ilu

ili (first-person singular)
ilna (first-person plural)
ilek (second-person singular)
ilkom (plural second-person)
ilu (masculine singular third-person)
ilha (feminine singular third-person)
ilhom (plural third-person)

Originally an alternative form of lilu (“to him”), etc., pronominal forms of Arabic لَ (la, “to, for”), إلَى (ʔilā, “to, towards”). The adverbial construction exists in several Arabic dialects; compare e.g. North Levantine Arabic إلي يومين ما نمت (ʔili yawmayn ma nimt, “I haven’t slept in two days”). The postpositional use is derived therefrom.

cog

إلي يومين ما نمت

Ili jumejn ma norqod.

Xmun ilu seba’ xhur fil-ħabs.

Simon has been in jail for seven months.

Expresses the time that something has been going on; takes personal suffixes according to subject of the phrase and is followed by a specification of time; (equivalent to English) for; in


ilu

إلي يومين ما نمت

Wasalna hawn jumejn ilu.


matematiku

mt-adjective

matematiku (feminine singular matematika, plural matematiċi)

matematika (feminine singular)
matematiċi (plural)


furnar

mt-noun

furnar m (plural furnara, feminine furnara)

Borrowed from Sicilian furnaru, from Latin furnārius.


Baħar l-Isfar

A loan translation, probably of Italian Mar Giallo. Compare the corresponding Arabic البَحْر الأَصْفَر (al-baḥr al-ʔaṣfar), which cannot be the source, however.

cog

البَحْر الأَصْفَر


kimiku

mt-adjective

kimiku (feminine singular kimika, plural kimiċi)

kimika (feminine singular)
kimiċi (plural)


kimiku

mt-noun

kimiku m (plural kimiċi, feminine kimika)


Awwissu

Borrowed from Sicilian agustu.
Cognate with Tunisian Arabic أوسو (ʔawissu)

Awissu (alternative)
Ewissu (alternative dialectal)


sardin

sardina (singulative)
sardiniet (paucal)


Għanja tal-Għanjiet

l- Għanja tal-Għanjiet (canonical feminine)

Calque of Latin Canticum Canticorum, itself of Ancient Greek ᾎσμα τῶν ᾈσμάτων (Âisma tôn Āismátōn), itself of Hebrew שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (šīr haš-šīrīm).

der

ᾎσμα τῶν ᾈσμάτων

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים

šīr haš-šīrīm

(biblical) Canticles, Song of Songs, Song of Solomon


Baħar l-Aħmar

Probably a loan translation of Italian Mar Rosso. Inheritance from Arabic الْبَحْر الْأَحْمَر (al-baḥr al-ʔaḥmar) cannot be ruled out entirely, but is very unlikely in light of the fact that Maltese has inherited virtually no geographical names from outside Malta at all.

cog

الْبَحْر الْأَحْمَر


kelma

mt-noun

kelma f (dual kelmtejn, plural kliem, paucal kelmiet)

kelmtejn (dual)
kliem (plural)
kelmiet (paucal)
kelmti (first-person singular)
kelmtna (first-person singular)
kelmtek (second-person singular)
kelmtkom (second-person singular)
kelmtu (masculine singular third-person)
kelmtha (feminine singular third-person)
kelmthom (singular third-person)

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

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

Is-sema bagħatlu sabi u s-sultan żamm kelmtu!

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


komunist

komunist m (plural komunisti, feminine komunista)

komunisti (plural)
komunista (feminine)
komunista (alternative)


avvera

javvera (imperfect)
avverajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
avverajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
avvera (masculine perfect singular third-person)
avverajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
avverajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
avveraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
avverajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
avverajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
avverat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
avverajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
avverajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
avveraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
navvera (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tavvera (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
javvera (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
navveraw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tavveraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
javveraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
navvera (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tavvera (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tavvera (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
navveraw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tavveraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
javveraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
avvera (imperative second-person singular)
avveraw (imperative plural second-person)
avverajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
avverajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
avverajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
avverajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
avverawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
avverajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
avverajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
avveratx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
avverajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
avverajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
avverawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
navverax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tavverax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
javverax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
navverawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tavverawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
javverawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
navverax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tavverax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tavverax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
navverawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tavverawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
javverawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tavverax (imperative second-person singular)
tavverawx (imperative plural second-person)

Jibqgħu javveraw ruħhom tul iż-żmien.


ajkla

Borrowed from Sicilian aicula (alongside àcula), from Latin aquila.


Ingliż

mt-adjective

Ingliż (feminine singular Ingliża, plural Ingliżi)

Ingliża (feminine singular)
Ingliżi (plural)


illum

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of of llum


Pollakk

Pollakk (feminine singular Pollakka, plural Pollakki)

Pollakka (feminine singular)
Pollakki (plural)
Polakk (alternative)
Poloniż (alternative)


Pollakk

mt-noun

Pollakk m (plural Pollakki, feminine Pollakka)

Pollakki (plural)
Pollakka (feminine)
Polakk (alternative)
Poloniż (alternative)


Pollakk

Il-Pollakk (canonical masculine)
Polakk (alternative)
Poloniż (alternative)


Ġermaniż

mt-adjective

Ġermaniż (feminine singular Ġermaniża, plural Ġermaniżi)

Ġermaniża (feminine singular)
Ġermaniżi (plural)


bla

From Arabic بِلا (bi-lā, literally “with not”). By surface analysis, b’ + le.

inh

bla ħalib

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!

without (an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)


miftuħ

mt-past participle

miftuħ (feminine miftuħa, plural miftuħa or miftuħin)

miftuħa (feminine)
miftuħa (plural)
miftuħin (plural)

bibien miftuħa


gvern

Borrowed from Sicilian guvernu and/or Italian governo, both from Latin gubernum.


Spanjol

mt-adjective

Spanjol (feminine singular Spanjola, plural Spanjoli)

Spanjola (feminine singular)
Spanjoli (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian spagnolu and/or Italian spagnolo.


Spanjol

mt-noun

Spanjol m (plural Spanjoli, feminine Spanjola)

Spaniard (native or inhabitant of Spain) (usually male)


Portugiż

mt-adjective

Portugiż (feminine singular Portugiża, plural Portugiżi)

Portugiża (feminine singular)
Portugiżi (plural)


Portugiż

mt-noun

Portugiż m (plural Portugiżi, feminine Portugiża)


Portugiża

female equivalent of Portugiż: female Portuguese (person)


Grieg

mt-adjective

Grieg (feminine singular Griega, plural Griegi)

Griega (feminine singular)
Griegi (plural)


Grieg

mt-noun

Grieg m (plural Griegi, feminine Griega)

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

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


lejla

night (evening or night spent at a particular activity)


Finlandiż

mt-adjective

Finlandiż (feminine singular Finlandiża, plural Finlandiżi)

Finlandiża (feminine singular)
Finlandiżi (plural)


Finlandiż

mt-noun

Finlandiż m (plural Finlandiżi, feminine Finlandiża)

Finlandiżi (plural)
Finlandiża (feminine)


iswed

mt-adjective

iswed (feminine singular sewda, plural suwed)

sewda (feminine singular)
suwed (plural)


bajda

bajd (collective)
badtejn (dual)
bajdiet (paucal)


bajda

From Arabic بَيْضاء (bayḍāʔ), related with etymology 1. See the lemma.


isfar

isfar (feminine singular safra, plural sofor)

safra (feminine singular)
sofor (plural)


Taljan

Taljan (feminine singular Taljana, plural Taljani)

Taljana (feminine singular)
Taljani (plural)


Taljan

mt-noun

Taljan m (plural Taljani, feminine Taljana)

Italian (native or inhabitant of Italy) (usually male)


Taljana

Taljana f (plural Taljani, masculine Taljan)

female Italian (female native or inhabitant of Italy)


siġra

siġra f (plural siġar or sġar or sġur, paucal siġriet or siġrat, diminutive sġajra)

siġar (plural)
sġar (plural)
sġur (plural)
siġriet (paucal)
siġrat (paucal)
sġajra (diminutive)

From Arabic شَجَرَة (šajara) with dissimilation of š- against the following -j- (as in some Arabic dialects). Cognate with South Levantine Arabic سجرة (sajara) and North Levantine Arabic سجرة (sajra)

L-irrigazzjoni hija permessa matul il-perjodu veġetattiv tas-siġra.

Irrigation is permitted during the tree's growing period.

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:


lvant

Borrowed from Sicilian livanti, from Latin levans.

ilvant (alternative also)
vant (alternative rare variant)


punent

Borrowed from Sicilian punenti, from Latin ponens.


korrett

mt-adj

korrett (feminine singular korretta, plural korretti)

korretta (feminine singular)
korretti (plural)


tajjeb

mt-adjective

tajjeb (feminine singular tajba, plural tajbin or tajba, diminutive twajjeb, comparative aħjar or itjeb)

tajba (feminine singular)
tajbin (plural)
tajba (plural)
twajjeb (diminutive)
aħjar (comparative)
itjeb (comparative)


lemin

From Arabic يَمِين (yamīn) with assimilation /lj/ → /ll/ in the definite form الْيَمِين (al-yamīn), as also in llum and Lhudi.


missier

mt-noun

missier m (plural missirijiet or misserijiet, feminine omm)

missirijiet (plural)
misserijiet (plural)
omm (feminine)
missieri (first-person singular)
missierna (first-person singular)
missierek (second-person singular)
missierkom (second-person singular)
missieru (masculine singular third-person)
missierha (feminine singular third-person)
missierhom (singular third-person)

From older Sicilian misseri, from Old Occitan meser. Cognate with French monsieur, obsolete Italian messere. Displaced native Maltese bu.

Ejja nisqu l-inbid lil missierna u norqdu miegħu, u nżommu n-nisel ħaj minn missierna.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 19:32:

New International Version translation: Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

Dawn id-drawwiet writniehom mingħand missirijietna.

We have inherited these customs from our forefathers.

(chiefly in the plural) forefather, ancestor


tifla

tifla f (plural bniet, masculine tifel, diminutive tfajla)

bniet (plural)
tifel (masculine)
tfajla (diminutive)

From Arabic طِفْلة (ṭifla, “little girl”), feminine of طِفْل (ṭifl). Equivalent to tifel + -a.
The plural bniet is from Arabic بَنات (banāt), thus originally plural of bint (“daughter”), but now not commonly used anymore to mean “female offspring” specifically, for which ulied bniet (literally “children girls”).


naħla

singulative of naħal: a bee (single insect)


damm

mt-verb

damm (imperfect jdomm, verbal noun damm)

jdomm (imperfect)
damm (noun-from-verb)
dammejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dammejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
damm (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dammejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
dammejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dammew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dammejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dammejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dammet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dammejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
dammejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dammew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndomm (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddomm (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdomm (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndommu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ddommu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdommu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndomm (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddomm (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddomm (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndommu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ddommu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdommu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
domm (imperative second-person singular)
dommu (imperative plural second-person)
dammejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dammejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
dammx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dammejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
dammejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dammewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dammejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dammejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dammitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dammejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
dammejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dammewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ndommx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ddommx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jdommx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ndommux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ddommux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jdommux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ndommx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ddommx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ddommx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ndommux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ddommux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jdommux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddommx (imperative second-person singular)
ddommux (imperative plural second-person)


rassa

From the Arabic root ر ص ص (r ṣ ṣ), which is related to “being compact, close together”.

ar-root

ر ص ص (r ṣ ṣ)


tulipan

ġiżimin, ġiżi, dalji u tulipan !
X’għaxqa ta’ lwien imżewqa, sbieħ, safjin !
ifuħu kollha : iżda mhux bħal xuxlin !!

1936, R. M. B., “Għal kull ma ħlaqtilna iċ-ċaħda trid minn’na”, in Lehen il-Malti, numbers 61-62, lines 10–12:


espandi

second-person singular imperative of espanda


espanda

mt-verb

espanda (imperfect jespandi, past participle espandut)

jespandi (imperfect)
espandut (participle past)
espandejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
espandejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
espanda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
espandejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
espandejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
espandew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
espandejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
espandejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
espandiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
espandejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
espandejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
espandew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nespandi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tespandi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jespandi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nespandu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tespandu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jespandu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nespandi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tespandi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tespandi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nespandu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tespandu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jespandu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
espandi (imperative second-person singular)
espandu (imperative plural second-person)
espandejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
espandejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
espandejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
espandejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
espandewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
espandejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
espandejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
espandietx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
espandejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
espandejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
espandewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nespandix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tespandix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jespandix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nespandux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tespandux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jespandux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nespandix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tespandix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tespandix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nespandux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tespandux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jespandux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tespandix (imperative second-person singular)
tespandux (imperative plural second-person)


favella

Probably borrowed from Italian favarella.

Lathyrus sativus
Lathyrus sativus#Translingual


minorenni

mt-noun

minorenni m or f by sense (plural minorenni)

minorenni (plural)
minurenni (alternative)


amarena

Prunus cerasus
Prunus cerasus#Translingual


sired

mt-verb

sired (imperfect jisred, past participle misrud)

jisred (imperfect)
misrud (participle past)
sridt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sridt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sired (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sridna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sridtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sirdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sridt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sridt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sirdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sridna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sridtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sirdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisred (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisred (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisred (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisirdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisirdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisirdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisred (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisred (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisred (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisirdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisirdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisirdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
isred (imperative second-person singular)
isirdu (imperative plural second-person)
sridtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sridtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sridniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sridtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sirdux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sridtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sridtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sirditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sridniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sridtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sirdux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisridx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisridx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisridx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisirdux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisirdux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisirdux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisridx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisridx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisridx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisirdux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisirdux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisirdux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisridx (imperative second-person singular)
tisirdux (imperative plural second-person)

. Compare Moroccan Arabic سرد (srad, “to become cold, wet”). Perhaps from Persian سرد (sard, “cold”).


bosta

From Arabic بَسْطة (basṭa, “width, ampleness, increase, excellence”), rarer also بُسْطة (busṭa). Additionally, Maltese bosta is the regular outcome of Arabic بُسَطاء (busaṭāʔ, “the common people, the uneducated crowd”); it is possible, though not necessary, that this etymon also contributed to the Maltese word.


mewt

mewta (singulative)
mwiet (plural)
mewtiet (paucal)

From Arabic مَوْت (mawt). The plural mwiet is originally that of the adjective mejjet (“dead”). It is still used as such in the set phrase qam minn bejn l-imwiet (“to rise from the dead”). The feminine gender probably through influence by Sicilian morti, Italian morte, both from Latin mors f; perhaps reinforced by analogy with the antonym ħajja (“life”).


bija

first-person singular pronominal form of b’: with me


komunista

mt-noun

komunista m or f by sense (plural komunisti)

komunisti (plural)
komunist (alternative)


marżebb

marżebba (singulative)
mrieżeb (plural)
marżebbiet (paucal)


n-

From Arabic نَ (na, first-person plural imperfect prefix). The use also for the first-person singular is found in Maghrebi Arabic dialects.

inh

na- (alternative)
ne- (alternative)
ni- (alternative)
no- (alternative)

n- + kiteb (“he wrote”) → nikteb (“I write”)

First-person prefix in the imperfect conjugation


żrinġ

mt-noun

żrinġ m (plural żrinġijiet or (obsolete) żrinġiet, diminutive żrejneġ)

żrinġijiet (plural)
żrinġiet (obsolete plural)
żrejneġ (diminutive)
żronġ (alternative)

From a Maghrebi Arabic form akin to Moroccan Arabic جران (jrān), from a Berber language; compare Kabyle ajṛun. Possibly from an alteration of Latin rāna with initial g- imitating the croaking sound of a frog, as in Catalan granota and French grenouille.

U s-saħħara bis-sħarijiet tagħhom tellgħu huma wkoll iż-żrinġijiet għal fuq l-art ta’ l-Eġittu.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 8:3:

King James Version translation: And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.


widna

widna f (dual widintejn, plural widnejn)

widintejn (dual)
widnejn (plural)
widinti (first-person singular)
widnitna (first-person singular)
widintek (second-person singular)
widnitkom (second-person singular)
widintu (masculine singular third-person)
widnitha (feminine singular third-person)
widnithom (singular third-person)


ġebla

singulative of ġebel: a stone, a single lump of stony material


għadira

għadira f (plural għadajjar, diminutive għadajra)

għadajjar (plural)
għadajra (diminutive)
għadir (alternative obsolete)

From Arabic غَدِير (ḡadīr, “brook, pond, puddle”).

inh

Kelli buz wellington twil sa rkobbtejja li bih stajt ngħaddi nċaflas mill-għadajjar u għalkemm subgħajja ta’ saqajja kont inħosshom jiffriżaw bil-mod il-mod, […]


antagonista

mt-noun

antagonista m or f by sense (plural antagonisti)


kwota

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:


demm

demm m (plural dmija or dmum or dmiem or dmijiet)

dmija (plural)
dmum (plural)
dmiem (plural)
dmijiet (plural)

X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
ja Sena Ġdida?
Ah! biegħed minna
il-għelt, il-ġlied,
id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
ġibilna l-għaqda,
ġibilna s-sliem,
ġibilna l-ħelsien!

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


lumin

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume that is officially 1.849 imperial cubic inches (30.31 mL).


sferra

mt-verb

sferra (imperfect jisferra, past participle sferrat, verbal noun sferrar)

jisferra (imperfect)
sferrat (participle past)
sferrar (noun-from-verb)
sferrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sferrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sferra (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sferrajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sferrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sferraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sferrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sferrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sferrat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sferrajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sferrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sferraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisferra (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisferra (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisferra (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisferraw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisferraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisferraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisferra (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisferra (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisferra (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisferraw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisferraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisferraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sferra (imperative second-person singular)
sferraw (imperative plural second-person)
sferrajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sferrajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sferrajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sferrajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sferrawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sferrajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sferrajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sferratx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sferrajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sferrajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sferrawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisferrax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisferrax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisferrax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisferrawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisferrawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisferrawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisferrax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisferrax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisferrax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisferrawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisferrawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisferrawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisferrax (imperative second-person singular)
tisferrawx (imperative plural second-person)


lesta

jlesti (imperfect)
lestejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
lestejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
lesta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
lestejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
lestejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
lestew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
lestejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
lestejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
lestiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
lestejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
lestejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
lestew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nlesti (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlesti (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jlesti (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nlestu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tlestu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jlestu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nlesti (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlesti (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tlesti (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nlestu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tlestu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jlestu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
lesti (imperative second-person singular)
lestu (imperative plural second-person)

Integrated loan verb from Sicilian allèstiri (“to hurry up”) and/or related Italian allestire (“to prepare, organise”, formerly also “hurry up”), from the adjective Sicilian lestu, Italian lesto (“quick”), of unknown origin. The senses “prepare, get ready, finish” are apparently derived as referring to the objective of hurry or quickness. Compare Spanish listo (“agile” and “ready”).

der

to finish; to complete; to stop because one is ready, done


sfigura

mt-verb

sfigura (imperfect jisfigura, past participle sfigurat, verbal noun sfigurar)

jisfigura (imperfect)
sfigurat (participle past)
sfigurar (noun-from-verb)
sfigurajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sfigurajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sfigura (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sfigurajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sfigurajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sfiguraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sfigurajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sfigurajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sfigurat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sfigurajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sfigurajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sfiguraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisfigura (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisfigura (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisfigura (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisfiguraw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisfiguraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisfiguraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisfigura (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisfigura (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisfigura (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisfiguraw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisfiguraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisfiguraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sfigura (imperative second-person singular)
sfiguraw (imperative plural second-person)
sfigurajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sfigurajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sfigurajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sfigurajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sfigurawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sfigurajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sfigurajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sfiguratx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sfigurajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sfigurajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sfigurawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisfigurax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisfigurax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisfigurax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisfigurawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisfigurawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisfigurawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisfigurax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisfigurax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisfigurax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisfigurawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisfigurawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisfigurawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisfigurax (imperative second-person singular)
tisfigurawx (imperative plural second-person)


sforma

sforma (imperfect jisforma, past participle sformat or sfurmat, verbal noun sformar or sfurmar)

jisforma (imperfect)
sformat (participle past)
sfurmat (participle past)
sformar (noun-from-verb)
sfurmar (noun-from-verb)
sformajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sformajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sforma (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sformajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sformajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sformaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sformajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sformajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sformat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sformajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sformajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sformaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisforma (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisforma (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisforma (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisformaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisformaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisformaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisforma (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisforma (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisforma (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisformaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisformaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisformaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sforma (imperative second-person singular)
sformaw (imperative plural second-person)
sformajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sformajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sformajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sformajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sformawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sformajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sformajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sformatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sformajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sformajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sformawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisformax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisformax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisformax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisformawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisformawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisformawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisformax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisformax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisformax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisformawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisformawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisformawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisformax (imperative second-person singular)
tisformawx (imperative plural second-person)
sfurmajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sfurmajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sforma (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sfurmajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sfurmajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sfurmaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sfurmajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sfurmajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sfurmat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sfurmajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sfurmajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sfurmaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisforma (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisforma (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisforma (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisfurmaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisfurmaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisfurmaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisforma (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisforma (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisforma (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisfurmaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisfurmaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisfurmaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sforma (imperative second-person singular)
sfurmaw (imperative plural second-person)
sfurmajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sfurmajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sfurmajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sfurmajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sfurmawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sfurmajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sfurmajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sfurmatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sfurmajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sfurmajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sfurmawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisformax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisformax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisformax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisfurmawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisfurmawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisfurmawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisformax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisformax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisformax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisfurmawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisfurmawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisfurmawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisformax (imperative second-person singular)
tisfurmawx (imperative plural second-person)


sfratta

sfratta (imperfect jisfratta, past participle sfrattat, verbal noun sfrattar)

jisfratta (imperfect)
sfrattat (participle past)
sfrattar (noun-from-verb)
sfrattajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sfrattajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sfratta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sfrattajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sfrattajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sfrattaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sfrattajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sfrattajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sfrattat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sfrattajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sfrattajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sfrattaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisfratta (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisfratta (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisfratta (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisfrattaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisfrattaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisfrattaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisfratta (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisfratta (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisfratta (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisfrattaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisfrattaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisfrattaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sfratta (imperative second-person singular)
sfrattaw (imperative plural second-person)
sfrattajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sfrattajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sfrattajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sfrattajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sfrattawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sfrattajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sfrattajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sfrattatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sfrattajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sfrattajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sfrattawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisfrattax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisfrattax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisfrattax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisfrattawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisfrattawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisfrattawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisfrattax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisfrattax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisfrattax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisfrattawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisfrattawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisfrattawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisfrattax (imperative second-person singular)
tisfrattawx (imperative plural second-person)


siringa

Borrowed from Italian siringa, from Latin syrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx).


trombetta

trombetti (plural)
trumbetta (alternative)

longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax)


appunta

appunta (imperfect jappunta, past participle appuntat, verbal noun appuntar)

jappunta (imperfect)
appuntat (participle past)
appuntar (noun-from-verb)
appuntajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
appuntajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
appunta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
appuntajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
appuntajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
appuntaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
appuntajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
appuntajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
appuntat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
appuntajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
appuntajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
appuntaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nappunta (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tappunta (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jappunta (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nappuntaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tappuntaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jappuntaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nappunta (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tappunta (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tappunta (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nappuntaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tappuntaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jappuntaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
appunta (imperative second-person singular)
appuntaw (imperative plural second-person)
appuntajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
appuntajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
appuntajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
appuntajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
appuntawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
appuntajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
appuntajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
appuntatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
appuntajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
appuntajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
appuntawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nappuntax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tappuntax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jappuntax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nappuntawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tappuntawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jappuntawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nappuntax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tappuntax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tappuntax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nappuntawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tappuntawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jappuntawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tappuntax (imperative second-person singular)
tappuntawx (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Italian appuntare, influenced by English to appoint.


feda

feda (imperfect jifdi, past participle mifdi, verbal noun fidi)

jifdi (imperfect)
mifdi (participle past)
fidi (noun-from-verb)
fdejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fdejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
feda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fdejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
fdejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fdew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fdejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fdejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fdiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fdejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
fdejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fdew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nifdi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tifdi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jifdi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nifdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tifdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jifdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nifdi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tifdi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tifdi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nifdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tifdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jifdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ifdi (imperative second-person singular)
ifdu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic فَدَى (fadā), which is also used in the Christian religious sense. The financial sense is probably a loan translation of or at least influenced by English redeem. Unrelated with borrowed fada (“to trust”).

(also Christianity) to redeem; to ransom; to deliver


Nikosija

Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)


barri

mt-adjective

barri (feminine singular barrija, plural barrin)

barrija (feminine singular)
barrin (plural)


blinka

Borrowed from Australian English blinker.


terapista

mt-noun

terapista m or f by sense (plural terapisti)


umanista

female equivalent of umanist: female humanist


umanista

umanista m or f by sense (plural umanisti)


aggrava

mt-verb

aggrava (imperfect jaggrava, past participle aggravat, verbal noun aggravar)

jaggrava (imperfect)
aggravat (participle past)
aggravar (noun-from-verb)
aggravajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aggravajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
aggrava (masculine perfect singular third-person)
aggravajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
aggravajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
aggravaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
aggravajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aggravajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
aggravat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
aggravajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
aggravajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
aggravaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naggrava (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taggrava (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaggrava (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naggravaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taggravaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaggravaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naggrava (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taggrava (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taggrava (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naggravaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taggravaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaggravaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aggrava (imperative second-person singular)
aggravaw (imperative plural second-person)
aggravajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
aggravajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
aggravajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
aggravajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
aggravawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
aggravajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
aggravajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
aggravatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
aggravajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
aggravajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
aggravawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naggravax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taggravax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaggravax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naggravawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taggravawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaggravawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naggravax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taggravax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taggravax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naggravawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taggravawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaggravawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
taggravax (imperative second-person singular)
taggravawx (imperative plural second-person)


agonizza

agonizza (imperfect jagonizza, past participle agonizzat, verbal noun agonizzar)

jagonizza (imperfect)
agonizzat (participle past)
agonizzar (noun-from-verb)
agonizzajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
agonizzajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
agonizza (masculine perfect singular third-person)
agonizzajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
agonizzajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
agonizzaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
agonizzajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
agonizzajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
agonizzat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
agonizzajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
agonizzajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
agonizzaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagonizza (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagonizza (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagonizza (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagonizzaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tagonizzaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagonizzaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagonizza (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagonizza (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagonizza (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagonizzaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tagonizzaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagonizzaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agonizza (imperative second-person singular)
agonizzaw (imperative plural second-person)
agonizzajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
agonizzajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
agonizzajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
agonizzajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
agonizzawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
agonizzajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
agonizzajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
agonizzatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
agonizzajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
agonizzajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
agonizzawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagonizzax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagonizzax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagonizzax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagonizzawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tagonizzawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagonizzawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagonizzax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagonizzax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagonizzax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagonizzawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tagonizzawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagonizzawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tagonizzax (imperative second-person singular)
tagonizzawx (imperative plural second-person)


astinenza

astinenzi (plural)
astenenza (alternative)


riffed

riffed (imperfect jriffed, past participle mriffed, verbal noun tirfid)

jriffed (imperfect)
mriffed (participle past)
tirfid (noun-from-verb)
riffidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
riffidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
riffed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
riffidna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
riffidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
riffdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
riffidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
riffidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
riffdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
riffidna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
riffidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
riffdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nriffed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
triffed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jriffed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nriffdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
triffdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jriffdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nriffed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
triffed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
triffed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nriffdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
triffdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jriffdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
riffed (imperative second-person singular)
riffdu (imperative plural second-person)
riffidtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
riffidtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
riffidx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
riffidniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
riffidtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
riffdux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
riffidtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
riffidtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
riffditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
riffidniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
riffidtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
riffdux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nriffidx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
triffidx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jriffidx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nriffdux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
triffdux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jriffdux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nriffidx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
triffidx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
triffidx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nriffdux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
triffdux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jriffdux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
triffidx (imperative second-person singular)
triffdux (imperative plural second-person)


tuffieħa

tuffiħat (paucal)
tuffiħiet (paucal)
toffieħa (alternative)


Ġibiltà

Internationalism, from English Gibraltar.

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar#English

Gibraltar, Strait of Gibraltar (a strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco; in full, Strait of Gibraltar)


muntanja

Borrowed from Sicilian muntagna, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.


pingwin

Borrowed from Italian pinguino. Doublet of pengwin, from English.


assenta

jassenti (imperfect)
assentejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
assentejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
assenta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
assentejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
assentejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
assentew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
assentejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
assentejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
assentiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
assentejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
assentejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
assentew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nassenti (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tassenti (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jassenti (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nassentu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tassentu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jassentu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nassenti (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tassenti (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tassenti (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nassentu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tassentu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jassentu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
assenti (imperative second-person singular)
assentu (imperative plural second-person)
assentejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
assentejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
assentejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
assentejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
assentewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
assentejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
assentejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
assentietx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
assentejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
assentejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
assentewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nassentix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tassentix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jassentix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nassentux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tassentux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jassentux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nassentix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tassentix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tassentix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nassentux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tassentux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jassentux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tassentix (imperative second-person singular)
tassentux (imperative plural second-person)

(reflexive) to absent oneself [with ruħ]


linka

Borrowed from Sicilian inga /inca with fused definite article, from Old French enque /enca, from Late Latin encaustum, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston).


għajn

għajnejn (plural)
għajni (first-person singular)
għajnna (first-person singular)
għajnek (second-person singular)
għajnkom (second-person singular)
għajnu (masculine singular third-person)
għajnha (feminine singular third-person)
għajnhom (singular third-person)

”Taħseb li r-Russi m’humiex b’seba’ għajnejn biex jaraw min qed jidħol fl-Ammbaxxati tal-Punent? Jien għandi ħsieb ieħor”, qalilna Alexander.

2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 80:

Bosta jemnu bil għain, u forsi nemmen biha jen ucoll; għax bosta circostanzi għaddeu min għalìa, li ma staitx ma nemminx illi jinsabu certi bnedmin li b’ħarsitom igħainu dac l’icun tant għogiobom.

1865, P. P. Castagna, Malta bil ghzejer tahha u li ghadda min ghaliha: It-tieni parti, page 61:

Many believe in the evil eye, and maybe I believe in it too; because many circumstances have happened to me, such that I have been unable not to believe that there are certain people who with their glance curse that which has appealed to them so much.


għajn

mt-noun

għajn f (plural għejun, diminutive għawejna)


għajn

The name of the Latin-script letter Għ/għ.


raħal

raħal m (plural rħula, diminutive rħajjel)

From Arabic رَحْل (raḥl, “dwelling, campground”).


pulizija

puliziji (plural)
puluzija (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian pulizzìa and/or Italian polizia.

Il-Kummissarju tal-Pulizija

pulizija ġudizzjarja

pulizija tat-trafiku ― traffic police

Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.


ċentru

center (place where a function or activity occurs)


kwadrat

mt-adjective

kwadrat (feminine singular kwadrata, plural kwadrati)

kwadrata (feminine singular)
kwadrati (plural)


attent

attent (feminine singular attenta, plural attenti)

attenta (feminine singular)
attenti (plural)


nafar

mt-verb

nafar (imperfect jonfor, past participle minfur, verbal noun nfir)

jonfor (imperfect)
minfur (participle past)
nfir (noun-from-verb)
nfart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nfart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nafar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nfarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
nfartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nafru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nfart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nfart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nafret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nfarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
nfartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nafru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nonfor (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tonfor (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jonfor (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nonfru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tonfru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jonfru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nonfor (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tonfor (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tonfor (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nonfru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tonfru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jonfru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
onfor (imperative second-person singular)
onfru (imperative plural second-person)
nfartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nfartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nafarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nfarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
nfartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nafrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nfartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nfartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nafritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nfarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
nfartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nafrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nonforx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tonforx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jonforx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nonfrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tonfrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jonfrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nonforx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tonforx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tonforx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nonfrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tonfrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jonfrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tonforx (imperative second-person singular)
tonfrux (imperative plural second-person)


flokk

flokk taċ-ċingi

flokk ta’ taħt

flokk bla kmiem

flokk bil-kmiem


avukat

lawyer (professional person authorized to practice law)


avukat

avukata (singulative)
avukati (plural)
avokado (alternative)


wiżgħa

singulative of wiżagħ: a lizard (in practice especially a gecko or lacertid)


attendent

mt-noun

attendent m or f by sense (plural attendenti)


mimmi

Of onomatopoeic origin; possibly from dialectal Arabic. Compare dialectal Arabic مُمُّو (mummū, “pupil (of an eye)”), مُومُو (mūmū), مِمِّي (mimmī).

cog

(anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)


nies

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


parant

Unknown. Compare Italian paratia /paratio.

stile (vertical component of a panel or frame)


ġobon

ġobna (singulative)
ġbintejn (dual)
ġobnijiet (plural)
ġban (plural)
ġbon (plural)
ġbien (plural)
ġbun (plural)
ġbejjen (plural)
ġobniet (paucal)

Tħobbu l-ġobon?


jiddi

third-person masculine singular imperfect of idda


-at

Alternative form of -iet (noun plural suffix)


kopra

mt-verb

kopra (imperfect jkopri, past participle kopert, verbal noun tkoprija)

jkopri (imperfect)
kopert (participle past)
tkoprija (noun-from-verb)
koprejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
koprejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kopra (masculine perfect singular third-person)
koprejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
koprejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
koprew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
koprejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
koprejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kopriet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
koprejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
koprejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
koprew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkopri (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkopri (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkopri (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkopru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tkopru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkopru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkopri (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkopri (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkopri (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkopru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tkopru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkopru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kopri (imperative second-person singular)
kopru (imperative plural second-person)
koprejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
koprejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
koprejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
koprejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
koprewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
koprejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
koprejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
koprietx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
koprejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
koprejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
koprewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkoprix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkoprix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkoprix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkoprux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tkoprux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkoprux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkoprix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkoprix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkoprix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkoprux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tkoprux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkoprux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tkoprix (imperative second-person singular)
tkoprux (imperative plural second-person)


malka

mt-noun

malka f (plural mluk, masculine malek, diminutive mlejka)

mluk (plural)
malek (masculine)
mlejka (diminutive)

female equivalent of malek; a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one


naturalizza

mt-verb

naturalizza (imperfect jnaturalizza, past participle naturalizzat, verbal noun naturalizzar)

jnaturalizza (imperfect)
naturalizzat (participle past)
naturalizzar (noun-from-verb)
naturalizzajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
naturalizzajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
naturalizza (masculine perfect singular third-person)
naturalizzajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
naturalizzajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
naturalizzaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
naturalizzajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
naturalizzajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
naturalizzat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
naturalizzajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
naturalizzajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
naturalizzaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nnaturalizza (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnaturalizza (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jnaturalizza (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nnaturalizzaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tnaturalizzaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jnaturalizzaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nnaturalizza (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnaturalizza (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tnaturalizza (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nnaturalizzaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tnaturalizzaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jnaturalizzaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
naturalizza (imperative second-person singular)
naturalizzaw (imperative plural second-person)
naturalizzajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
naturalizzajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
naturalizzajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
naturalizzajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
naturalizzawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
naturalizzajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
naturalizzajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
naturalizzatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
naturalizzajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
naturalizzajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
naturalizzawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nnaturalizzax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnaturalizzax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jnaturalizzax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nnaturalizzawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tnaturalizzawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jnaturalizzawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nnaturalizzax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnaturalizzax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tnaturalizzax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nnaturalizzawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tnaturalizzawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jnaturalizzawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tnaturalizzax (imperative second-person singular)
tnaturalizzawx (imperative plural second-person)

Alternative form of nnaturalizza: to naturalize


naturalizza

Alternative form of naturalezza: naturalness


Ukrajna

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


sejf

mt-noun

sejf m (plural sjuf or swejjef or sejfijiet, diminutive swejjef)

sjuf (plural)
swejjef (plural)
sejfijiet (plural)
swejjef (diminutive)


darab

mt-verb

darab (imperfect jidrob, past participle midrub)

jidrob (imperfect)
midrub (participle past)
drabt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
drabt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
darab (masculine perfect singular third-person)
drabna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
drabtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
darbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
drabt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
drabt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
darbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
drabna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
drabtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
darbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidrob (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidrob (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidrob (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidorbu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tidorbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidorbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidrob (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidrob (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidrob (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidorbu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tidorbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidorbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idrob (imperative second-person singular)
idorbu (imperative plural second-person)
drabtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
drabtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
darabx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
drabniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
drabtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
darbux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
drabtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
drabtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
darbitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
drabniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
drabtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
darbux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidrobx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidrobx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidrobx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidorbux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tidorbux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidorbux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidrobx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidrobx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidrobx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidorbux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tidorbux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidorbux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tidrobx (imperative second-person singular)
tidorbux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit”).


kewkba

mt-noun

kewkba f (plural kwiekeb, paucal kewkbiet)


iben

iben m (construct state iben or bin, plural ulied)

iben (construct)
bin (construct)
ulied (plural)
ibni (first-person singular)
binna (first-person singular)
ibnek (second-person singular)
binkom (second-person singular)
ibnu (masculine singular third-person)
binha (feminine singular third-person)
binhom (singular third-person)


isem

L-akkużati għamlu użu minn ismijiet foloz.


pulit

mt-adjective

pulit (feminine singular pulita, plural puliti, comparative (Australia) iplet)

pulita (feminine singular)
puliti (plural)
iplet (Australia 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.

(literally or figuratively) clean, neat, tidy


antropologa

mt-noun

antropologa f (plural antropoloġi, masculine antropologu)

antropoloġi (plural)
antropologu (masculine)

female equivalent of antropologu: female anthropologist


orkestra

mt-verb

orkestra (imperfect jorkestra, past participle orkestrat, verbal noun orkestrar)

jorkestra (imperfect)
orkestrat (participle past)
orkestrar (noun-from-verb)
orkestrajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
orkestrajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
orkestra (masculine perfect singular third-person)
orkestrajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
orkestrajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
orkestraw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
orkestrajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
orkestrajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
orkestrat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
orkestrajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
orkestrajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
orkestraw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
norkestra (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
torkestra (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jorkestra (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
norkestraw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
torkestraw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jorkestraw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
norkestra (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
torkestra (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
torkestra (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
norkestraw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
torkestraw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jorkestraw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
orkestra (imperative second-person singular)
orkestraw (imperative plural second-person)
orkestrajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
orkestrajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
orkestrajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
orkestrajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
orkestrawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
orkestrajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
orkestrajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
orkestratx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
orkestrajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
orkestrajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
orkestrawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
norkestrax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
torkestrax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jorkestrax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
norkestrawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
torkestrawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jorkestrawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
norkestrax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
torkestrax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
torkestrax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
norkestrawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
torkestrawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jorkestrawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
torkestrax (imperative second-person singular)
torkestrawx (imperative plural second-person)


bieda

jbiedi (imperfect)
bedejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bedejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bieda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bedejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bedejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bedew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bedejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bedejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bediet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bedejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bedejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bedew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbiedi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbiedi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbiedi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbiedu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tbiedu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbiedu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbiedi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbiedi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbiedi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbiedu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tbiedu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbiedu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
biedi (imperative second-person singular)
biedu (imperative plural second-person)


infern

Borrowed from Sicilian nfernu and/or Italian inferno, both from Latin infernus.


deru

An irregular reflex from Arabic ضَرْو (ḍarw) (the expected one would be *daru).

Pistacia lentiscus
Pistacia lentiscus#Translingual

lentisk, mastic shrub (Pistacia lentiscus)


determinista

mt-noun

determinista m or f by sense (plural deterministi)


xemx

From Arabic شَمْس (šams). Compare Moroccan Arabic شمش (šamš).

Ix-xemx hija stilla.


sinna

sinna f (plural snien, paucal sinniet, diminutive snejna or (baby talk) sinnuna)

snien (plural)
sinniet (paucal)
snejna (diminutive)
sinnuna (baby-talk diminutive)

From Arabic سِنّ (sinn). The Arabic noun is feminine and was formally feminised in Maltese by adding -a; compare the same in widna (“ear”). Compare Moroccan Arabic سنة (sanna).

sinna tewm


istor

second-person singular imperative of satar


gaffa

Borrowed from Sicilian gaffa. Sense 3 is from Italian gaffa.

(figuratively) someone who always has the best cards

(figuratively) glutton (one who eats voraciously)


xela

mt-verb

xela (imperfect jixli, past participle mixli, verbal noun xili)

jixli (imperfect)
mixli (participle past)
xili (noun-from-verb)
xlejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xlejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xela (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xlejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
xlejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xlew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xlejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xlejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xlejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
xlejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xlew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nixli (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tixli (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jixli (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nixlu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tixlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jixlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nixli (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tixli (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tixli (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nixlu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tixlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jixlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ixli (imperative second-person singular)
ixlu (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare North Levantine Arabic شلي (šili, “to speak ill of, to backbite”).


allega

mt-verb

allega (imperfect jallega, past participle allegat, verbal noun allegar)

jallega (imperfect)
allegat (participle past)
allegar (noun-from-verb)
allegajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
allegajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
allega (masculine perfect singular third-person)
allegajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
allegajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
allegaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
allegajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
allegajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
allegat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
allegajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
allegajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
allegaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nallega (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tallega (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jallega (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nallegaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tallegaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jallegaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nallega (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tallega (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tallega (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nallegaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tallegaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jallegaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
allega (imperative second-person singular)
allegaw (imperative plural second-person)
allegajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
allegajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
allegajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
allegajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
allegawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
allegajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
allegajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
allegatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
allegajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
allegajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
allegawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nallegax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tallegax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jallegax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nallegawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tallegawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jallegawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nallegax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tallegax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tallegax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nallegawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tallegawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jallegawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tallegax (imperative second-person singular)
tallegawx (imperative plural second-person)


anonimizza

anonimizza (imperfect janonimizza, past participle anonimizzat, verbal noun anonimizzar)

janonimizza (imperfect)
anonimizzat (participle past)
anonimizzar (noun-from-verb)
anonimizzajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
anonimizzajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
anonimizza (masculine perfect singular third-person)
anonimizzajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
anonimizzajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
anonimizzaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
anonimizzajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
anonimizzajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
anonimizzat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
anonimizzajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
anonimizzajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
anonimizzaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nanonimizza (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tanonimizza (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
janonimizza (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nanonimizzaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tanonimizzaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
janonimizzaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nanonimizza (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tanonimizza (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tanonimizza (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nanonimizzaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tanonimizzaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
janonimizzaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
anonimizza (imperative second-person singular)
anonimizzaw (imperative plural second-person)
anonimizzajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
anonimizzajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
anonimizzajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
anonimizzajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
anonimizzawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
anonimizzajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
anonimizzajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
anonimizzatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
anonimizzajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
anonimizzajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
anonimizzawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nanonimizzax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tanonimizzax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
janonimizzax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nanonimizzawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tanonimizzawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
janonimizzawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nanonimizzax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tanonimizzax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tanonimizzax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nanonimizzawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tanonimizzawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
janonimizzawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tanonimizzax (imperative second-person singular)
tanonimizzawx (imperative plural second-person)


Marija

Borrowed from Sicilian Marìa, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (Maryām).

(also biblical) a female given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Aramaic], equivalent to English Mary


titkellem bl-Ingliż

do you speak English
do you speak English


patta

patta (imperfect jpatti, past participle mpatti, verbal noun tpattija)

jpatti (imperfect)
mpatti (participle past)
tpattija (noun-from-verb)
pattejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
pattejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
patta (masculine perfect singular third-person)
pattejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
pattejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
pattew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
pattejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
pattejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
pattiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
pattejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
pattejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
pattew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
npatti (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpatti (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jpatti (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
npattu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tpattu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jpattu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
npatti (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpatti (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tpatti (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
npattu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tpattu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jpattu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
patti (imperative second-person singular)
pattu (imperative plural second-person)
pattejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
pattejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
pattiex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
pattejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
pattejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
pattewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
pattejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
pattejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
pattietx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
pattejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
pattejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
pattewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
npattix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpattix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jpattix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
npattux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tpattux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jpattux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
npattix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpattix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tpattix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
npattux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tpattux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jpattux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tpattix (imperative second-person singular)
tpattux (imperative plural second-person)

Eventually derived from Latin pactus (“pact”). Compare Italian impattare (“to equalise in a game”).

cog

to pay back, requite
to reward, give something in exchange


oċean

oċeani (plural)
oċjan (alternative)
oċeanu (alternative)

/ɔˈt͡ʃɛː.an/

oceans: oċean: l-Oċean Antartiku · l-Oċean Artiku · l-Oċean Atlantiku · l-Oċean Indjan · l-Oċean Paċifiku [edit]


appella

mt-verb

appella (imperfect jappella, past participle appellat, verbal noun appellar)

jappella (imperfect)
appellat (participle past)
appellar (noun-from-verb)
appellajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
appellajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
appella (masculine perfect singular third-person)
appellajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
appellajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
appellaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
appellajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
appellajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
appellat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
appellajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
appellajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
appellaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nappella (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tappella (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jappella (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nappellaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tappellaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jappellaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nappella (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tappella (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tappella (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nappellaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tappellaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jappellaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
appella (imperative second-person singular)
appellaw (imperative plural second-person)
appellajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
appellajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
appellajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
appellajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
appellawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
appellajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
appellajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
appellatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
appellajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
appellajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
appellawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nappellax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tappellax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jappellax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nappellawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tappellawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jappellawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nappellax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tappellax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tappellax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nappellawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tappellawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jappellawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tappellax (imperative second-person singular)
tappellawx (imperative plural second-person)


stilet

jistilet (imperfect)
stlitt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
stlitt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
stilet (masculine perfect singular third-person)
stlitna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
stlittu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
stiltu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
stlitt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
stlitt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
stiltet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
stlitna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
stlittu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
stiltu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nistilet (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tistilet (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jistilet (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nistiltu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tistiltu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jistiltu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nistilet (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tistilet (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tistilet (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nistiltu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tistiltu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jistiltu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
stilet (imperative second-person singular)
stiltu (imperative plural second-person)


għoxx

mt-noun

għoxx m (plural għoxux or għoxxijiet, diminutive għexejjex)

għoxux (plural)
għoxxijiet (plural)
għexejjex (diminutive)

Alternative form: għexx (dialectal)


għoxx

Without doubt influenced by etymology 1 through evident analogies of both appearance and function, but originally perhaps from Arabic عُسّ (ʕuss), meaning “genitals” (especially male, but also female) as well as “large cup” (if this is the same word). Compare the obsolete Maltese variant għoss (“buttocks, anus”).

Żobbu daħal f’għoxxi.

Qisek għoxx, dejjem toqgħod sieket quddiem l-inġustizzji.

You’re such a coward, always staying silent in the face of injustices.


insolvibilità

insolvibilità f (plural insolvibilitajiet)


benna

From Arabic بَنَّة (banna). Compare Moroccan Arabic بنة (banna) and Libyan Arabic بنة (banna).


emenda

mt-verb

emenda (imperfect jemenda, past participle emendat, verbal noun emendar)

jemenda (imperfect)
emendat (participle past)
emendar (noun-from-verb)
emendajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
emendajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
emenda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
emendajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
emendajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
emendaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
emendajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
emendajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
emendat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
emendajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
emendajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
emendaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nemenda (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
temenda (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jemenda (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nemendaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
temendaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jemendaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nemenda (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
temenda (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
temenda (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nemendaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
temendaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jemendaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
emenda (imperative second-person singular)
emendaw (imperative plural second-person)
emendajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
emendajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
emendajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
emendajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
emendawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
emendajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
emendajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
emendatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
emendajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
emendajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
emendawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nemendax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
temendax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jemendax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nemendawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
temendawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jemendawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nemendax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
temendax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
temendax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nemendawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
temendawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jemendawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
temendax (imperative second-person singular)
temendawx (imperative plural second-person)


kontra

kontrija (first-person singular)
kontrina (first-person plural)
kontrik (second-person singular)
kontrikom (plural second-person)
kontrih (masculine singular third-person)
kontriha (feminine singular third-person)
kontrihom (plural third-person)

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


ammortizza

ammortizza (imperfect jammortizza, past participle ammortizzat, verbal noun ammortizzar)

jammortizza (imperfect)
ammortizzat (participle past)
ammortizzar (noun-from-verb)
ammortizzajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ammortizzajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ammortizza (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ammortizzajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ammortizzajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ammortizzaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ammortizzajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ammortizzajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ammortizzat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ammortizzajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ammortizzajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ammortizzaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nammortizza (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tammortizza (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jammortizza (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nammortizzaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tammortizzaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jammortizzaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nammortizza (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tammortizza (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tammortizza (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nammortizzaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tammortizzaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jammortizzaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ammortizza (imperative second-person singular)
ammortizzaw (imperative plural second-person)
ammortizzajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ammortizzajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ammortizzajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ammortizzajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ammortizzawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ammortizzajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ammortizzajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ammortizzatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ammortizzajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ammortizzajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ammortizzawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nammortizzax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tammortizzax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jammortizzax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nammortizzawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tammortizzawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jammortizzawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nammortizzax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tammortizzax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tammortizzax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nammortizzawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tammortizzawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jammortizzawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tammortizzax (imperative second-person singular)
tammortizzawx (imperative plural second-person)