daħak

daħak (imperfect jidħak, verbal noun daħk)

jidħak (imperfect)
daħk (noun-from-verb)
dħakt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dħakt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
daħak (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dħakna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dħaktu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
daħku (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dħakt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dħakt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
daħket (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dħakna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dħaktu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
daħku (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidħak (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidħak (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidħak (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidħku (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidħku (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidħku (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidħak (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidħak (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidħak (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidħku (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidħku (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidħku (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idħak (imperative second-person singular)
idħku (imperative plural second-person)
daħaq (alternative)

(intransitive) to laugh at someone, to mock [with b’]


fetaħ

mt-verb

fetaħ (imperfect jiftaħ or jeftaħ, past participle miftuħ, verbal noun ftuħ or (rare) ftiħ)

jiftaħ (imperfect)
jeftaħ (imperfect)
miftuħ (participle past)
ftuħ (noun-from-verb)
ftiħ (noun-from-verb rare)
ftaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fetaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ftaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fetħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ftaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fetħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ftaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fetħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niftaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiftaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiftaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niftħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiftħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiftħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niftaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiftaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiftaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niftħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiftħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiftħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iftaħ (imperative second-person singular)
iftħu (imperative plural second-person)
ftaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fetaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ftaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ftaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fetħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ftaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fetħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ftaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ftaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fetħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
neftaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
teftaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jeftaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
neftħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
teftħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jeftħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
neftaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
teftaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
teftaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
neftħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
teftħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jeftħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
eftaħ (imperative second-person singular)
eftħu (imperative plural second-person)

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:

(intransitive, of color) to become lighter

(intransitive) to clear up (of stormy weather)

Alla jiftaħ dirgħajh

(intransitive, archaic outside fixed expressions) to provide


kiser

kiser (imperfect jikser, past participle miksur or moksur, verbal noun ksir or ksur)

jikser (imperfect)
miksur (participle past)
moksur (participle past)
ksir (noun-from-verb)
ksur (noun-from-verb)
ksirt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ksirt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kiser (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ksirna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ksirtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kisru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ksirt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ksirt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kisret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ksirna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ksirtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kisru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nikser (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikser (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jikser (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niksru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiksru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiksru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nikser (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikser (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tikser (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niksru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiksru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiksru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ikser (imperative second-person singular)
iksru (imperative plural second-person)

kisruha.


xorob

xorob (imperfect jixrob, past participle mixrub, verbal noun xarb or xrib or xorb)

jixrob (imperfect)
mixrub (participle past)
xarb (noun-from-verb)
xrib (noun-from-verb)
xorb (noun-from-verb)
xrobt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xrobt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xorob (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xrobna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xrobtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xorbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xrobt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xrobt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xorbot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xrobna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xrobtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xorbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nixrob (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tixrob (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jixrob (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nixorbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tixorbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jixorbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nixrob (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tixrob (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tixrob (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nixorbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tixorbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jixorbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ixrob (imperative second-person singular)
ixorbu (imperative plural second-person)

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:

to cause illness as a result of the evil eye


kiteb

kiteb (imperfect jikteb, past participle miktub, verbal noun ktib)

jikteb (imperfect)
miktub (participle past)
ktib (noun-from-verb)
ktibt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ktibt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kiteb (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ktibna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ktibtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kitbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ktibt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ktibt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kitbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ktibna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ktibtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kitbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nikteb (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikteb (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jikteb (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niktbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiktbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiktbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nikteb (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikteb (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tikteb (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niktbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiktbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiktbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ikteb (imperative second-person singular)
iktbu (imperative plural second-person)


arloġġ

From a variant of Sicilian raloggiu, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).


Sqalli

mt-adjective

Sqalli (feminine singular Sqallija, plural Sqallin)

Sqallija (feminine singular)
Sqallin (plural)


Sqalli

mt-noun

Sqalli m (plural Sqallin, feminine Sqallija)


ħabb

mt-verb

ħabb (imperfect jħobb, past participle maħbub)

jħobb (imperfect)
maħbub (participle past)
ħabbejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħabbejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħabb (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħabbejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħabbejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħabbew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħabbejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħabbejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħabbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħabbejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħabbejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħabbew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħobb (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħobb (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħobb (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħobbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħobbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħobbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħobb (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħobb (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħobb (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħobbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħobbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħobbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħobb (imperative second-person singular)
ħobbu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba), أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba).

Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.

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


ħabb

ħabba (singulative)
ħabbtejn (dual)
ħbub (plural)
ħabbiet (paucal)

(historical) a coin of small value, used in Malta until 1913

(figurative) a mite; something of little value


qatel

qatel (imperfect joqtol, past participle maqtul, verbal noun qtil)

joqtol (imperfect)
maqtul (participle past)
qtil (noun-from-verb)
qtilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qtilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qatel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qtilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qtiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qatlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qtilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qtilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qatlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qtilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qtiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qatlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
noqtol (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toqtol (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
joqtol (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
noqtlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toqtlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
joqtlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
noqtol (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toqtol (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
toqtol (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
noqtlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toqtlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
joqtlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
oqtol (imperative second-person singular)
oqtlu (imperative plural second-person)

La toqtolx.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 20:13:

New International Version translation: You shall not murder.

to kill, slaughter, murder (cause the death of a person or animal, in whatever way or circumstance)


librerija

Borrowed from Italian libreria (“bookshop; private library”), perhaps influenced semantically by English library.

bor+

Benna baqra għaqlija, kotba qrat fuq mija.
 U l-ħolma tagħha hija li taħdem ġo librerija.

2015, Michael Piscopo (lyrics and music), “Benna l-Baqra”performed by Phyllisienne Brincat and her Children’s Choir:

Benna is a clever cow, she’s read over a hundred books.
 And her dream is to work in a library.

library (book collection, whether private or accessible to the public)


deskrizzjoni

mt-noun

deskrizzjoni f (plural deskrizzjonijiet)


iddeskriva

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of ddeskriva


nesa

mt-verb

nesa (imperfect jinsa, past participle minsi, active participle niesi, verbal noun nisi)

jinsa (imperfect)
minsi (participle past)
niesi (active participle)
nisi (noun-from-verb)
nsejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nsejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nesa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nsejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nsejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nsew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nsejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nsejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nsiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nsejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nsejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nsew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninsa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinsa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinsa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninsew (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinsew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinsew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninsa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinsa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinsa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninsew (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinsew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinsew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
insa (imperative second-person singular)
insew (imperative plural second-person)


ħa

ħa (imperfect jieħu, past participle meħud, verbal noun teħid)

jieħu (imperfect)
meħud (participle past)
teħid (noun-from-verb)
ħadt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħadt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħadna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħadtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħadu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħadt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħadt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħadet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħadna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħadtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħadu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nieħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tieħu (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jieħu (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nieħdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tieħdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jieħdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nieħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tieħu (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tieħu (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nieħdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tieħdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jieħdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħu (imperative second-person singular)
ħudu (imperative plural second-person)
ħadtx (first-person masculine negative perfect singular)
ħadtx (masculine negative perfect second-person singular)
ħax (masculine negative perfect singular third-person)
ħadniex (first-person masculine negative perfect singular)
ħadtux (masculine negative perfect plural second-person)
ħadux (masculine negative perfect plural third-person)
ħadtx (feminine first-person negative perfect singular)
ħadtx (feminine negative perfect second-person singular)
ħaditx (feminine negative perfect singular third-person)
ħadniex (feminine first-person negative perfect singular)
ħadtux (feminine negative perfect plural second-person)
ħadux (feminine negative perfect plural third-person)
neħux (first-person imperfect masculine negative singular)
niħux (first-person imperfect masculine negative singular)
teħux (imperfect masculine negative second-person singular)
tiħux (imperfect masculine negative second-person singular)
jeħux (imperfect masculine negative singular third-person)
jiħux (imperfect masculine negative singular third-person)
neħdux (first-person imperfect masculine negative singular)
niħdux (first-person imperfect masculine negative singular)
teħdux (imperfect masculine negative plural second-person)
tiħdux (imperfect masculine negative plural second-person)
jeħdux (imperfect masculine negative plural third-person)
jiħdux (imperfect masculine negative plural third-person)
neħux (feminine first-person imperfect negative singular)
niħux (feminine first-person imperfect negative singular)
teħux (feminine imperfect negative second-person singular)
tiħux (feminine imperfect negative second-person singular)
teħux (feminine imperfect negative singular third-person)
tiħux (feminine imperfect negative singular third-person)
neħdux (feminine first-person imperfect negative singular)
niħdux (feminine first-person imperfect negative singular)
teħdux (feminine imperfect negative plural second-person)
tiħdux (feminine imperfect negative plural second-person)
jeħdux (feminine imperfect negative plural third-person)
jiħdux (feminine imperfect negative plural third-person)
teħux (imperative negative second-person singular)
tiħux (imperative negative second-person singular)
teħdux (imperative negative plural second-person)
tiħdux (imperative negative plural second-person)

From Arabic أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa). Disregarding the different vowel colour (triggered by the ħ-), the vocalic development was exactly the same as in kiel (“to eat”), which see. The paradigm was further complicated by an unusual loss of -d in all word-final positions (except for the participle); this is also found in some Maghrebi dialects, compare Tunisian Arabic ناخو (nāḵu, “I take”).

Ħadni bħal wieħed iblah.

+obj

to treat [with direct object and bħal ‘as someone’]

Ħa riġlu lbieraħ.

to undertake responsibilities [with fuq]

to feel the effects [with ġo or f’ ‘of’]

Ħadet minn ommha.

Ħadet għalik.

Ħadha miegħi.

to quarrel [with -ha ‘dummy object’ and ma’ ‘with someone’]

Ħa tiegħu.


qal

mt-verb

qal (imperfect jgħid, past participle moqul or mequl or maqul)

jgħid (imperfect)
moqul (participle past)
mequl (participle past)
maqul (participle past)
għidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qal (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għidna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qalu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qalet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għidna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qalu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħid (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħid (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħid (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħidu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħidu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħidu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħid (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħid (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħid (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħidu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħidu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħidu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għid (imperative second-person singular)
għidu (imperative plural second-person)

A suppletive formation: The third-person forms of the perfect are from Arabic قَالَ (qāla, “to say”); all other forms are from أَعَادَ (ʔaʕāda, “to repeat, say repeatedly”).
The use of the latter verb in the imperfect tense is somewhat understandable, because one will more often mention the fact that someone says something repeatedly or generally, rather than that they are saying something right now (though, of course, the imperfect is also used for the future). More surprising is perhaps that أَعادَ (ʔaʕāda) also conquered the first and second persons of the perfect. This, in turn, could be due to a parallelism with other verbs with a long stem vowel (“hollow roots”), where these forms are phonetically closer to the imperfect than to the third person (cf. sab, sibt, isib, or kien, kont, ikun).


awtomatiku

mt-adjective

awtomatiku (feminine singular awtomatika, plural awtomatiċi)

awtomatika (feminine singular)
awtomatiċi (plural)


xettiku

xettiku (feminine singular xettika, plural xettiċi)

xettika (feminine singular)
xettiċi (plural)


pornografiku

pornografiku (feminine singular pornografika, plural pornografiċi)

pornografika (feminine singular)
pornografiċi (plural)


erotiku

mt-adj

erotiku (feminine singular erotika, plural erotiċi)

erotika (feminine singular)
erotiċi (plural)


orjentazzjoni sesswali

mt-noun

orjentazzjoni sesswali f (plural orjentazzjonijiet sesswali)


orjentazzjoni

orjentazzjoni f (plural orjentazzjonijiet)


eżempju

Borrowed from Italian esempio, from Latin exemplum.


nuċċali tax-xemx

nuċċali tax-xemx m (plural nuċċalijiet tax-xemx)


nuċċali

nuċċalijiet (plural)
aċċoli (alternative)
oċċali (alternative)
uċċjali (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian ucchiali, with a fused definite article il- with /n/ < /l/ dissimilation due to the neighbouring /l/.


eterosesswali

eterosesswali m or f by sense (plural eterosesswali)


omosesswali

omosesswali m or f by sense (plural omosesswali)


storja

Borrowed from Sicilian storia and/or Italian storia, both from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía), whence also Arabic أُسْطُورة (ʔusṭūra), which would have yielded Maltese *stura.

cog

Arabic أُسْطُورة (ʔusṭūra)

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

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


ġeneralment

Borrowed from Italian generalmente. By surface analysis, ġenerali + -ment.


sesswalment

Borrowed from Italian sessualmente. By surface analysis, sesswali + -ment.

Dan ir-ritratt huwa sesswalment espliċitu.


soċjalment

Borrowed from Italian socialmente. By surface analysis, soċjali + -ment.


litteralment

Borrowed from Italian letteralmente. By surface analysis, litterali + -ment.


rappreżentazzjoni

mt-noun

rappreżentazzjoni f (plural rappreżentazzjonijiet)


oxxenità

/ɔʃ.ʃɛ.nɪˈtaː/


speċifiku

mt-adjective

speċifiku (feminine singular speċifika, plural speċifiċi)

speċifika (feminine singular)
speċifiċi (plural)


speċifikament

Borrowed from Italian specificamente. By surface analysis, speċifiku + -ment.


sintetiku

sintetiku (feminine singular sintetika, plural sintetiċi)

sintetika (feminine singular)
sintetiċi (plural)


ħaġa

From Arabic حاجة (ḥāja, “need, necessity”). The sense “thing” is present in many Arabic dialects, including all African ones. It originated as a generalization of “necessity” in the sense of “thing[s] needed for some purpose”. Some of those dialects make a distinction in the plural between حاجَات (ḥājāt, “things”) and حَوائِج (ḥawāʔij, “clothes”), but in Maltese the broken form is used for both senses.

Semmi xi ħaġa tajba li għamilt.


tkellem

mt-verb

tkellem (imperfect jitkellem, past participle mitkellem)

jitkellem (imperfect)
mitkellem (participle past)
tkellimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tkellimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tkellem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tkellimna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tkellimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
tkellmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tkellimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tkellimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
tkellmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tkellimna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tkellimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
tkellmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitkellem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titkellem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitkellem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitkellmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titkellmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitkellmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitkellem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titkellem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titkellem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitkellmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titkellmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitkellmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tkellem (imperative second-person singular)
tkellmu (imperative plural second-person)

Ma nitkellimx bl-Ingliż.


iżlam

Alternative form of islam: Islam (religion)


Kristjaneżmu

Borrowed from Italian cristianesimo, from Latin Christianismus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανισμός (Khristianismós).

der

Χριστιανισμός


kbir

mt-adjective

kbir (feminine singular kbira, plural kbar, comparative akbar or ikbar)

kbira (feminine singular)
kbar (plural)
akbar (comparative)
ikbar (comparative)

Hija sfida kbira li tikkonfronta u tbiddel l-imġieba ta’ kull wieħed u waħda minna.

It is a big challenge to change the behaviour of each and every one of us.

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

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

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

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


ċkejken

ċkejken (feminine singular ċkejkna, plural ċkejknin, comparative iċken)

ċkejkna (feminine singular)
ċkejknin (plural)
iċken (comparative)

Diminutive of older ċikken, still found in placenames.
Probably from a now lost variant of Sicilian picculu, of uncertain origin, but with related forms throughout Romance. To the Maltese form compare especially Corsican cicculu, further also Spanish chico and pequeño, Italian piccolo and piccino, all meaning “small, little”. The initial ċ- could go back to pre-Sicilian pl- (*pliccunu), from a metathesis, or it could be due to a merger with Latin ciccum (“trifle, bagatelle”), among other possibilities.
Lameen Souag (2018) proposes an alternative derivation from the eastern Berber word in Awjila ⴰⵎⴻⵛⴽⵓⵏ (aməškun, “small”) etc. This would have been borrowed into dialectal Arabic as *مَشْكُون (*maškūn), which looks like a passive participle from a root š-k-n. What speaks in favour of this, is the extensive development of the root ċ-k-n in Maltese; on the whole, however, the Romance etymology probably remains the more plausible, particularly as no such root seems to be attested in Maghrebi Arabic.

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:


relazzjoni

Borrowed from Italian relazione, from Latin relatio.


għorok

mt-verb

għorok (imperfect jogħrok, past participle magħruk or mogħruk, verbal noun għarik or għerik or tagħrik)

jogħrok (imperfect)
magħruk (participle past)
mogħruk (participle past)
għarik (noun-from-verb)
għerik (noun-from-verb)
tagħrik (noun-from-verb)
għorokt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għorokt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għorok (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għorokna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għoroktu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għorku (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għorokt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għorokt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għorkot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għorokna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għoroktu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għorku (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nogħrok (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
togħrok (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jogħrok (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nogħrku (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
togħrku (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jogħrku (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nogħrok (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
togħrok (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
togħrok (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nogħrku (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
togħrku (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jogħrku (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ogħrok (imperative second-person singular)
ogħrku (imperative plural second-person)


mistoqsija

Derived from staqsa, variant of saqsa (“to ask”), from Arabic اِسْتَقْصَى (istaqṣā, “to investigate, fathom, inquire”).

der

Tweġibiet għal dawn il-mistoqsijiet imorru lura għal madwar seklu u nofs (jew aktar) qabel ma seħħew dawn il-ħruxijiet.

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


ħalla

mt-verb

ħalla (imperfect jħalli, past participle mħolli, verbal noun tħollija or toħlija)

jħalli (imperfect)
mħolli (participle past)
tħollija (noun-from-verb)
toħlija (noun-from-verb)
ħallejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħallejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħalla (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħallejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħallejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħallew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħallejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħallejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħalliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħallejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħallejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħallew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħalli (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħalli (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħalli (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħallu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħallu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħallu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħalli (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħalli (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħalli (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħallu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħallu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħallu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħalli (imperative second-person singular)
ħallu (imperative plural second-person)

to leave (someone or something in a place)


ħalla

mt-noun

ħalla f (dual ħalltejn, plural ħalel, paucal ħalliet)

ħalltejn (dual)
ħalel (plural)
ħalliet (paucal)


anġlu

Borrowed from Sicilian àngilu, àncilu, from Latin angelus (“angel”).


anġeliku

mt-adjective

anġeliku (feminine singular anġelika, plural anġeliċi)

anġelika (feminine singular)
anġeliċi (plural)

Borrowed from Italian angelico, from Late Latin angelicus, derived from angelus.


ħġieġ

ħġieġa (singulative)
ħġiġiet (paucal)
żġieġ (alternative)

/ˈħd͡ʒɪːt͡ʃ/

From Arabic زُجاج (zujāj, “glass”), a word with several variants (in Arabic and the Semitic languages at large). The Maltese form presupposes *خُجاج (*ḵujāj). Compare the even more distorted dialectal Arabic form قُزاز (quzāz); furthermore Hebrew זכוכית (zəḵūḵīṯ) alongside זגוגית (zəḡūḡīṯ). Doublet of żġieġ.

cog

Hebrew זכוכית (zəḵūḵīṯ)


xjentifiku

mt-adjective

xjentifiku (feminine singular xjentifika, plural xjentifiċi)

xjentifika (feminine singular)
xjentifiċi (plural)


klassifikazzjoni

mt-noun

klassifikazzjoni f (plural klassifikazzjonijiet)


konservazzjoni

konservazzjoni f (plural konservazzjonijiet)


applikazzjoni

applikazzjoni f (plural applikazzjonijiet)


teknoloġikament

Borrowed from Italian tecnologicamente. By surface analysis, teknoloġiku + -ment.


teknoloġiku

mt-adjective

teknoloġiku (feminine singular teknoloġika, plural teknoloġiċi)

teknoloġika (feminine singular)
teknoloġiċi (plural)


tranżizzjoni

mt-noun

tranżizzjoni f (plural tranżizzjonijiet)


issuġerixxa

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of ssuġerixxa


zokkor

From Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar). The expected form would be *sokkor (or *sokkar). The onset z- is due to influence by Sicilian zuccuru, itself borrowed from the Arabic.


ieħor

mt-adjective

ieħor (feminine singular oħra, plural oħrajn or oħra)

oħra (feminine singular)
oħrajn (plural)
oħra (plural)

From Arabic آخَر (ʔāḵar). Compare Hebrew אחר (ʾaḥēr). The plural oħrajn is unusual in that the plural ending -in seems to have been added to the feminine ending (rather than replacing it as *oħrin). This might have to do with the fact that -a here goes back to Arabic long -ā, provided that the formation is of old age.

is-sena l-oħra


astronomiku

astronomiku (feminine singular astronomika, plural astronomiċi)

astronomika (feminine singular)
astronomiċi (plural)


uniku

uniku (feminine singular unika, plural uniċi)

unika (feminine singular)
uniċi (plural)


komunikazzjoni

mt-noun

komunikazzjoni f (plural komunikazzjonijiet)

Borrowed from Italian comunicazione and/or Sicilian cumunicazzioni.


elettroniku

mt-adjective

elettroniku (feminine singular elettronika, plural elettroniċi)

elettronika (feminine singular)
elettroniċi (plural)


protezzjoni

From Italian protezione or Sicilian prutezioni.


toqba

mt-noun

toqba f (plural toqob, paucal toqbiet, diminutive tqajba)

toqob (plural)
toqbiet (paucal)
tqajba (diminutive)


ġeometriku

mt-adj

ġeometriku (feminine singular ġeometrika, plural ġeometriċi)

ġeometrika (feminine singular)
ġeometriċi (plural)
ġjometriku (alternative)
ġometriku (alternative)


bażiku

mt-adjective

bażiku (feminine singular bażika, plural bażiċi)

bażika (feminine singular)
bażiċi (plural)


bażikament

Borrowed from Italian basicamente. By surface analysis, bażiku + -ment.


tradizzjoni

Borrowed from Italian tradizione and/or Sicilian tradizzioni.


tradizzjonali

Borrowed from Italian tradizionale and/or Sicilian tradizzionali.


tradizzjonalment

Borrowed from Italian tradizionalmente. By surface analysis, tradizzjonali + -ment.


ma nitkellimx bil-Malti

I don't speak Maltese
I don't speak Maltese


ma nitkellimx bl-Ingliż

I don't speak English
I don't speak English


xjentifikament

Borrowed from Italian scientificamente. By surface analysis, xjentifiku + -ment.


ġilda

mt-noun

ġilda f (plural ġlud, diminutive ġlejda)

ġlud (plural)
ġlejda (diminutive)
ġildti (first-person singular)
ġilditna (first-person singular)
ġildtek (second-person singular)
ġilditkom (second-person singular)
ġildtu (masculine singular third-person)
ġilditha (feminine singular third-person)
ġildithom (singular third-person)


żgħir

mt-adjective

żgħir (feminine singular żgħira, plural żgħar, diminutive żgħajjar, comparative iżgħar)

żgħira (feminine singular)
żgħar (plural)
żgħajjar (diminutive)
iżgħar (comparative)

Ħwejjeġ żgħar.

Moħħu żgħir.

diskors żgħir.

soġġorn żgħir.


sitwazzjoni

Borrowed from Italian situazione and/or Sicilian situazzioni, from Latin situatio.


pożizzjoni

pożizzjonijiet (plural)
posizzjoni (alternative)


emozzjonalment

Borrowed from Italian emozionalmente. By surface analysis, emozzjonali + -ment.


aħmar

mt-adjective

aħmar (feminine singular ħamra, plural ħomor)

ħamra (feminine singular)
ħomor (plural)

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:


sabiħ

sabiħ (feminine singular sabiħa, plural sbieħ, diminutive sbejjaħ, comparative isbaħ)

sabiħa (feminine singular)
sbieħ (plural)
sbejjaħ (diminutive)
isbaħ (comparative)

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

Because when my father used to build some chicken coop, or some gate, or some arbour, he never bought anything, but frugally collects and patches with what he finds. But I did not want a tent built with rubbish, but a beautiful and neat and strong camp.


prepuzju

F’xi kulturi jaqtgħu l-prepuzju tat-trabi.

In some cultures they cut babies’ foreskin.


delizzjuż

delizzjuż (feminine singular delizzjuża, plural delizzjużi)

delizzjuża (feminine singular)
delizzjużi (plural)


pubblikazzjoni

mt-noun

pubblikazzjoni f (plural pubblikazzjonijiet)


baqra

baqra f (plural baqar, paucal baqriet, diminutive bqajra)

baqar (plural)
baqriet (paucal)
bqajra (diminutive)


intom

intom (positive)
mintomx (negative)
tagħkom (possessive pronoun)
-kom (suffix)
-kom (direct-object suffix)
-lkom (indirect-object suffix)

you (second-person plural subject pronoun)


huwa

huwa (positive)
hu (positive)
mhuwiex (negative)
mhux (negative)
tiegħu (possessive pronoun)
-u (suffix)
-h (suffix)
-u (direct-object suffix)
-h (direct-object suffix)
-lu (indirect-object suffix)
hu (alternative)

he (third-person masculine singular subject pronoun)


aħna

aħna (positive)
maħniex (negative)
tagħna (possessive pronoun)
-na (suffix)
-na (direct-object suffix)
-lna (indirect-object suffix)

From Arabic نَحْنُ (naḥnu). Compare Egyptian Arabic احنا (eḥna).

we (first-person plural subject pronoun)


jiena

jiena (positive)
jien (positive)
ma jiniex (negative)
miniex (negative)
tiegħi (possessive pronoun)
-i (suffix)
-ja (suffix)
-ni (direct-object suffix)
-li (indirect-object suffix)


jien

jiena (positive)
jien (positive)
ma jiniex (negative)
miniex (negative)
tiegħi (possessive pronoun)
-i (suffix)
-ja (suffix)
-ni (direct-object suffix)
-li (indirect-object suffix)
jiena (alternative)

From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā) with expressive lengthening of the first syllable (*ʾānā) as generally in Maghrebi dialects; compare Tunisian Arabic آنا (ʔāna), Moroccan Arabic آنا (ʔāna). Eventually from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku. Prefixed j- occurs more often in Maltese (compare jew); in this case perhaps generalised from a position after the personal suffixes -i, -ni, as in dari jien(a) (“my own house”). This construction is not very common anymore in Maltese, but it is throughout Arabic.

I (first-person singular subject pronoun)


tagħha

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:


swied

jiswied (imperfect)
swidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
swidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
swied (masculine perfect singular third-person)
swidna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
swidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
swiedu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
swidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
swidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
swiedet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
swidna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
swidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
swiedu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niswied (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiswied (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiswied (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niswiedu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiswiedu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiswiedu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niswied (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiswied (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiswied (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niswiedu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiswiedu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiswiedu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
swied (imperative second-person singular)
swiedu (imperative plural second-person)


sekwenzjalment

Borrowed from Italian sequenzialmente. By surface analysis, sekwenzjali + -ment.


psikoloġija

Psikoloġija jien qatt ma studjajt,
 Biss meta mdejjaq, issibni warajk.

2014, “Jien ma naħdimx”performed by Karen DeBattista:

Psychology I’ve never studied,
 But when you’re depressed, you find me there for you.


psikoloġiku

mt-adjective

psikoloġiku (feminine singular psikoloġika, plural psikoloġiċi)

psikoloġika (feminine singular)
psikoloġiċi (plural)

għajnuna psikoloġika

problemi psikoloġiċi

(loosely) Synonym of psikiku (“mental, referring to the psyche”)


essenzjalment

Borrowed from Italian essenzialmente. By surface analysis, essenzjali + -ment.


eċċitazzjoni

mt-noun

eċċitazzjoni f (plural eċċitazzjonijiet)


diskussjoni

Borrowed from Italian discussione, from Latin discussio.


sorm

srum (plural)
sram (plural)
sorom (plural)

X’sorm għandu dak ir-raġel.

(anatomy, potentially vulgar) butt, buttocks, arse, ass


għand

għandi (first-person positive singular)
għandek (positive second-person singular)
għandu (masculine positive singular third-person)
għandha (feminine positive singular third-person)
għandna (first-person positive singular)
għandkom (plural positive second-person)
għandhom (plural positive third-person)
mgħandix (first-person negative singular)
mgħandekx (negative second-person singular)
mgħandux (masculine negative singular third-person)
mgħandhiex (feminine negative singular third-person)
mgħandniex (first-person negative singular)
mgħandkomx (negative plural second-person)
mgħandhomx (negative plural third-person)

Wara l-bibien,
fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
batejt
il-għeja
il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
iżda ġarrabt ukoll
il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
li kull tallab iħoss
x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:


borża

borża f (plural boroż, diminutive borżetta)


muswaf

mt-adj

muswaf (feminine singular muswafa, plural muswafin or muswafa)

muswafa (feminine singular)
muswafin (plural)
muswafa (plural)


toqba tas-sorm

mt-noun

toqba tas-sorm f (plural toqob tas-srum)

Ilek ma taħsel it-toqba ta’ sormok.


seraq

mt-verb

seraq (imperfect jisraq, past participle misruq, verbal noun serq)

jisraq (imperfect)
misruq (participle past)
serq (noun-from-verb)
sraqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sraqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
seraq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sraqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sraqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
serqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sraqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sraqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
serqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sraqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sraqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
serqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisraq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisraq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisraq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisirqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisirqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisirqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisraq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisraq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisraq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisirqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisirqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisirqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
israq (imperative second-person singular)
isirqu (imperative plural second-person)


sbuħija

sbuħiti (first-person singular)
sbuħitna (first-person singular)
sbuħitek (second-person singular)
sbuħitkom (second-person singular)
sbuħitu (masculine singular third-person)
sbuħitha (feminine singular third-person)
sbuħithom (singular third-person)

Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti
- bil-ferħ insiġtha jien, -
hi għanja lis-Sbuħija
Sultana tal-ħolqien.

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


uffiċjali

Borrowed from Italian ufficiale and/or Sicilian ufficiali.


uffiċjalment

Borrowed from Italian ufficialmente and/or Sicilian ufficialmenti. By surface analysis, uffiċjali + -ment.


bijodiversità

mt-noun

bijodiversità f (plural bijodiversitajiet)


ħolma

singulative of ħolm: a dream (a single instance or object of dreaming)


ħolm

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

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

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


wiċċ

wċuħ (plural)
wiċċi (first-person singular)
wiċċna (first-person singular)
wiċċek (second-person singular)
wiċċkom (second-person singular)
wiċċu (masculine singular third-person)
wiċċha (feminine singular third-person)
wiċċhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic وَجْه (wajh). Compare North Levantine Arabic وج (wijj), وش (wišš), وتش (witš) and Egyptian Arabic وِشّ (wišš).

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

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

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:


sbieħ

jisbieħ (imperfect)
sbiħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sbiħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sbieħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sbiħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sbiħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sbieħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sbiħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sbiħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sbieħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sbiħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sbiħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sbieħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisbieħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisbieħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisbieħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisbieħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisbieħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisbieħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisbieħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisbieħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisbieħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisbieħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisbieħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisbieħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sbieħ (imperative second-person singular)
sbieħu (imperative plural second-person)

Ninth stem of sabiħ (“beautiful”), from Arabic صَبِيح (ṣabīḥ).

to become beautiful, to grow more beautiful


tassew

Univerbation of tas-sewwa, literally “of the truth”.


irġiel

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rġiel, itself plural of raġel


ġisem

iġsma (plural)
ġismi (first-person singular)
ġisimna (first-person singular)
ġismek (second-person singular)
ġisimkom (second-person singular)
ġismu (masculine singular third-person)
ġisimha (feminine singular third-person)
ġisimhom (singular third-person)

Għandi ġismi kbir.

I have a big body. (literally, “I have my body big.”)


irġejjen

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rġejjen, itself plural of reġina


liberazzjoni

mt-noun

liberazzjoni f (plural liberazzjonijiet)


demokrazija

demokraziji (plural)
dimokrazija (alternative)


demokratiku

mt-adjective

demokratiku (feminine singular demokratika, plural demokratiċi)

demokratika (feminine singular)
demokratiċi (plural)
demokratku (alternative)


demokratikament

Borrowed from Italian democraticamente. By surface analysis, demokratiku + -ment.


organiżżazzjoni

mt-noun

organiżżazzjoni f (plural organiżżazzjonijiet)

Alternative form of organizzazzjoni: organization


attiv

mt-adjective

attiv (feminine singular attiva, plural attivi)

attiva (feminine singular)
attivi (plural)


popolazzjoni

mt-noun

popolazzjoni f (plural popolazzjonijiet)


kalendarju Gregorjan

il-kalendarju Gregorjan (canonical masculine)


kontaminazzjoni

kontaminazzjoni f (plural kontaminazzjonijiet)


kundizzjonalment

Borrowed from Sicilian cundizzionalmenti. By surface analysis, kundizzjonali + -ment.


aġġastja

mt-verb

aġġastja (imperfect jaġġastja, past participle aġġastjat)

jaġġastja (imperfect)
aġġastjat (participle past)
aġġastjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aġġastjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
aġġastja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
aġġastjajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aġġastjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
aġġastjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
aġġastjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aġġastjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
aġġastjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
aġġastjajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aġġastjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
aġġastjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naġġastja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taġġastja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaġġastja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naġġastjaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taġġastjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaġġastjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naġġastja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taġġastja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taġġastja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naġġastjaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taġġastjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaġġastjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aġġastja (imperative second-person singular)
aġġastjaw (imperative plural second-person)
aġġusta (alternative)


iddawnlowdja

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of ddawnlowdja


ħaraq

ħaraq (imperfect jaħraq, past participle maħruq, verbal noun ħruq or ħriq or (obsolete) ħarq)

jaħraq (imperfect)
maħruq (participle past)
ħruq (noun-from-verb)
ħriq (noun-from-verb)
ħarq (noun-from-verb obsolete)
ħraqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħraqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħaraq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħraqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħraqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħarqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħraqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħraqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħarqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħraqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħraqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħarqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħraq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħraq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħraq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħarqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħarqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħarqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħraq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħraq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħraq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħarqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħarqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħarqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħraq (imperative second-person singular)
aħarqu (imperative plural second-person)


ħataf

ħataf (imperfect jaħtaf, past participle maħtuf, verbal noun ħtif or ħatf)

jaħtaf (imperfect)
maħtuf (participle past)
ħtif (noun-from-verb)
ħatf (noun-from-verb)
ħtaft (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħtaft (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħataf (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħtafna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħtaftu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħatfu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħtaft (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħtaft (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħatfet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħtafna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħtaftu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħatfu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħtaf (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħtaf (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħtaf (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħtfu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħtfu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħtfu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħtaf (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħtaf (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħtaf (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħtfu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħtfu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħtfu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħtaf (imperative second-person singular)
aħtfu (imperative plural second-person)

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

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


qasam

qasam (imperfect jaqsam, past participle maqsum, verbal noun qsim)

jaqsam (imperfect)
maqsum (participle past)
qsim (noun-from-verb)
qsamt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qsamt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qasam (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qsamna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qsamtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qasmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qsamt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qsamt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qasmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qsamna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qsamtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qasmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naqsam (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqsam (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaqsam (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naqsmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqsmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaqsmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naqsam (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqsam (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taqsam (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naqsmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqsmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaqsmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aqsam (imperative second-person singular)
aqsmu (imperative plural second-person)

to distribute, apportion (allot parts of)

Ommi qasmet qalbha.


qasam

mt-noun

qasam m (plural oqsma or qsam or qsum, diminutive qsajjam or qsajjem)

oqsma (plural)
qsam (plural)
qsum (plural)
qsajjam (diminutive)
qsajjem (diminutive)

(especially) a section of land, a plot, estate


għasar

mt-verb

għasar (imperfect jagħsar, past participle magħsur, verbal noun għasir)

jagħsar (imperfect)
magħsur (participle past)
għasir (noun-from-verb)
għasart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għasart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għasar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għasarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għasartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għasru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għasart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għasart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għasret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għasarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għasartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għasru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħsar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħsar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħsar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħsru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħsru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħsru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħsar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħsar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħsar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħsru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħsru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħsru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħsar (imperative second-person singular)
agħsru (imperative plural second-person)


għasar

From Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).
The religious use is based on the Islamic afternoon prayer. Catholic vespers are typically held at 6 pm, but were often brought forward to the last hour before sunset during the winter. The word counts among the specifically Islamic terms preserved by the (re-)converted Maltese as against the use of Middle Eastern Christians; compare Randan (“Lent”) and others.

(Islam) asr, the afternoon Islamic prayer


għalaq

għalaq (imperfect jagħlaq, past participle magħluq, verbal noun għeluq or għalq or għaluq or għaliq)

jagħlaq (imperfect)
magħluq (participle past)
għeluq (noun-from-verb)
għalq (noun-from-verb)
għaluq (noun-from-verb)
għaliq (noun-from-verb)
għalaqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għalaqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għalaq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għalaqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għalaqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għalqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għalaqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għalaqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għalqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għalaqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għalaqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għalqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħlaq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħlaq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħlaq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħlqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħlqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħlqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħlaq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħlaq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħlaq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħlqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħlqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħlqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħlaq (imperative second-person singular)
agħlqu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic غَلَقَ (ḡalaqa), أَغْلَقَ (ʔaḡlaqa).

to close, to shut
a book, fan, or anything foldable

a door, window, or anything with a latch or lid


żerriegħa

mt-noun

żerriegħa f (plural żrieragħ, paucal żerrigħat)

From Arabic زَرِّيعَة (zarrīʕa, “seed”).


lagħab

mt-verb

lagħab (imperfect jilgħab, past participle milgħub, verbal noun logħob)

jilgħab (imperfect)
milgħub (participle past)
logħob (noun-from-verb)
lgħabt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lgħabt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
lagħab (masculine perfect singular third-person)
lgħabna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lgħabtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
lagħbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
lgħabt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lgħabt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
lagħbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
lgħabna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lgħabtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
lagħbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nilgħab (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tilgħab (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jilgħab (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nilagħbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tilagħbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jilagħbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nilgħab (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tilgħab (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tilgħab (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nilagħbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tilagħbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jilagħbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ilgħab (imperative second-person singular)
ilagħbu (imperative plural second-person)


lagħab

mt-noun

lagħab m (plural lagħaba, feminine lagħaba)

From Arabic لَعّاب (laʕʕāb).
Originally the noun was pronounced /laʕˈʕaːp/, while the verb was /ˈla.ʕap/. Both merged in the 19th century when għ was vowelised. The spelling lagħgħab, which is sometimes seen, is incorrect because għ can never be geminated in Maltese.


logħba

singulative of logħob: a game
an instance of playing

singulative of logħob: a game
competative activity defined by rules


logħob

verbal noun of lagħab:
the act of playing

verbal noun of lagħab:
a period of playing, several games


imkisser

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of mkisser


maħbub

mt-past participle

maħbub (feminine maħbuba, plural maħbubin)


maħbub

mt-noun

maħbub m (plural maħbubin, feminine maħbuba)


wasal

mt-verb

wasal (imperfect jasal, verbal noun usil or usul)

jasal (imperfect)
usil (noun-from-verb)
usul (noun-from-verb)
wasalt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
wasalt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
wasal (masculine perfect singular third-person)
wasalna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
wasaltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
waslu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
wasalt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
wasalt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
waslet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
wasalna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
wasaltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
waslu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nasal (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tasal (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jasal (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naslu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taslu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaslu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nasal (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tasal (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tasal (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naslu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taslu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaslu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
asal (imperative second-person singular)
aslu (imperative plural second-person)

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

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


moqri

mt-past participle

moqri (feminine moqrija, plural moqrijin or moqrija)

moqrija (feminine)
moqrijin (plural)
moqrija (plural)


mogħti

mogħti (feminine mogħtija, plural mogħtijin)


għin

second-person singular imperative of għen


kulturalment

Borrowed from Italian culturalmente. By surface analysis, kulturali + -ment.


adorazzjoni

adorazzjonijiet (plural)
adurazzjoni (alternative)


aggredixxa

mt-verb

aggredixxa (imperfect jaggredixxi, past participle aggredit, verbal noun aggredir)

jaggredixxi (imperfect)
aggredit (participle past)
aggredir (noun-from-verb)
aggredejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aggredejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
aggredixxa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
aggredejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aggredejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
aggredew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
aggredejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aggredejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
aggrediet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
aggredejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aggredejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
aggredew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naggredixxi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taggredixxi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaggredixxi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naggredixxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taggredixxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaggredixxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naggredixxi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taggredixxi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taggredixxi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naggredixxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taggredixxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaggredixxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aggredixxi (imperative second-person singular)
aggredixxu (imperative plural second-person)
aggredixxejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aggredixxejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
aggredixxa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
aggredixxejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aggredixxejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
aggredixxew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
aggredixxejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aggredixxejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
aggredixxiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
aggredixxejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aggredixxejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
aggredixxew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naggredixxi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taggredixxi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaggredixxi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naggredixxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taggredixxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaggredixxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naggredixxi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taggredixxi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taggredixxi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naggredixxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taggredixxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaggredixxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aggredixxi (imperative second-person singular)
aggredixxu (imperative plural second-person)
aggreda (alternative)


bagħad

bagħad (imperfect jobgħod, past participle mibgħud)

jobgħod (imperfect)
mibgħud (participle past)
bgħadt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bgħadt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bagħad (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bgħadna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bgħadtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bagħdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bgħadt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bgħadt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bagħdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bgħadna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bgħadtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bagħdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nobgħod (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobgħod (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jobgħod (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nobogħdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobogħdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jobogħdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nobgħod (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobgħod (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tobgħod (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nobogħdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobogħdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jobogħdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
obgħod (imperative second-person singular)
obogħdu (imperative plural second-person)

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


sħubija

sħubijiet (plural)
sħubiti (first-person singular)
sħubitna (first-person singular)
sħubitek (second-person singular)
sħubitkom (second-person singular)
sħubitu (masculine singular third-person)
sħubitha (feminine singular third-person)
sħubithom (singular third-person)


issieħeb

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of ssieħeb


istess

alternative form of stess, used after the definite article


għaraq

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!


poeżija

Stagħnejt, ja Qamar,
dal-lejl bil-poeżija
tar-realtà.

1998, Anton Buttigieg, “Lill-Qamar”, in Żibeġ u Boċċi:


wieġeb

wieġeb (imperfect jwieġeb, past participle mwieġeb, verbal noun tweġib or twiġib)

jwieġeb (imperfect)
mwieġeb (participle past)
tweġib (noun-from-verb)
twiġib (noun-from-verb)
weġibt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
weġibt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
wieġeb (masculine perfect singular third-person)
weġibna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
weġibtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
wieġbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
weġibt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
weġibt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
wieġbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
weġibna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
weġibtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
wieġbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nwieġeb (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twieġeb (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jwieġeb (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nwieġbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
twieġbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jwieġbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nwieġeb (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twieġeb (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
twieġeb (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nwieġbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
twieġbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jwieġbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
wieġeb (imperative second-person singular)
wieġbu (imperative plural second-person)

/ˈwɪː.d͡ʒɛp/

From Arabic جَاوَبَ (jāwaba, “to answer”), with metathesis.


irrisponda

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rrisponda


ħabib

ħbieb (plural)
ħabiba (feminine)
ħabibi (first-person singular)
ħabibna (first-person singular)
ħabibek (second-person singular)
ħabibkom (second-person singular)
ħabibu (masculine singular third-person)
ħabibha (feminine singular third-person)
ħabibhom (singular third-person)


ħuta

singulative of ħut: a fish (single animal)


ħażin

mt-adjective

ħażin (feminine singular ħażina, plural ħżiena, comparative agħar or eħżen)

ħażina (feminine singular)
ħżiena (plural)
agħar (comparative)
eħżen (comparative)

From Arabic حَزِين (ḥazīn, “sad”). The semantic development was probably influenced by Sicilian tristu (“evil”) and tristi (“sad”), a doublet pair from Latin tristis (“sad”). Generally such a development is understandable from contexts like “sad news” and “bad news”, where they are more or less synonymous.


driegħ

mt-noun

driegħ m (dual dirgħajn, plural dirgħajn or idirgħa, diminutive drejjagħ)

dirgħajn (dual)
dirgħajn (plural)
idirgħa (plural)
drejjagħ (diminutive)
driegħi (first-person singular)
driegħna (first-person singular)
driegħek (second-person singular)
driegħkom (second-person singular)
driegħu (masculine singular third-person)
driegħha (feminine singular third-person)
driegħhom (singular third-person)

Xejn ma baqa’ mill-biża’ f’għajnejk u xejn ma baqa’ mir-reżistenza f’dirgħajk.

2023, Nathan Anthony Pace, dbilt qabel kbirt, →ISBN, page 9:

Nothing remained of the fear in your eyes and nothing remained of the resistance in your arms.


gerżuma

gerżuma f (dual griżmejn, plural grieżem)

From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language. Compare Libyan Arabic قرجومة (garjūma), Moroccan Arabic قرجوطة (qarjūṭa).


lsien

lsien m (plural ilsna, diminutive lsejjen)

ilsna (plural)
lsejjen (diminutive)
lsieni (first-person singular)
lsienna (first-person singular)
lsienek (second-person singular)
lsienkom (second-person singular)
lsienu (masculine singular third-person)
lsienha (feminine singular third-person)
lsienhom (singular third-person)
ilsien (alternative)


unità astronomika

unità astronomika f (plural unitajiet astronomiċi)

Internationalism; compare English astronomical unit, Italian unità astronomica.


unitajiet astronomiċi

unità astronomika
unità astronomika#Maltese


bajd

bajda (singulative)
badtejn (dual)
bajdiet (paucal)


magħqud

mt-past participle

magħqud (feminine magħquda, plural magħqudin)

past participle of għaqad: thick; congealed; coagulated; joined; united; tight-knit


indikazzjoni

mt-noun

indikazzjoni f (plural indikazzjonijiet)


xena

mt-verb

xena (imperfect jixni, past participle mixni, verbal noun xini)

jixni (imperfect)
mixni (participle past)
xini (noun-from-verb)
xnejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xnejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xena (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xnejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xnejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xnew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xnejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xnejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xniet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xnejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xnejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xnew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nixni (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tixni (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jixni (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nixnu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tixnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jixnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nixni (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tixni (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tixni (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nixnu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tixnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jixnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ixni (imperative second-person singular)
ixnu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic شَنَأَ (šanaʔa), شَنِئَ (šaniʔa).

to hate, to bear ill-will towards someone


żwieġ

Iż-żwieġ kattoliku huwa għaqda qaddisa bejn raġel wieħed u mara waħda.

Catholic marriage is a holy union between one man and one woman.

Hemm ukoll żwiġijiet bejn persuni tal-istess sess jew bejn iktar minn żewġ individwi.

There are also marriages between persons of the same sex or between more than two individuals.


żwiġijiet

/zwɪd͡ʒɪˈjɪːt/


kwistjoni

kwistjonijiet (plural)
kwestjoni (alternative)
kustjoni (alternative)


evalwazzjoni

mt-noun

evalwazzjoni f (plural evalwazzjonijiet)


parteċipazzjoni

parteċipazzjoni f (plural parteċipazzjonijiet)

parteċipazzjonijiet (plural)
partiċipazzjoni (alternative)


ipparteċipa

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of pparteċipa


assoċjazzjoni

assoċjazzjoni f (plural assoċjazzjonijiet)


manifestazzjoni

manifestazzjoni f (plural manifestazzjonijiet)


repressjoni

repressjonijiet (plural)
ripressjoni (alternative)


konnotazzjoni

konnotazzjoni f (plural konnotazzjonijiet)


tentazzjoni

Borrowed from Italian tentazione, from Latin temptatio.


superstizzjoni

superstizzjoni f (plural superstizzjonijiet)


leġiżlazzjoni

leġiżlazzjoni f (plural leġiżlazzjonijiet)


okkażjonalment

Borrowed from Italian occasionalmente. By surface analysis, okkażjonali + -ment.


passjoni

Borrowed from Italian passione, from Latin passio.

passion (suffering, chiefly that of Christ)


soċjetà

kull skuża
f’soċjetà kkankrata
li ma tridx taf b’mara
sakemm m’hemmx kwota
li ma tridx taf b’mara
sakemm ma tridx tivvota

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


vjolentement

Borrowed from Italian violentemente. By surface analysis, vjolent + -ment.


miet

mt-verb

miet (imperfect jmut, active participle mejjet, verbal noun mewt)

jmut (imperfect)
mejjet (active participle)
mewt (noun-from-verb)
mitt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mitt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
miet (masculine perfect singular third-person)
mitna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mittu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
mietu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
mitt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mitt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
mietet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
mitna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mittu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
mietu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
mmut (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmut (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmut (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
mmutu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmutu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmutu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
mmut (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmut (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmut (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
mmutu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmutu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmutu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
mut (imperative second-person singular)
mutu (imperative plural second-person)


mejjet

mt-adjective

mejjet (feminine singular mejta, plural mejtin or (archaic) mwiet)

mejta (feminine singular)
mejtin (plural)
mwiet (archaic plural)


imwiet

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of mwiet


ħajja

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.

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

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


ġeografiku

ġeografiku (feminine singular ġeografika, plural ġeografiċi)

ġeografika (feminine singular)
ġeografiċi (plural)


ġeografiċi

/d͡ʒɛ.ɔɡˈraː.fɪ.t͡ʃɪ/


ġeografija

ġeografiji (plural)
ġografija (alternative)


jisimni

Jisimni Mattew.


inti allerġiku għal mediċini

inti allerġiku għal xi mediċini (alternative)

are you allergic to any medications
are you allergic to any medications


allerġiku

allerġiku (feminine singular allerġika, plural allerġiċi)

allerġika (feminine singular)
allerġiċi (plural)

Jien allerġiku għall-klieb.


hemm

From Arabic ثَمَّ (ṯamma). Compare Tunisian Arabic فمة (famma, “there is”) and Moroccan Arabic تم (tamm), تمة (tamma, “there”).

Il-ktieb hemm.

hemm isfel

Hemm ħafna djar kbar fuq din it-triq.

There are many large houses on this street.

M’hemmx kotba hawn.


żgħar

jiżgħar (imperfect)
żgħart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żgħart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żgħar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żgħarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żgħartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żgħaru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żgħart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żgħart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żgħaret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żgħarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żgħartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żgħaru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżgħar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżgħar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżgħar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżgħaru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżgħaru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżgħaru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżgħar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżgħar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżgħar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżgħaru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżgħaru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżgħaru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
żgħar (imperative second-person singular)
żgħaru (imperative plural second-person)


qadim

qadim (feminine singular qadima, plural qodma, diminutive qdajjem or qdejjem, comparative eqdem or aqdam or aqdem)

qadima (feminine singular)
qodma (plural)
qdajjem (diminutive)
qdejjem (diminutive)
eqdem (comparative)
aqdam (comparative)
aqdem (comparative)

Coordinate term: (of people) xiħ

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:


xiħ

xiħ (feminine singular xiħa, plural xjuħ, diminutive xwejjaħ, comparative ixjeħ or ixjaħ)

xiħa (feminine singular)
xjuħ (plural)
xwejjaħ (diminutive)
ixjeħ (comparative)
ixjaħ (comparative)


xiħ

mt-noun

xiħ m (plural xjuħ, feminine xiħa, diminutive xwejjaħ)

xjuħ (plural)
xiħa (feminine)
xwejjaħ (diminutive)

(figurative) an experienced person; an expert in experience

(obsolete, chiefly in placenames only) an elder of a community


żagħżugħ

mt-adjective

żagħżugħ (feminine singular żagħżugħa, plural żgħażagħ)

żagħżugħa (feminine singular)
żgħażagħ (plural)

From Arabic *زَغْزُوغ (*zaḡzūḡ), variant of زَعْزُوع (zaʕzūʕ, “thin, meagre, lanky”); compare زُغْزُغ (zuḡzuḡ, “short, small”).


żagħżugħ

mt-noun

żagħżugħ m (plural żgħażagħ or subien, feminine tfajla or xebba)

żgħażagħ (plural)
subien (plural)
tfajla (feminine)
xebba (feminine)


sħun

mt-adjective

sħun (feminine singular sħuna, plural sħan)

From a Maghrebi variant of Arabic سُخْن (suḵn). Compare Moroccan Arabic سخون (sḵūn).


kiesaħ

kiesaħ (feminine singular kiesħa, plural kiesħa or kesħin)

kiesħa (feminine singular)
kiesħa (plural)
kesħin (plural)

Probably from Arabic قَاسِح (qāsiḥ, “hard”), in closely related Tunisian Arabic also كاسح (kāsiḥ). This adjective is used in Morocco in the collocation برد قاسح (bard qāsiḥ, “severe cold”). The sense “cold” could also derive from “hard” → “frozen” → “cold”, but this may be less likely given the extreme rarity of frost in the Maltese islands (as of 2019 unrecorded with standard instruments, the official record low being 1.4 °C). Alternatively, the Maltese adjective might be from Arabic كاسِح (kāsiḥ, “blustering”), referring to cold winter winds.


ikrah

ikrah (feminine singular kerha, plural koroh, diminutive krejjeh)

kerha (feminine singular)
koroh (plural)
krejjeh (diminutive)
ikreh (alternative)

Alteration of Arabic كَرِيه (karīh, “hateful, ugly”) by analogy with other Color and defect adjectives.


żifna

mt-noun

żifna f (plural żifniet, diminutive żfejna)

singulative of żfin: a dance
an instance of dancing

singulative of żfin: a dance
a way, style of dancing


żifen

mt-verb

żifen (imperfect jiżfen, past participle miżfun, verbal noun żfin)

jiżfen (imperfect)
miżfun (participle past)
żfin (noun-from-verb)
żfint (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żfint (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żifen (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żfinna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żfintu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żifnu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żfint (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żfint (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żifnet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żfinna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żfintu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żifnu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżfen (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżfen (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżfen (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżfnu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżfnu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżfnu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżfen (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżfen (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżfen (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżfnu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżfnu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżfnu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iżfen (imperative second-person singular)
iżfnu (imperative plural second-person)

[…] U issa qum, dur, iżfen […]

2018, Bernie and Pod (lyrics and music), “Qum, dur u iżfen”:


kompożizzjoni

mt-noun

kompożizzjoni f (plural kompożizzjonijiet)


xeniku

mt-adjective

xeniku (feminine singular xenika, plural xeniċi)

xenika (feminine singular)
xeniċi (plural)


leħen

ilħna (plural)
leħnijiet (plural)
leħni (first-person singular)
leħinna (first-person singular)
leħnek (second-person singular)
leħinkom (second-person singular)
leħnu (masculine singular third-person)
leħinha (feminine singular third-person)
leħinhom (singular third-person)


ġustizzja

justice (principle or degree of being just)


għoġob

mt-verb

għoġob (imperfect jogħġob, past participle magħġub)

jogħġob (imperfect)
magħġub (participle past)
għoġobt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għoġobt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għoġob (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għoġobna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għoġobtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għoġbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għoġobt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għoġobt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għoġbot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għoġobna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għoġobtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għoġbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nogħġob (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
togħġob (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jogħġob (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nogħġbu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
togħġbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jogħġbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nogħġob (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
togħġob (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
togħġob (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nogħġbu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
togħġbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jogħġbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ogħġob (imperative second-person singular)
ogħġbu (imperative plural second-person)

/ˈɔˤː.d͡ʒɔp/

Din il-libsa togħġobni.

I like this dress. (literally, “This dress appeals to me.”)

to please; to appeal to (often expresses English like)


xoffa

mt-noun

xoffa f (plural xufftejn or xofftejn or xoffiet, diminutive xfejfa)

xufftejn (plural)
xofftejn (plural)
xoffiet (plural)
xfejfa (diminutive)
xoffti (first-person singular)
xoffitna (first-person singular)
xofftok (second-person singular)
xoffitkom (second-person singular)
xofftu (masculine singular third-person)
xoffitha (feminine singular third-person)
xoffithom (singular third-person)


għand bżonn

Għandek bżonn xi ħaġa?

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

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


bżonn

Etymology tree
Frankish *bisunnijabor.
Vulgar Latin *bisonium
Sicilian bisognubor.
Maltese bżonn
Borrowed from Sicilian bisognu, from Vulgar Latin *bisonium, borrowed from Frankish *bisunnija.

etymon

Hemm bżonn li ssir riflessjoni dwar l-arkitettura finanzjarja Ewropea għall-iżvilupp.

There is a need to reflect on the European financial architecture for development.


għandi l-għatx

/ˌaˤːn.dɪ ˈlaˤːt͡ʃ/


għandi l-ġuħ

/ˌaːn.dɪ‿lˈd͡ʒuːħ/

/ˌaˤːn.dɪ‿lˈd͡ʒuːħ/


faċli

From Sicilian facili and/or Italian facile, both from Latin facilis.


faċli

Faċli li hu ġej


diffiċli

From Sicilian difficili and/or Italian difficile, from Latin difficilis.


ittraduċa

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of ttraduċa


traduzzjoni

Borrowed from Sicilian traduzzioni, from Latin trāductiō, trāductiōnem.


pjaneta

planets of the Solar System: pjaneti tas-Sistema Solari: Merkurju · Venere

Il-Ħamra · Ġove · Saturnu · Uranu · Nettunu [edit]


gawwi

gawwija (singulative)
gawwijiet (paucal)

Eventually from Latin gāvia. Predominantly thought to have been inherited through dialectal North African Arabic, where the word is apparently still attested in some areas. If so, possibly transmitted through a Berber language. Compare Tunisian Arabic ڨاوية (gāwya).


resaq

mt-verb

resaq (imperfect jersaq, active participle riesaq, verbal noun rsiq or resqien)

jersaq (imperfect)
riesaq (active participle)
rsiq (noun-from-verb)
resqien (noun-from-verb)
rsaqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rsaqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
resaq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rsaqna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rsaqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
resqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rsaqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rsaqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
resqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rsaqna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rsaqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
resqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nersaq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tersaq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jersaq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nersqu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tersqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jersqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nersaq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tersaq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tersaq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nersqu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tersqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jersqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ersaq (imperative second-person singular)
ersqu (imperative plural second-person)

Conflation of Arabic لَصِقَ (laṣiqa, “to stick, adhere”) and Arabic رَسَعَ (rasaʕa).

inh

to introduce one's self to [with quddiem]


siket

mt-verb

siket (imperfect jiskot, active participle sieket, verbal noun skiet or sikt)

jiskot (imperfect)
sieket (active participle)
skiet (noun-from-verb)
sikt (noun-from-verb)
skitt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
skitt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
siket (masculine perfect singular third-person)
skitna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
skittu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
siktu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
skitt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
skitt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
siktet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
skitna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
skittu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
siktu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niskot (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiskot (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiskot (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisktu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisktu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisktu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niskot (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiskot (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiskot (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisktu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisktu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisktu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iskot (imperative second-person singular)
isktu (imperative plural second-person)


xkupilja

mt-noun

xkupilja f (plural xkupilji or xkupiljiet)

xkupilji (plural)
xkupiljiet (plural)
ixkupilja (alternative)

Perhaps from Spanish escobilla (“brush”), borrowed via Sicilian, in which case the /p/ may reflect conflation with Maltese xkupa, Sicilian scupa (“broom”). Compare Neapolitan scupillo, Italian scoviglio.


xkupilja

mt-verb

xkupilja (imperfect jixkupilja, past participle xkupiljat, verbal noun xkupiljar)

jixkupilja (imperfect)
xkupiljat (participle past)
xkupiljar (noun-from-verb)
xkupiljajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xkupiljajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xkupilja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xkupiljajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xkupiljajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xkupiljaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xkupiljajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xkupiljajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xkupiljat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xkupiljajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xkupiljajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xkupiljaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nixkupilja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tixkupilja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jixkupilja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nixkupiljaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tixkupiljaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jixkupiljaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nixkupilja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tixkupilja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tixkupilja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nixkupiljaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tixkupiljaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jixkupiljaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xkupilja (imperative second-person singular)
xkupiljaw (imperative plural second-person)
ixkupilja (alternative)


alluċinazzjoni

mt-noun

alluċinazzjoni f (plural alluċinazzjonijiet)


raqad

mt-verb

raqad (imperfect jorqod, active participle rieqed, verbal noun rqad)

jorqod (imperfect)
rieqed (active participle)
rqad (noun-from-verb)
rqadt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rqadt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
raqad (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rqadna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rqadtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
raqdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rqadt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rqadt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
raqdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rqadna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rqadtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
raqdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
norqod (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
torqod (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jorqod (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
norqdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
torqdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jorqdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
norqod (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
torqod (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
torqod (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
norqdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
torqdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jorqdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
orqod (imperative second-person singular)
orqdu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic رَقَدَ (raqada, “to lie down, go to bed, sleep”). The normal Arabic word for “to sleep”, نَامَ (nāma), is entirely absent in contemporary Maltese, but compare obsolete newm (“drowsiness after a meal”).


irreaġixxa

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rreaġixxa


selezzjoni

From Italian selezione, from Latin selectio.


għażel

mt-verb

għażel (imperfect jagħżel, past participle magħżul, verbal noun għażil)

jagħżel (imperfect)
magħżul (participle past)
għażil (noun-from-verb)
għażilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għażilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għażel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għażilna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għażiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għażlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għażilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għażilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għażlet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għażilna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għażiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għażlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħżel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħżel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħżel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħżlu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħżlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħżlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħżel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħżel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħżel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħżlu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħżlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħżlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħżel (imperative second-person singular)
agħżlu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic عَزَلَ (ʕazala, “to isolate, set aside”). Compare Moroccan Arabic عزل (ʕzal, “to choose, to select; to separate”).

cog

to give preferential treatment, favor [with minn]


ħieles

mt-adjective

ħieles (feminine singular ħielsa, plural ħelsin)

ħielsa (feminine singular)
ħelsin (plural)


fittex

mt-verb

fittex (imperfect jfittex, past participle mfittex, verbal noun tfittxija)

jfittex (imperfect)
mfittex (participle past)
tfittxija (noun-from-verb)
fittixt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fittixt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
fittex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fittixna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fittixtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fittxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fittixt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fittixt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fittxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fittixna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fittixtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fittxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nfittex (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfittex (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jfittex (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nfittxu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tfittxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jfittxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nfittex (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfittex (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tfittex (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nfittxu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tfittxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jfittxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
fittex (imperative second-person singular)
fittxu (imperative plural second-person)


simpatiku

mt-adjective

simpatiku (feminine singular simpatika, plural simpatiċi)

simpatika (feminine singular)
simpatiċi (plural)