttaptpux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtaptpux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntaptapx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttaptapx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttaptapx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntaptpux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ttaptpux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtaptpux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ttaptapx (imperative second-person singular)
ttaptpux (imperative plural second-person)

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


mintix

Mintix waħdek.


miniex

Miniex waħdi.


maħniex

Maħniex waħedna.


mintomx

Mintomx waħedkom.


marid

mt-adjective

marid (feminine singular marida, plural morda)

marida (feminine singular)
morda (plural)

U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
u rix mitbiela,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


qeda

mt-verb

qeda (imperfect jaqdi, past participle moqdi)

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

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


sandla

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

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


magru

mt-adjective

magru (feminine singular magra, plural magri)

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


trakka

mt-verb

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

jitrakka (imperfect)
trakkat (participle past)
trakkar (noun-from-verb)
trakkajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
trakkajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
trakka (masculine perfect singular third-person)
trakkajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
trakkajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
trakkaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
trakkajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
trakkajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
trakkat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
trakkajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
trakkajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
trakkaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitrakka (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titrakka (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitrakka (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitrakkaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titrakkaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitrakkaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitrakka (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titrakka (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titrakka (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitrakkaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titrakkaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitrakkaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
trakka (imperative second-person singular)
trakkaw (imperative plural second-person)
trakkajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
trakkajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
trakkajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
trakkajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
trakkawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
trakkajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
trakkajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
trakkatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
trakkajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
trakkajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
trakkawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitrakkax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titrakkax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitrakkax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitrakkawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
titrakkawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitrakkawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitrakkax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titrakkax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titrakkax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitrakkawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
titrakkawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitrakkawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
titrakkax (imperative second-person singular)
titrakkawx (imperative plural second-person)
ttrakka (alternative)
intrakka (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian attraccari and/or Italian attraccare.

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

(figuratively) to become very attached to (someone)


medd

medd (imperfect jmidd, past participle mimdud)

jmidd (imperfect)
mimdud (participle past)
meddejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
meddejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
medd (masculine perfect singular third-person)
meddejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
meddejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
meddew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
meddejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
meddejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
meddet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
meddejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
meddejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
meddew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
mmidd (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmidd (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmidd (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
mmiddu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tmiddu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmiddu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
mmidd (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmidd (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmidd (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
mmiddu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tmiddu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmiddu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
midd (imperative second-person singular)
middu (imperative plural second-person)
meddejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
meddejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
meddx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
meddejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
meddejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
meddewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
meddejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
meddejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
medditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
meddejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
meddejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
meddewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
mmiddx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmiddx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmiddx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
mmiddux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tmiddux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmiddux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
mmiddx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmiddx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmiddx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
mmiddux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tmiddux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmiddux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tmiddx (imperative second-person singular)
tmiddux (imperative plural second-person)

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


bil-

bil-ħabi

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


x'

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


x'inhu

head

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

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

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

inh

أَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ

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


xiex

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


rqiq

mt-adjective

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

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


lifgħa

From Arabic أَفْعَى (ʔafʕā, “viper”) with fused definite article.


rmied

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

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

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


nhar

daytime, day (time between dawn and nightfall)


ftit

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

inh

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

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

Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.

1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:


rkoppa

mt-noun

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

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

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

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

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


flien

flien m (plural flejjen, feminine fliena)

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


Iżlanda

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe)


Oċeanja

L-Oċeanja (canonical feminine)
Oċjanja (alternative)

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


Asja

Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)


pitarra

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

Tetrax tetrax
Tetrax tetrax#Translingual


kuntent

mt-adjective

kuntent (feminine singular kuntenta, plural kuntenti)

kuntenta (feminine singular)
kuntenti (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian cuntentu, from Latin contentus.


għesieleġ

/ɛˈsɪː.lɛt͡ʃ/

/ɛˤːˈsɪː.lɛt͡ʃ/


għax

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

inh

عَلَى شَأْنِ

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


natka

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