ważir

Loqman, malli wasal quddiem is-sultan, sellimlu. Is-sultan qegħdu bil-qegħda ħdejh u qallu: “Ara, jien smajt bik u bil-għerf u t-tieba tiegħek, għalhekk sa naħtarek, minn issa, bħala ważir tiegħi, u nagħtik is-setgħa fuq l-artijiet tiegħi kollha. […]

1961, Bonaventura, P., “Iż-Żarbun tal-Ważir”, in Leħen l-Art Imqaddsa, number 4, Valletta: Kummissarjat Tal-Qabar Ta’ Kristu F’Malta:

When Loqman arrived before the sultan, he greeted him. The sultan placed Loqman near him and told him: “Look, I have heard of you and of your knowledge and virtue, that's why I will choose you to be my minister from now on, and I will give you authority over all my lands. […]

(historical) minister in Muslim countries


Siċiljan

mt-noun

Siċiljan m (plural Siċiljani, feminine Siċiljana)


diżunur

Borrowed from Sicilian disunuri, disonuri. Equivalent to diż- + unur.


diżgrazzja

Borrowed from Italian disgrazia. Equivalent to diż- + grazzja.


ġenitur

Borrowed from Sicilian genituri and/or Italian genitore, both from Latin genitor.


neputija

neputija f (plural neputijiet, masculine neputi)


neputijiet

grandchildren
plural of neputi: grandsons

grandchildren
plural of neputija: granddaughters

one's siblings' and spouse's siblings' children


popolarizzazzjoni

popolarizzazzjoni f (plural popolarizzazzjonijiet)


ħarsa

Għal dan l-aħħar kliem tiegħi Nina tefgħet fuqi ħarsa mimlija ħlewwa.

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


tbiegħa

inh

Arabic طِبَاعَة (ṭibāʕa)


tebgħa

mt-noun

tebgħa f (plural tbajja’ or tbiegħi, paucal tebgħat, diminutive tbejgħa)

tbajja’ (plural)
tbiegħi (plural)
tebgħat (paucal)
tbejgħa (diminutive)


tbejgħa

diminutive of tebgħa: a small stain, spot


stampier

stampier m (plural stampieri, feminine stampiera)


stampatur

stampatur m (plural stampaturi, feminine stampatura)

stampaturi (plural)
stampatura (feminine)


għella

għella f (plural għelejjel, paucal għelliet)

għelejjel (plural)
għelliet (paucal)
għilla (alternative)

Alternative form: għell (Arabism)


magħleb

magħleb m (plural mgħaleb, diminutive mgħajleb)


mqarrun

mqarruna (singulative)
mqarruniet (paucal)


mramma

mramma f (plural mramem, paucal mrammiet)


għollieqa

għollieqa f (plural għelielaq, paucal għolliqiet or għolliqat)

għelielaq (plural)
għolliqiet (paucal)
għolliqat (paucal)

/ɔˤːlˈlɪː.ʔa/

/ɣɔlˈlɪː.ʔa/


magħlaq

(obsolete) a water enclosure to breed fish


għanqra

għenieqer (plural)
għankra (alternative)

From dialectal Arabic عَنْقَرَة (ʕanqara).


sallur

sallura (singulative)
salluriet (paucal)

Anguilla anguilla
Anguilla anguilla#Translingual


fdewxa

fdewxa f (plural fdewwex, paucal fdewxiet)

Dialectal Arabic فِدَاوِش (fidāwiš, “noodles”), which may be from Italian fettuccia (“band, ribbon”)

a type of Maltese pasta similar to tagliatelle


katusa

Borrowed from Sicilian catusu, from Arabic قَادُوس (qādūs).


katusa tad-dranaġġ

katusa tad-dranaġġ f (plural katusi tad-dranaġġ)

katusi tad-dranaġġ (plural)
katusa tad-drenaġġ (alternative)


katusa tad-drenaġġ

katusa tad-drenaġġ f (plural katusi tad-drenaġġ)

katusa tad-dranaġġ
katusa tad-dranaġġ#Maltese

Alternative form of katusa tad-dranaġġ: sewer pipe


dugħ

dugħa (singulative)
dwiegħ (plural)
dugħat (paucal)
dugħiet (paucal)
duħ (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian duga. The (older) Maltese /ɣ/ is probably a sporadic substitution for /ɡ/ (as in għonnella), though it could also be influenced directly by the Greek etymon δοχή (dokhḗ).

staves (narrow strips, a part of a vessel)


dussies

dwieses (plural)
dessies (alternative obsolete)
dissies (alternative obsolete)


durrajsa

durrajsa f (plural durrajs, paucal durrajsiet)

Emberiza calandra
Emberiza calandra#Translingual


durrajsa ħamra

yellow-breasted bunting
yellow-breasted bunting

Emberiza aureola
Emberiza aureola#Translingual

yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)


durrajsa qerqnija

Emberiza pusilla
Emberiza pusilla#Translingual


durrajsa rasha sewda

black-headed bunting
black-headed bunting

Emberiza melanocephala
Emberiza melanocephala#Translingual

black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)


durrajsa safra

Emberiza citrinella
Emberiza citrinella#Translingual


durrajsa sekonda

Emberiza schoeniclus
Emberiza schoeniclus#Translingual


durrajsa selvaġġa

Emberiza rustica
Emberiza rustica#Translingual


durrajsa skura

Emberiza cineracea
Emberiza cineracea#Translingual


durrajsa tal-maltemp

Plectrophenax nivalis
Plectrophenax nivalis#Translingual


durrajsa tan-nord

Calcarius lapponicus
Calcarius lapponicus#Translingual


ortolan rasu blu

Cretzschmar's bunting
Cretzschmar's bunting

Emberiza caesia
Emberiza caesia#Translingual


ortolan iswed

Emberiza cirlus
Emberiza cirlus#Translingual


tfief

From Arabic تِفَاف (tifāf), from Berber.

Sonchus oleraceus
Sonchus oleraceus#Translingual


tfief tar-ramal

Chondrilla juncea
Chondrilla juncea#Translingual


tfief xewwieki

/ˌtfɪːf ʃɛwˈwɪː.kɪ/

prickly goldenfleece (Urospermum picroides)


ħafur kbir rari

sterile oat (Avena sterilis subsp. altherantha)


ħafur żgħir

slender wild oat (Avena barbata subsp. barbata)


ħafur kbir ta' Ludovik

ħafur kbir ta’ Ludovik (canonical masculine)

winter wild-oat (Avena sterilis subsp. ludoviciana)


silla qatranija

silla qatranija f (plural silel qatranija)


silla salvaġġa

silla salvaġġa f (plural silel salvaġġa)


silla tal-blat

silla tal-blat f (plural silel tal-blat)


sillet il-mogħoż

sillet il-mogħoż f (plural silel il-mogħoż)

silel il-mogħoż (plural)
silla tal-mogħoż (alternative)


silla tal-mogħoż

silla tal-mogħoż f (plural silel tal-mogħoż)

sillet il-mogħoż
sillet il-mogħoż#Maltese


silla tal-gidien

silla tal-gidien f (plural silel tal-gidien)


xintill

horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis gen. et spp.)


xintill komuni

xintill komuni f (plural xintilli komuni)


xintill żgħir

xintill żgħir f (plural xintilli żgħira)


fjurduliż tal-ilma

Iris pseudacorus
Iris pseudacorus#Translingual


fjurduliż ta' Farawni

fjurduliż ta’ Farawni (canonical masculine)


serqa

an instance of stealing, a theft, robbery


poxt

poxt m (plural poxtijiet or pxat or pxati, feminine poxtija or poxt)

poxtijiet (plural)
pxat (plural)
pxati (plural)
poxtija (feminine)
poxt (feminine)

From Arabic بُشْط (bušṭ), from Classical Persian پُشْت (pušt).


pubblikatur

pubblikatur m (plural pubblikaturi, feminine pubblikatura or pubblikatriċi)

pubblikaturi (plural)
pubblikatura (feminine)
pubblikatriċi (feminine)


pubbliċist

pubbliċist m (plural pubbliċisti, feminine pubbliċista)

pubbliċisti (plural)
pubbliċista (feminine)


pubbliċista

pubbliċista m or f by sense (plural pubbliċisti)


pubblikan

(historical) publican (Roman tax collector)


masfa

From Arabic مَصْفَى (maṣfā, literally “place of purification”), a calque of Latin purgatorium, whence also the modern word. Arabic-speaking Catholics use مَطْهَر (maṭhar), an equivalent formation from a synonymous root.


purgatorju

Borrowed from Italian purgatorio, from Latin purgatorium.


ħarkus

Arabic حُرْقُوص (ḥurqūṣ)

(figuratively in the singulative) anything small


rkobba

rkobbti (first-person singular)
rkobbitna (first-person singular)
rkobbtek (second-person singular)
rkobbitkom (second-person singular)
rkobbtu (masculine singular third-person)
rkobbitha (feminine singular third-person)
rkobbithom (singular third-person)

(anatomy, archaic) Alternative form of rkoppa: knee


qronfol tal-bukketti

qronfla tal-bukketti (singulative)
qronfliet tal-bukketti (paucal)

Dianthus barbatus
Dianthus barbatus#Translingual


qronfol tal-pjuma

qronfla tal-pjuma (singulative)
qronfliet tal-pjuma (paucal)


qronfol Tork

qronfla Tork (singulative)
qronfliet Tork (paucal)

Tagetes erecta
Tagetes erecta#Translingual


qronfol Torki

qronfla Torkija (singulative)
qronfliet Torkija (paucal)


qronfol tat-Tork

qronfla tat-Tork (singulative)
qronfliet tat-Tork (paucal)


qronfol tal-Ċina

qronfla tal-Ċina (singulative)
qronfliet tal-Ċina (paucal)

Dianthus chinensis
Dianthus chinensis#Translingual


qronfol tal-Kina

qronfla tal-Kina (singulative)
qronfliet tal-Kina (paucal)


naqus

a bell worn by animals (cows, goats, etc…)


skakkumattu

Borrowed from Italian scacco matto. Doublet of ċekkmejt.


kikkra

Borrowed from Italian chicchera, from Spanish xícara (modern form jícara), from Nahuatl xicalli.


pejjiep

mt-noun

pejjiep m (plural pejjiepa, feminine pejjiepa)


bizzilla

bizzilla f (plural bziezel or bizzilli or bizzilel)

bziezel (plural)
bizzilli (plural)
bizzilel (plural)

From a diminutive of Italian pizzo. Lace originated in Italy in the 15th century and was produced in Malta by the 16th century. The Maltese word probably goes back to that time because the b- suggests an early borrowing.


ħajbur

ħajbura (singulative)
ħajburiet (paucal)

Recorded by Vassalli with /x/. Compare Arabic حَبِير (ḥabīr, “clouds”).

cumulus clouds or similar fairly small low-level clouds


qrajjen

qrajniet (plural)
qrajna (alternative)
qrejna (alternative)


qrejna

qrejniet (plural)
qrajjen (alternative)
qrajna (alternative)


turċman

turċmani (plural)
torċman (alternative)
torġman (alternative)
turġman (alternative)

From Arabic تُرْجُمان (turjumān). The -ċ- and the plural in -i point to influence by Italian turcimanno, but otherwise nothing speaks against inheritance.

(archaic or historical) interpreter, dragoman


newba

opportunity, the right time for something


kappell

kappell m (plural kpiepel, diminutive kpejpel)


kappell tal-għajn

kappell tal-għajn m (plural kpiepel tal-għajnejn)


rikna

rikna f (plural rokon or rkejjen or rkien or riken or rkieni, paucal rikniet, diminutive rkejna or rkajna)

rokon (plural)
rkejjen (plural)
rkien (plural)
riken (plural)
rkieni (plural)
rikniet (paucal)
rkejna (diminutive)
rkajna (diminutive)

(dialectal) Alternative form of rokna: corner, angle


kummissjoni

kummissjonijiet (plural)
kumissjoni (alternative)
kommissjoni (alternative)

commission, committee, board (a body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function)


kummissjonarju

kummissjonarju m (plural kummissjonarji)


komunjonist

komunjonist m (plural komunjonisti, feminine komunjonista)

komunjonisti (plural)
komunjonista (feminine)


memorandu

Alternative form of memorandum: memorandum


spjegazzjoni

spjegazzjoni f (plural spjegazzjonijiet)

Borrowed from Sicilian spiegazioni and/or Italian spiegazione.


griġjol

/ɡrɪd͡ʒˈjɔːl/


dugħa

dugħat (paucal)
dugħiet (paucal)
duħa (alternative)


sostenibbiltà

sostenibbiltà f (plural sostenibbiltajiet)


sostenitur

sostenitur m (plural sostenituri, feminine sostenitura or sostenitriċi)

sostenituri (plural)
sostenitura (feminine)
sostenitriċi (feminine)


innovazzjoni

innovazzjoni f (plural innovazzjonijiet)


naturalizzazzjoni

naturalizzazzjoni f (plural naturalizzazzjonijiet)


livell

Borrowed from Italian livello. Doublet of nvell.


rakkontatur

rakkontatur m (plural rakkontaturi, feminine rakkontatriċi)

rakkontaturi (plural)
rakkontatriċi (feminine)


bies rari

Falco biarmicus
Falco biarmicus#Translingual


bies tal-barr

Falco pelegrinoides
Falco pelegrinoides#Translingual


bies prim

Falco peregrinus
Falco peregrinus#Translingual


bies sekond

Falco subbuteo
Falco subbuteo#Translingual


bewsa ta' Ġuda

Judas kiss (act of treachery under the guise of kindness)


foġġa

Borrowed from Sicilian foggia and/or Italian foggia.


fomm ix-xmara

fomm ix-xmara m (plural fommijiet ix-xmajjar)

fommijiet ix-xmajjar (plural)
fomm tax-xmara (alternative)


ġobba

ġobba f (plural ġobbiet or ġobob, diminutive ġbejba)

ġobbiet (plural)
ġobob (plural)
ġbejba (diminutive)

From Arabic جُبَّة (jubba), or via Italian giubba and/or Sicilian giubba.


ġummiena

ġummiena f (plural ġmiemen or ġwiemen, paucal ġumminiet)

ġmiemen (plural)
ġwiemen (plural)
ġumminiet (paucal)

From Arabic جُمَانَة (jumāna), singulative of جُمَان (jumān).


rawt

rawta (singulative)
rwat (plural)
rawtiet (paucal)


bagħar

bagħra (singulative)
bagħrtejn (dual)
ibgħar (plural)
bagħriet (paucal)


bagħra

bagħrtejn (dual)
ibgħar (plural)
bagħriet (paucal)


qabil

qabil m (plural qbejjel or oqbla or qobla)

qbejjel (plural)
oqbla (plural)
qobla (plural)


qannebusa

qannebusiet (plural)
qannabusa (alternative)


ċimnija

ċimnija f (plural ċmieni or ċimnijiet or ċmiemen)

ċmieni (plural)
ċimnijiet (plural)
ċmiemen (plural)


dħul

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

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

Il-kumpanija tat-telekomunikazzjoni GO żiedet id-dħul tagħha b’żewġ miljun u tliet mitt elf ewro fl-ewwel sitt xhur ta’ din is-sena meta mqabbel mal-ewwel nofs tas-sena l-oħra.

2021 August 10, “Fl-ewwel nofs din is-sena GO żżid id-dħul b’€2.3 miljun”, in One.com.mt:

Dħul il-lejl.


tilqim

verbal noun of laqqam:
(botany) grafting

verbal noun of laqqam:
(medicine) vaccination


vvaċċinar

verbal noun of vvaċċina:
(medicine) vaccination


latmija

Borrowed from Sicilian latomia and/or Italian latomia.


ħarsetta

From ħarsa (“glance, look”) + -etta (diminutive suffix).

af

blurb (short description of a book, film, etc.)


ħarif

(obsolete) Alternative form of ħarifa: autumn (season)


ħarrief

mt-noun

ħarrief m (plural ħarriefa, feminine ħarriefa)

ħarriefa (plural)
ħarriefa (feminine)
ħarraf (alternative)


ħarraf

ħarraf m (plural ħarrafa, feminine ħarrafa)

Alternative form of ħarrief: storyteller


ħolqa

link (element of a chain), Internet link


ħoxba

ħoxba f (plural ħxab or ħoxob or ħoxbiet)

ħxab (plural)
ħoxob (plural)
ħoxbiet (plural)
ħexba (alternative)


ħexba

ħexba f (plural ħxab or ħoxob or ħexbiet)

ħxab (plural)
ħoxob (plural)
ħexbiet (plural)


ħożża

ħożoż (plural)
ħiżża (alternative dialectal)


ħannuf

ħanniefa (plural)
ħnienef (plural)
ħalluf (alternative)


tlaqliq

verbal noun of laqlaq: stammering, stuttering


tlaqliqa

a stammer, stutter, an instance of stammering, a stuttered utterance


għandur

għandur m (plural għanadar, feminine għandura)


għandura

female equivalent of għandur: a female dandy


mselħa

From Arabic مَصْلَحَة (maṣlaḥa). Compare Tunisian Arabic مصلحة (mṣalḥa, maṣlḥa, “broom”).


sewwieq

mt-noun

sewwieq m (plural sewwieqa, feminine sewwieqa)


leħħ

From Arabic أَلَحَّ (ʔalaḥḥa, “to insist, urge”, also of clouds “to rain continuously, to stay in one place”). The sense “to flash” from the persistent flashes of lightning during a thunderstorm.


leħħa

singulative of leħħ: a flash, an instance of flashing, flaring


ħassieb

mt-noun

ħassieb m (plural ħassieba, feminine ħassieba)


ħsib

verbal noun of ħaseb: the act of thinking


tħassib

verbal noun of tħasseb: worry, the act of worrying, anxiety


mewta

Din il-mewta setgħet tiġi evitata.

singulative of mewt: a death
a case of someone's dying

“Tassew, tassew ngħidlek, meta kont żagħżugħ, kont titħażżem waħdek u tmur fejn trid; imma meta tixjieħ, int tiftaħ idejk u ħaddieħor iħażżmek u jieħdok fejn ma tkunx trid!” Dan qalu biex ifisser b’liema mewta kien sejjer jagħti glorja lil Alla. Imbagħad Ġesù ssokta jgħidlu: “Ejja warajja.”

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Ġwann 21:18-19:

King James Version translation: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

singulative of mewt: a death
a way of dying


statwa

Borrowed from Italian statua, from Latin statua.


statwetta

statwetti (plural)
istatwetta (alternative)


statwarju

statwarji (plural)
istatwarju (alternative)


temprin

temprini (plural)
temprina (alternative)


dragunett

From older Sicilian dragunettu (modern draguneddu).

dragonet (fish of the family Callionymidae)


gamiem

From Arabic يَمَام (yamām), also pronounced جَمَام (jamām) dialectally. For the shift from /d͡ʒ/ to /ɡ/, compare Moroccan Arabic جربوع (jarbūʕ), ݣربوع (garbūʕ).


timplor

timplori (plural)
pintlor (alternative)
pontlor (alternative)

Metathesis of the above variants, from Sicilian puntaloru. Compare Italian punteruolo.


bumbardament

bumbardamenti (plural)
bumbardjament (alternative)
bombardament (alternative)
bombardjament (alternative)


terħa

From Arabic طَرْحة (ṭarḥa, literally “that which is thrown”), also used for different kinds of garments.

inh

(chiefly historical) a sash, especially a certain kind formerly worn by Maltese men around their waists


sopraterħa

sopratrieħi (plural)
sopra-terħa (alternative)


kruha

kruhat (plural)
kruh (alternative)
kruhija (alternative)


kruhija

kruhijat (plural)
kruhiti (first-person singular)
kruhitna (first-person singular)
kruhitek (second-person singular)
kruhitkom (second-person singular)
kruhitu (masculine singular third-person)
kruhitha (feminine singular third-person)
kruhithom (singular third-person)


bajtar

From dialectal Arabic بَيْثَر (bayṯar), from Latin bifer. Compare Tunisian Arabic بيثر (bīṯar), بيفر (bīfar) and Libyan Arabic بيثر (bīṯar).

(now often) Short for bajtar tax-xewk (“prickly pears”).


bandla

mt-noun

bandla f (plural bandli or bnadal, paucal bandliet)

bandli (plural)
bnadal (plural)
bandliet (paucal)

Probably ultimately from Latin pendulus.


tbandil

verbal noun of bandal and tbandal: swinging, rocking


ħartum

inh

Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm)


tebqa

mt-noun

tebqa f (dual tebqtejn or tebqejn, plural tbieqi, paucal tebqat or tebqiet)

tebqtejn (dual)
tebqejn (dual)
tbieqi (plural)
tebqat (paucal)
tebqiet (paucal)

From Arabic طِبْق (ṭibq), طَبَق (ṭabaq), طَبَقة (ṭabaqa), or a merger of these.

(now usually in fixed contexts) one of two corresponding things, especially where one fits or shuts into the other

(both commoner)

an instance of shutting; (especially of the eye) a blink


għatu tal-għajn

għatu tal-għajn m (plural għotjien tal-għajnejn)


ġeneralizzazzjoni

ġeneralizzazzjoni f (plural ġeneralizzazzjonijiet)


klassi

(taxonomy) class (classification below Phylum and above Order)

class (category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation)


klassiċista

klassiċista m or f by sense (plural klassiċisti)


klassifikatur

klassifikatur m (plural klassifikaturijiet)


klassista

klassista m or f by sense (plural klassisti)


żronġ

żronġ m (plural żronġijiet or (obsolete) żronġiet, diminutive żrejneġ)

żronġijiet (plural)
żronġiet (obsolete plural)
żrejneġ (diminutive)


manjiera

Borrowed from Italian maniera, from Old French maniere.


rukkett

(clothing, Roman Catholicism) rochet (garment worn over the choir cassock by cardinals, bishops and certain other dignitaries)


sifja

sifi (plural)
sifjiet (paucal)
sefa (alternative)


skalm

(nautical) tholepin, rowlock, oarlock, futtock


ċuqlajta

ċuqlajti (plural)
ċoqlajta (alternative)


ċurniena

ċrienen (plural)
ċorniena (alternative)
ċirniena (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian [Term?]. Compare Italian carniere.


ċulqana

(historical) a gown made of cotton worn by female peasants


ċint

Borrowed from Sicilian cintu and/or Italian cinto.


ċinta

Borrowed from Sicilian cinta and/or Italian cinta.


ċima

ċima f (plural ċimi or ċwiemi or (Gozo) ċwejjem)

ċimi (plural)
ċwiemi (plural)
ċwejjem (plural)


Ċimber

(obsolete) Alternative form of Diċembru: December


bxima

bximat (plural)
bxejjem (plural)
pxima (alternative)

From Arabic مَشِيمَة (mašīma). Compare Tunisian Arabic بشيمة (bšīma).


brimb

brimba (singulative)
brimbejn (dual)
brimbiet (paucal)

Ninżel fuq tarf is-siġġu u ngħolli għajnejja ’l fuq bis-slow motion. Il-brimba ta’ fuq moħħha ma tidhirx feroċi daqskemm ħsibt, ejja.

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


brikkun

brikkun m (plural brikkuni, feminine brikkuna)


partiċipazzjoni

partiċipazzjoni f (plural partiċipazzjonijiet)

Alternative form of parteċipazzjoni: participation


partiċipant

partiċipant m (plural partiċipanti, feminine partiċipanta)

partiċipanti (plural)
partiċipanta (feminine)


parteċipant

parteċipant m (plural parteċipanti, feminine parteċipanta)

parteċipanti (plural)
parteċipanta (feminine)
partiċipant (alternative)


barka t'Alla

barka t’ Alla (canonical feminine)
barket Alla (alternative)
barka ta’ Alla (alternative)


Karkariż

Karkariż m (plural Karkariżi, feminine Karkariża)


Bormliż

Bormliż m (plural Bormliżi, feminine Bormliża)


Dingli

Dingli m (plural Dinglin, feminine Dinglija)


Ħamruniż

Ħamruniż m (plural Ħamruniżi, feminine Ħamruniża)


Qormi

Qormi m (plural Qormin or Qriema, feminine Qormija)

Qormin (plural)
Qriema (plural)
Qormija (feminine)


rigal

Borrowed from Sicilian rigalu and/or Italian regalo.

“Diġà għidtlek. M’għandix bżonn teżori, Sur Antonio. Il-ktieb tal-matematika rigal kbir u biżżejjed għalija. Niżżik ħajr mill-qalb.”


qassati

qassati m (plural qassatin, feminine qassatija)


qtajrtejn

Originally the dual form of qtajra, the diminutive of qatra.


anzjanità

Borrowed from Sicilian anzianità and/or Italian anzianità.


bamboċċata

bamboċċati (plural)
bambuċċata (alternative)


bambuċċata

Alternative form of bamboċċata: childish behaviour


beżgħa

beżgħa f (dual beżgħatejn or beżegħtejn, plural beżgħat)

beżgħatejn (dual)
beżegħtejn (dual)
beżgħat (plural)


komunikabilità

Borrowed from Italian comunicabilità. By surface analysis, kkomunika + -abilità.


komunikant

mt-noun

komunikant m (plural komunikanti, feminine komunikanta)

komunikanti (plural)
komunikanta (feminine)


laħma

laħmijiet (plural)
lħum (plural)
lħumijiet (plural plural-of)


bixkilla

bixkilla f (plural bxiekel, diminutive bxejkilla or bixkillina or bxejkla)

bxiekel (plural)
bxejkilla (diminutive)
bixkillina (diminutive)
bxejkla (diminutive)
bexkilla (alternative dialectal)


bexkilla

bexkilla f (plural bxiekel, diminutive bxejkilla or bexkillina or bxejkla)

bxiekel (plural)
bxejkilla (diminutive)
bexkillina (diminutive)
bxejkla (diminutive)

(dialectal) Alternative form of bixkilla: wicker basket


biżżi

biżżi m (plural biżżin, feminine biżżija)

From Arabic. Compare Arabic اِبْتَزَّ (ibtazza, “to plunder”).


ġiżi

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:

(Xagħra, Għajnsielem, Nadur) Alternative form of narċis: daffodil, narcissus


Naduri

mt-noun

Naduri m (plural Nadurin, feminine Nadurija)


naqa'

verbal noun of naqa’: soaking, macerating


belgħa

belgħa f (plural belgħat, diminutive blejgħa)


belliegħa

belliegħa f (plural blalagħ or blielagħ)

(folklore) a monster dwelling in wells that swallows anyone looking down


beżqa

beżqa f (dual beżqtejn, plural beżqiet, diminutive bżejqa)

beżqtejn (dual)
beżqiet (plural)
bżejqa (diminutive)

(figuratively) small quantity (of liquids)


baħbuħ

baħbuħa (singulative)
bħabaħ (plural)
baħbuħiet (paucal)


baħbuħ

hail fellow well met
hail fellow well met


marżebba

marżebba f (plural mrieżeb, paucal marżebbiet, diminutive mrejżba)

mrieżeb (plural)
marżebbiet (paucal)
mrejżba (diminutive)


nitfa

nitfa f (plural nitfiet or ntietef, diminutive ntejfa)

nitfiet (plural)
ntietef (plural)
ntejfa (diminutive)

nitfa ta’ karozza


tligħ

mt-verbal noun

tligħ m (instance noun telgħa or talgħa)


telgħa

mt-noun

telgħa f (plural tliegħi or tlajja’, paucal telgħat or telgħiet, diminutive tlejgħa)

tliegħi (plural)
tlajja’ (plural)
telgħat (paucal)
telgħiet (paucal)
tlejgħa (diminutive)
talgħa (alternative)

an ascent, an ascension, a rising, a soaring


talgħa

talgħa f (plural tliegħi or tlajja’, paucal talgħat or talgħiet, diminutive tlejgħa)

tliegħi (plural)
tlajja’ (plural)
talgħat (paucal)
talgħiet (paucal)
tlejgħa (diminutive)

Alternative form of telgħa: an ascent, an ascension, a rising, a soaring


matla'

matla’ (canonical masculine)
mtala’ (plural)
mtalgħi (plural)
matlgħa (alternative)
motlgħa (alternative)
mutlgħa (alternative)


żeġġien

/zɛdˈd͡ʒɪːn/


żewġu

third-person masculine singular pronominal form of żewġ: his husband


xkaffa

Borrowed from Sicilian scaffa, from Old High German scaf, from Proto-Germanic *skapą.


gradenza

gradenza f (plural gradenzi, diminutive gradenzina)

gradenzi (plural)
gradenzina (diminutive)
gredenza (alternative)


kannestru

kannestru m (plural kannestri or kannestrijiet)

kannestri (plural)
kannestrijiet (plural)


skarpan

Borrowed from Sicilian scarparu, with dissimilation.


sensiela

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

Pimpinella saxifraga
Pimpinella saxifraga#Translingual


nagħla

ngħula (plural)
ingħla (plural)
nagħliet (paucal)


nokkla

nokkla f (plural nokkli, paucal nokkliet)


niċċa

Borrowed from Italian nicchia and/or Sicilian nicchia.


arzell

arzella (singulative)
arzelliet (paucal)

Borrowed from Italian arsella and/or Sicilian arcella.


kwadratura

(photography, film) shot (photography: single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures)


brazzuletta

brazzuletti (plural)
brazullet (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian bbrazzuletta. Compare Italian braccialetto.


bexxiexa

bexxixiet (plural)
bexxexija (alternative)

/bɛʃˈʃɪː.ʃa/


ġlekk

ġlekk m (plural ġlekkijiet, diminutive ġlejjek)

ġlekkijiet (plural)
ġlejjek (diminutive)

Borrowed from Sicilian cileccu, gileccu.


ċoff

Borrowed from Sicilian ciuffu and/or Italian ciuffo.


barnuż

barnuż m (plural braneż, diminutive barnuża)


xall

xalel (plural)
xallijiet (plural)
xalla (alternative)


bexxexija

Alternative form of bexxiexa: watering can


bexx

verbal noun of bexx: spraying, sprinkling


żnazzjonalizzazzjoni

żnazzjonalizzazzjoni f (plural żnazzjonalizzazzjonijiet)

Borrowed from Italian snazionalizzazione.


pastard

pastarda (singulative)
pastardiet (paucal)


gallettina

mt-noun

gallettina f (plural gallettini, paucal gallettiniet)

gallettini (plural)
gallettiniet (paucal)


pastizz

Borrowed from Sicilian pastizzu, which is probably related to pasticcio (“pie, pasty”).

a traditional Maltese pastry filled with ricotta, mushy peas or chicken


żejjien

żejjien m (plural żejjiena or żejjinin, feminine żejjiena)

żejjiena (plural)
żejjinin (plural)
żejjiena (feminine)


attendenza

attendance (act of attending; state of being present)

attendance (persons present; their number)


abbonat

abbonat m (plural abbonati, feminine abbonata)


amministratur

amministratur m (plural amministraturi, feminine amministratriċi)

amministraturi (plural)
amministratriċi (feminine)


amministrazzjoni

amministrazzjoni f (plural amministrazzjonijiet)


apoloġista

apoloġista m or f by sense (plural apoloġisti)


approvazzjoni

approvazzjoni m (plural approvazzjonijiet)


argumentazzjoni

argumentazzjoni f (plural argumentazzjonijiet)


abdikazzjoni

abdikazzjoni f (plural abdikazzjonijiet)


affiljazzjoni

affiljazzjoni f (plural affiljazzjonijiet)


aggressur

aggressur m (plural aggressuri, feminine aggressura)

aggressuri (plural)
aggressura (feminine)


akkompanjament

akkompanjament m (plural akkompanjamenti)

akkompanjamenti (plural)
akkumpanjament (alternative)
kumpanjament (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian accumpagnamentu and/or Italian accompagnamento.


akkumpanjament

akkumpanjament m (plural akkumpanjamenti)

Alternative form of akkompanjament: accompaniment


żebbiel

żebbiel m (plural żebbiela or żebbilin, feminine żebbiela)

żebbiela (plural)
żebbilin (plural)
żebbiela (feminine)


żwejmel

żwejmel m (plural żwejmliet, feminine żwejmla)


żiemel il-baħar

żiemel il-baħar m (plural żwiemel il-baħar)

żwiemel il-baħar (plural)
żiemel tal-baħar (alternative)


żiemel tax-xmara

żiemel tax-xmara m (plural żwiemel tax-xmara)


żammej

żammej m (plural żammejja, feminine żammejja)


parlamentarju

parlamentarju m (plural parlamentarji, feminine parlamentarja)

parlamentarji (plural)
parlamentarja (feminine)


konsiderazzjoni

konsiderazzjoni f (plural konsiderazzjonijiet)

konsiderazzjonijiet (plural)
kunsiderazzjoni (alternative)


kunsiderazzjoni

kunsiderazzjoni f (plural kunsiderazzjonijiet)

Alternative form of konsiderazzjoni: consideration, reflection, thought


stabbiliment

stabbilimenti (plural)
stabiliment (alternative)


rekwiżizzjoni

rekwiżizzjoni f (plural rekwiżizzjonijiet)


rekwiżitorja

(law) closing speech for the prosecution


bilanċ

bilanċ attiv

bilanċ passiv

bilanċ preventiv


istituzzjoni

istituzzjoni f (plural istituzzjonijiet)


istitutur

istitutur m (plural istituturi, feminine istitutura or istitutriċi)

istituturi (plural)
istitutura (feminine)
istitutriċi (feminine)


obbligazzjoni

obbligazzjoni f (plural obbligazzjonijiet)

obbligazzjonijiet (plural)
obligazzjoni (alternative)


obligazzjoni

obligazzjoni f (plural obligazzjonijiet)


negozjabilità

negozjabilità f (plural negozjabilitajiet)

Borrowed from Italian negoziabilità. By surface analysis, nnegozja + -abilità.


negozjazzjoni

mt-noun

negozjazzjoni f (plural negozjazzjonijiet)


reviżur

reviżur m (plural reviżuri, feminine reviżura)


reviżjonista

reviżjonista m or f by sense (plural reviżjonisti)


armonizzazzjoni

armonizzazzjoni f (plural armonizzazzjonijiet)


antagoniżmu

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

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


kontrazzjoni

kontrazzjoni f (plural kontrazzjonijiet)

kontrazzjonijiet (plural)
kuntrazzjoni (alternative)


kontributur

kontributur m (plural kontributuri, feminine kontributriċi)

kontributuri (plural)
kontributriċi (feminine)


kuntrazzjoni

kuntrazzjoni f (plural kuntrazzjonijiet)

Alternative form of kontrazzjoni: contraction


dekorazzjoni

dekorazzjoni f (plural dekorazzjonijiet)


dekoratur

dekoratur m (plural dekoraturi, feminine dekoratriċi)

dekoraturi (plural)
dekoratriċi (feminine)


xarabank

xarabank m (plural xarabanks or xarabankijiet)

xarabanks (plural)
xarabankijiet (plural)
xaraban (alternative)

Borrowed from English charabanc, from French char-à-bancs.


xalpa

xalpi (plural)
xlapi (plural)
xarpa (alternative)


xaraban

xaraban m (plural xarabans or xarabanijiet)

(historical) Alternative form of xarabank: charabanc


makkjettist

makkjettist m or f by sense (plural makkjettisti)


karozza tal-linja

karozza tal-linja f (plural karozzi tal-linja or krarez tal-linja)

karozzi tal-linja (plural)
krarez tal-linja (plural)
karrozza tal-linja (alternative)


paċoċċ

paċoċċ m (plural paċoċċi, feminine paċoċċa)

paċoċċi (plural)
paċoċċa (feminine)
paċoqq (alternative)
paċaċu (alternative)
paċaċċu (alternative)
paċoċlu (alternative)

/paˈt͡ʃɔt͡ʃ/


linja skwerra

linja skwerra f (plural linji skwerri or linji skwerer)

linji skwerri (plural)
linji skwerer (plural)


bnazzi

Borrowed from Sicilian bunazzi, plural of bunazza.


fħuxija

fħuxiti (first-person singular)
fħuxitna (first-person singular)
fħuxitek (second-person singular)
fħuxitkom (second-person singular)
fħuxitu (masculine singular third-person)
fħuxitha (feminine singular third-person)
fħuxithom (singular third-person)


ġigġifogu

/d͡ʒɪɡ.d͡ʒɪˈfɔː.ɡu/

ġigdifogu (alternative)
ġifġifogu (alternative)
ġogdifogu (alternative)
ġiġġifogu (alternative)


mażunerija

mażuneriji (plural)
frammażunerija (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian massoneria. Equivalent to mażun + -erija.


dikjarazzjoni

dikjarazzjoni f (plural dikjarazzjonijiet)


fantażmagorija

fantażmagorija f (plural fantażmagoriji)


lavrant

lavrant m (plural lavranti, feminine lavranta)


gerfux

gerfux m (plural gerfuxiet or griefex, feminine gerfuxa)

gerfuxiet (plural)
griefex (plural)
gerfuxa (feminine)


gergier

gergier m (plural gergiera, feminine gergiera)


gergur

gergur m (plural gergura, feminine gergura)


suwiċida

suicide (one who has intentionally killed themselves)


soltan

soltan m (plural slaten, feminine soltana, diminutive slajten or slajtan)

slaten (plural)
soltana (feminine)
slajten (diminutive)
slajtan (diminutive)


gabillott

Borrowed from Sicilian gabbillottu, from Arabic قَبَالَة (qabāla).


ġeografu

ġeografu m (plural ġeografi, feminine ġeografa)


leġjon

/lɛd͡ʒˈjɔːn/


spiżerija

spiżeriji (plural)
spiżżerija (alternative)
spizzerija (alternative obsolete)


frekwentatur

frekwentatur m (plural frekwentaturi, feminine frekwentatura)

frekwentaturi (plural)
frekwentatura (feminine)


filfel

felfula (singulative)
fliefel (plural)
filfil (alternative)
felfel (alternative)


dwettista

dwettista m or f by sense (plural dwettisti)


emozzjonaliżmu

emozzjonaliżmu m (plural emozzjonaliżmi)


ċajt

ċajta (singulative)
ċajtejn (dual)
ċajtiet (paucal)


brejku

Borrowed from Sicilian ebbraicu (“Hebrew”).


benniena

mt-noun

benniena f (plural benniniet or bnienen)

u qalb il-pal tal-bajtar
il-flieles żgħar minn bejn ir-rix tal-qroqqa
joħorġu jnaqqru l-brajma tal-ġulġliena;
u ġol-benniena
fid-dar ta’ ħdejn il-lewża
fil-ħeġġa tal-ħommejr
jitwieled bambin żgħir

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Żmien ir-Rebbiegħa”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:


berdgħa

berdgħiet (plural)
bradagħ (plural)
bardgħa (alternative)


estradizzjoni

estradizzjoni f (plural estradizzjonijiet)


estirpazzjoni

estirpazzjoni f (plural estirpazzjonijiet)


espożizzjoni

espożizzjoni f (plural espożizzjonijiet)


esponent

esponent m (plural esponenti, feminine esponenta)

exponent (one who expounds, represents or advocates)


espożitur

espożitur m (plural espożituri, feminine espożitura)

espożituri (plural)
espożitura (feminine)


robbu

rbiegħ (plural)
robu’ (alternative obsolete)


robu'

robu’ (canonical masculine)
rbiegħ (plural)


birrar

birrar m (plural birrara, feminine birrara)


birrajja

birrajji (plural)
birrerija (alternative)


franella

franelli (plural)
flanella (alternative)


bgħajjel

bgħajjel m (plural bgħajlin, feminine bgħajla)


azzjonista

azzjonista m or f by sense (plural azzjonisti)


ġaħan

ġaħan m (plural ġħaħan or ġaħnijiet or iġħna)

ġħaħan (plural)
ġaħnijiet (plural)
iġħna (plural)


ġirjiet

/d͡ʒɪrˈjɪːt/


plattin

Borrowed from Italian piattino and/or Sicilian piattinu, probably influenced by English plate.


plattina

Borrowed from Italian piattina and/or Sicilian piattina, probably influenced by English plate.


plattun

Borrowed from Italian piattone and/or Sicilian piattuni, probably influenced by English plate.


kewba

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


riedna

Borrowed from Italian redina, archaic form of redine.


lieva

Borrowed from Italian leva and/or Sicilian leva.

(military) call-up, conscription, draft, national service


karawett

karawetta (singulative)
karawettiet (paucal)


sensar

sensar m (plural sensara or snasar, feminine sensara)

sensara (plural)
snasar (plural)
sensara (feminine)

Borrowed from Italian sensale, from Arabic سِمْسار (simsār). Some alternative forms, such as samsar and sansar, are either directly inherited from Arabic or influenced by it.

Alternative forms: sansar, sensal, samsar


pulizjott

pulizjott m (plural pulizjotti, feminine pulizjotta)

pulizjotti (plural)
pulizjotta (feminine)
polizjott (alternative)


polizjott

polizjott m (plural polizjotti, feminine polizjotta)

polizjotti (plural)
polizjotta (feminine)


sismologu

sismologu m (plural sismologi, feminine sismologa)


sistemazzjoni

sistemazzjoni f (plural sistemazzjonijiet)


federazzjoni

federazzjoni f (plural federazzjonijiet)


liċenzja tas-sewqan

liċenzja tas-sewqan f (plural liċenzji tas-sewqan)


sewqan

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


sawqan

Alternative form of sewqan: verbal noun of saq


dulluvju

dulluvji (plural)
dilluvju (alternative)
diluvju (alternative)


dilluvju

Alternative form of dulluvju: deluge, downpour


dolliegħ

dolliegħa (singulative)
dlielagħ (plural)
dolligħat (paucal)

Alternative form of dulliegħ: watermelon (as a mass or species); several watermelons


effettwabilità

Borrowed from Italian effettuabilità. By surface analysis, effettwa + -abilità.


effettwazzjoni

mt-noun

effettwazzjoni f (plural effettwazzjonijiet)


enumerazzjoni

enumerazzjoni f (plural enumerazzjonijiet)


enunzjazzjoni

enunzjazzjoni f (plural enunzjazzjonijiet)


ġewża

ġewżtejn (dual)
ġwież (plural)
ġewżiet (paucal)
ġwejża (diminutive)


ġewżiet

/d͡ʒɛwˈzɪːt/


ġudikatur

ġudikatur m (plural ġudikaturi, feminine ġudikatura)

ġudikaturi (plural)
ġudikatura (feminine)


ġudikatura

female equivalent of ġudikatur: adjudicator, judger


possibbilità

possibbilità f (plural possibbilitajiet)


impossibiltà

impossibiltà f (plural impossibiltajiet)


impossibbilità

impossibbilità f (plural impossibbilitajiet)


impossibbiltà

impossibbiltà f (plural impossibbiltajiet)


tperċiħ

/tpɛrˈt͡ʃɪːħ/


nittien

nittien m (plural nittinin, feminine nittiena)


nieqa

nieqa f (plural nwieqi, diminutive nwejqa)


provdiment

provdimenti (plural)
provvediment (alternative)


provvediment

Alternative form of provdiment: provision, measure


provditur

provdituri (plural)
provveditur (alternative)


potenzjalità

potenzjalità f (plural potenzjalitajiet)


likwidatur

likwidatur m (plural likwidaturi, feminine likwidatriċi)

likwidaturi (plural)
likwidatriċi (feminine)


likwidazzjoni

likwidazzjoni f (plural likwidazzjonijiet)


depożitant

depożitant m (plural depożitanti, feminine depożitanta)

depożitanti (plural)
depożitanta (feminine)


denotazzjoni

denotazzjoni f (plural denotazzjonijiet)


denominazzjoni

denominazzjoni f (plural denominazzjonijiet)

denomination (unit in a series of units)

(religion) denomination (class or society with the same name, a sect)


ħuttafa

ħuttafiet (paucal)
ħottafa (alternative)


fuħħari

fuħħari m (plural fuħħarin, feminine fuħħarija)


foħħar

Alternative form of fuħħar: ceramics, pottery


fettuqa

trifle, whiffle (thing of little importance or worth)


lagħbi

lagħbi m (plural lagħbija, feminine lagħbija)


lagħabi

lagħabi m (plural lagħaba, feminine lagħaba)


tlagħligħ

/tlaˤːˈlɪːħ/


lawda

(historical) a medieval poetic work with religious themes

(Catholicism, in the plural) lauds (a prayer service following matins)


partikularità

partikularità f (plural partikularitajiet)


partitarju

partitarju m (plural partitarji, feminine partitarja)

partitarji (plural)
partitarja (feminine)


partiġjan

partiġjan m (plural partiġjani, feminine partiġjana)

partiġjani (plural)
partiġjana (feminine)
partiġan (alternative)


partiġan

partiġan m (plural partiġani, feminine partiġana)


partiġjanerija

partiġjanerija f (plural partiġjaneriji)

partiġjaneriji (plural)
partiġanerija (alternative)


partiġanerija

Alternative form of partiġjanerija: partisanship


qattus saqajh suwed

Felis nigripes
Felis nigripes#Translingual


qattus rasu ċatta

Prionailurus planiceps
Prionailurus planiceps#Translingual

flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps)


qattus tat-tikek lewn is-sadid

rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus)


qattus imraħħam

Pardofelis marmorata
Pardofelis marmorata#Translingual


ors xufftejh kbar

Melursus ursinus
Melursus ursinus#Translingual


ors tax-xemx

/ˌɔrs taʃˈʃɛmʃ/


ors tan-nuċċali

Tremarctos ornatus
Tremarctos ornatus#Translingual


jena bl-istrixxi

Hyaena hyaena
Hyaena hyaena#Translingual


strixxa

strip, band, stripe, trail, line, streak


kartonċin

kartonċini (plural)
kartunċin (alternative)


kartunċin

Alternative form of kartonċin: thin cardboard


oġġett

Coordinate term: suġġett (soġġett)


oġġettivista

oġġettivista m or f by sense (plural oġġettivisti)


suġġett

Coordinate term: oġġett (uġġett)


suġġettiviżmu

suġġettiviżmi (plural)
soġġettiviżmu (alternative)


preċiżazzjoni

preċiżazzjoni f (plural preċiżazzjonijiet)


impreċiżazzjoni

impreċiżazzjoni f (plural impreċiżazzjonijiet)


impreċiżjoni

impreċiżjoni f (plural impreċiżjonijiet)


ajru

Borrowed from Sicilian àiru. Doublet of arja.


demagogu

demagogu m (plural demagogi, feminine demagoga)


demmiel

demmiel m (plural demmilin, feminine demmiela)


astrologu

astrologu m (plural astrologi, feminine astrologa)


attaxè

attaxè m or f by sense (plural attaxejiet)


appostolat

(Christianity) apostolate, apostleship (the position of an apostle)


miġbħiet

/mɪt͡ʃˈpħɪːt/


maġġoranza kwalifikata

maġġoranza kwalifikata f (plural maġġoranzi kwalifikati)


maġġoranza

maġġoranzi (plural)
maġġuranza (alternative)


maġġuranza

Alternative form of maġġoranza: majority


maġġordom

maġġordomi (plural)
maġġurdom (alternative)


maġġurdom

Alternative form of maġġordom: butler, majordomo


maġġor

(military) Alternative form of maġġur: major


minurenni

minurenni m or f by sense (plural minurenni)


maġġoranza sempliċi

maġġoranza sempliċi f (plural maġġoranzi sempliċi)


semplifikazzjoni

semplifikazzjoni f (plural semplifikazzjonijiet)


qarraba

qarraba f (plural qrareb, paucal qarrabiet)

Inherited from Arabic قَرَّابَة (qarrāba, “flask; carafe?”), derived from قِرْبَة (qirba) or قِرَاب (qirāb) better known as جِرَاب (jirāb).


ċaqlembuta

ċaqlembuti (plural)
ċeklembuta (alternative)
ċiklumbejta (alternative)


qasma

mt-noun

qasma f (plural qasmiet or (sense 3 only) qsami)

terminus (boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary)

Għandi qasma bewla


qsim

verbal noun of qasam: division, partition


bieba

bieba f (plural bibiet, diminutive bwejba or bejba)

bibiet (plural)
bwejba (diminutive)
bejba (diminutive)

leaf (moveable panel of a bridge or door)


avventurier

avventurier m (plural avventurieri, feminine avventuriera)

avventurieri (plural)
avventuriera (feminine)


twetwit

verbal noun of wetwet:
singing (of a bird)

verbal noun of wetwet:
blabbing, talking excessively


obbjezzjoni

Alternative form of oġġezzjoni: objection


dottur

dottur m (plural dotturi, feminine dottoressa)


fratell

brother (member of a religious community or church)


frodatur

frodatur m (plural frodaturi, feminine frodatura)


ħaġra

ħġar (plural)
ħġur (plural)
ħaġriet (paucal)
ħġejra (diminutive)
ħġajra (diminutive)


inkollatura

inkollaturi (plural)
inkullatura (alternative)


inkullatura

Alternative form of inkollatura: sticking, glueing


kolletta

collection (gathering of money for charitable or other purposes)


kollettivista

kollettivista m or f by sense (plural kollettivisti)


kollettur

kollettur m (plural kolletturi, feminine kollettura or kollettriċi)

kolletturi (plural)
kollettura (feminine)
kollettriċi (feminine)


kollezzjonist

kollezzjonist m (plural kollezzjonisti, feminine kollezzjonista)

kollezzjonisti (plural)
kollezzjonista (feminine)


kollaborazzjoni

kollaborazzjoni f (plural kollaborazzjonijiet)


kollaboratur

kollaboratur m (plural kollaboraturi, feminine kollaboratriċi)

kollaboraturi (plural)
kollaboratriċi (feminine)


kollaborazzjonista

kollaborazzjonista m or f by sense (plural kollaborazzjonisti)

Borrowed from Italian collaborazionista.


kollaborazzjoniżmu

Borrowed from Italian collaborazionismo.


kollokazzjoni

kollokazzjoni f (plural kollokazzjonijiet)


kolonizzatur

kolonizzatur m (plural kolonizzaturi, feminine kolonizzatura)

kolonizzaturi (plural)
kolonizzatura (feminine)


kolonizzazzjoni

kolonizzazzjoni f (plural kolonizzazzjonijiet)


kolonjalista

kolonjalista m or f by sense (plural kolonjalisti)

kolonjalisti (plural)
kolonjalist (alternative)


kolonjalist

kolonjalist m (plural kolonjalisti, feminine kolonjalista)

kolonjalisti (plural)
kolonjalista (feminine)

Alternative form of kolonjalista: colonialist


predestinazzjoni

predestinazzjoni f (plural predestinazzjonijiet)


predestinazjan

predestinazjan f (plural predestinazjani, feminine predestinazjana)

predestinazjani (plural)
predestinazjana (feminine)


predikazzjoni

predikazzjoni f (plural predikazzjonijiet)


qawqab

qawqab m (plural qwieqeb, paucal qawqabiet)

qwieqeb (plural)
qawqabiet (paucal)
qawqeb (alternative)
qawqaba (alternative)
qawqba (alternative)


qawqaba

qawqaba f (plural qwieqeb, paucal qawqabiet)


mustada

catch (that which is captured or caught)


sakkeġġ

sakkeġġi (plural)
sakkiġġ (alternative)
sakk (alternative)


salamalekki

Borrowed from Italian salamelecchi, plural of salamelecco. Doublet of is-sliem għalik.


salemalikki

Alternative form of salamalekki: bowing and scraping, flattery


xama'

xama’ (canonical masculine)
xamgħa (singulative)
xamgħat (paucal)


xamgħa

singulative of xama’: a candle; a piece of wax


xemmiegħ

xemmiegħ m (plural xemmigħin, feminine xemmiegħa)


riedni

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


edukandat

boarding school for girls (typically run by nuns)


restawrazzjoni

mt-noun

restawrazzjoni f (plural restawrazzjonijiet)


ristawr

Alternative form of restawr: restoration work


residenta

female equivalent of resident: female resident


ġwiebi

/ˈd͡ʒwɪː.bɪ/


mikteb

mikteb m (plural mkieteb, diminutive mkejteb)


maġar

When the locusts envelop the neighborhood

Sierra DeMulder, translated by Kevin Saliba, Meta l-Apokalissi Jiġi [When the Apocalypse Comes]:


ġibda

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:


skojattlu

Alternative form of skojjattlu: squirrel


sefsief

sefsief m (plural sefsiefa or sefsifin, feminine sefsiefa)

sefsiefa (plural)
sefsifin (plural)
sefsiefa (feminine)

sucker (someone or something that sucks)


ċagħqtejn

/t͡ʃaˤːʔˈtɛjn/


ċeppuna

ċeppuna f (plural ċpiepen, paucal ċeppuniet)

Borrowed from Sicilian cippuna m pl (“shackles”, figuratively “jail”), an augmentative of cippa, attested in the singular in the expression a cippuni (“in shackles, imprisoned”).


kejla

(historical units of measurement) a unit of surface area that is officially 22.41 imperial square yards (18.74 m2).

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, equivalent to 10 lumin, that is officially 18.49 imperial cubic inches (303.1 mL).


kejna

Alternative form of kejn: humility, humbleness


kelbunazz

mt-noun

kelbunazz m (plural kelbunazzi, feminine kelbunazza)

kelbunazzi (plural)
kelbunazza (feminine)


bagħlunazz

bagħlunazz m (plural bagħlunazzi, feminine bagħlunazza)

bagħlunazzi (plural)
bagħlunazza (feminine)


qaħbunazz

qaħbunazz m (plural qaħbunazzi, feminine qaħbunazza)

qaħbunazzi (plural)
qaħbunazza (feminine)

a person involved in the prostitution industry


żimlunazz

żimlunazz m (plural żimlunazza or żimlunazzi, feminine żimlunazza)

żimlunazza (plural)
żimlunazzi (plural)
żimlunazza (feminine)


taxxier

taxxier m (plural taxxiera, feminine taxxiera)


ħabiba

ħbieb (plural)
ħabibti (first-person singular)
ħabibitna (first-person singular)
ħabibtek (second-person singular)
ħabibitkom (second-person singular)
ħabibtu (masculine singular third-person)
ħabibitha (feminine singular third-person)
ħabibithom (singular third-person)

female equivalent of ħabib: female friend


għaqda ċivili

għaqda ċivili f (plural għaqdiet ċivili)


teologessa

female equivalent of teologu: female theologian


teorizzazzjoni

teorizzazzjoni f (plural teorizzazzjonijiet)


banjumarija

Borrowed from Italian bagnomaria. By surface analysis, banju + Marija.


abbatin

(ecclesiastical) Alternative form of abbati: altar boy


abitanta

female equivalent of abitant: female inhabitant


kapitanerija

Borrowed from Italian capitaneria. By surface analysis, kaptan + -erija.


awrikarja

awrikarji (plural)
arawkarja (alternative)

Internationalism, compare Spanish araucaria.

Araucaria araucana
Araucaria araucana#Translingual


addijo

Alternative form of addiju: goodbye, farewell


ċawl ta' Sqallija

ċawl ta’ Sqallija (canonical masculine)
ċawla ta’ Sqallija (singulative)

Synonym of ċawl abjad: magpie (Pica pica)


ċawl griż

Corvus cornix
Corvus cornix#Translingual


ċawlun griż

Synonym of ċawl griż: hooded crow (Corvus cornix)


sultan iċ-ċawl

sultan iċ-ċawl m (plural slaten iċ-ċawl)

Garrulus glandarius
Garrulus glandarius#Translingual


ċawlun

Corvus corone
Corvus corone#Translingual


pexxun

pxiexen (plural)
pixxun (alternative)
pixxul (alternative)

(anatomy) calf (back of the leg below the knee)


vintura

Borrowed from Sicilian vintura. Doublet of ventura, from Italian.

Min ibidill il miken ibidil i vintura

15th century, Pietru Caxaro, Il-Kantilena:

Who changes his place, changes his fate!


kostituzzjoni

kostituzzjoni f (plural kostituzzjonijiet)


kostitwenti

kostitwenti m or f by sense (plural kostitwenti)


kostitwenza

constituency, electorate (collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote)


kostituzzjonalista

kostituzzjonalista m or f by sense (plural kostituzzjonalisti)

Borrowed from Italian costituzionalista.


awtorizzazzjoni

awtorizzazzjoni f (plural awtorizzazzjonijiet)


gilpa

Borrowed from Sicilian gulpi. Doublet of volpi.


fatat

fatat m (plural fatati, feminine fatata)

Borrowed from Italian fatato (“enchanted, magic”).


aċċelerazzjoni

mt-noun

aċċelerazzjoni f (plural aċċelerazzjonijiet)


żugraga

żugraga f (plural żgagar or żgejjer or żgierer or żgieri or żgajjar)

żgagar (plural)
żgejjer (plural)
żgierer (plural)
żgieri (plural)
żgajjar (plural)
żugrara (alternative)
żgura (alternative)
żgara (alternative)


aljenazzjoni

aljenazzjoni f (plural aljenazzjonijiet)


aljenista

aljenista m or f by sense (plural aljenisti)


amalgamazzjoni

amalgamazzjoni f (plural amalgamazzjonijiet)


ankoraġġ

Borrowed from Italian ancoraggio. Doublet of ankraġġ, from Sicilian.

Alternative form: ankraġġ


ankraġġ

Borrowed from Sicilian ancuraggiu. Doublet of ankoraġġ, from Italian.


arkivista

arkivista m or f by sense (plural arkivisti)


assenjazzjoni

assenjazzjoni f (plural assenjazzjonijiet)


assoluzzjoni

assoluzzjoni f (plural assoluzzjonijiet)


awtentikazzjoni

awtentikazzjoni f (plural awtentikazzjonijiet)


ħruxija

ħruxijiet (plural)
ħruxiti (first-person singular)
ħruxitna (first-person singular)
ħruxitek (second-person singular)
ħruxitkom (second-person singular)
ħruxitu (masculine singular third-person)
ħruxitha (feminine singular third-person)
ħruxithom (singular third-person)

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

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


karattru

Back-formation from the plural karattri, from Sicilian caràttari.

[…]; u dan żgur li ħalla effett fuq il-karattru tiegħu, […]

Near-synonym: karatterist

Alternative form: kalattru


suffejra

inh

Arabic صُفَيْرَاء (ṣufayrāʔ)


perċimes

Ultimately from Latin prīmicērius. Compare Italian primicerio.

Il-perċimes kien ċertu Rabbi Jacob u martu Rut.

2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 7:

The ringleaders were a certain Rabbi Jacob and his wife Rut.


xukkjatur

mt-noun

xukkjatur m (plural xukkjaturi, feminine xukkjatura)

xukkjaturi (plural)
xukkjatura (feminine)


xukkjatura

female equivalent of xukkjatur: female shocker


għaġuż

għaġuż m (plural għeġież or għeġejjeż, feminine għaġuża)

għeġież (plural)
għeġejjeż (plural)
għaġuża (feminine)

/aˤːˈd͡ʒuːs/

Carcinus maenas
Carcinus maenas#Translingual


għeġież

/ɛˤːˈd͡ʒɪːs/


għeġejjeż

/ɛˤːˈd͡ʒɛj.jɛs/


maċina

Borrowed from Italian macina. Doublet of magna.


maċinatur

maċinatur m (plural maċinaturi, feminine maċinatura or maċinatriċi)

maċinaturi (plural)
maċinatura (feminine)
maċinatriċi (feminine)


maċinatura

female equivalent of maċinatur: female grinder, miller


kaxxier

kaxxier m (plural kaxxiera, feminine kaxxiera)


karnivalata

Borrowed from Sicilian carnivalata. By surface analysis, karnival + -ata.


kazzola

Sense 1 from Italian casseruola. Sense 2 from Sicilian cazzola and/or Italian cazzola.

(cooking) saucepan (deep cooking vessel)


gwerrilla

gwerrilli (plural)
gwerrilja (alternative)


gwerrilja

Alternative form of gwerrilla: guerrilla war


firjol

firjol m (plural friewel, diminutive frajjel or frajwel or frejwel)

friewel (plural)
frajjel (diminutive)
frajwel (diminutive)
frejwel (diminutive)

(clothing, Roman Catholicism) ferraiolo (kind of cape)


ġostra

(historical) joust, jousting (knightly contest)


ġamm

jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)


ħinijiet

/ħɪ.nɪˈjɪːt/


ħobbejż

ħobbejża (singulative)
ħobbejżiet (paucal)
ħubbejż (alternative)


ħubbejż

ħubbejża (singulative)
ħubbejżiet (paucal)


ħommejr

ħommejra (singulative)
ħommejriet (paucal)
ħummejr (alternative)

…U kemm ilwien ta’ ward ! xi ġmiel ! x’ħuġġieġa !
ġjaċinti, vjoli, qronfol, residan,
ħommejr, sagħtar, narċis, u ward il-hena

1936, R. M. B., “Għal kull ma ħlaqtilna iċ-ċaħda trid minn’na”, in Lehen il-Malti, numbers 61-62, lines 7–9:

Mirabilis jalapa
Mirabilis jalapa#Translingual


ħummejr

ħummejra (singulative)
ħummejriet (paucal)


ward il-hena

wardet il-hena (singulative)
wardiet il-hena (paucal)
ward tal-hena (alternative)

Impatiens balsamina
Impatiens balsamina#Translingual

garden balsam, balsamine (Impatiens balsamina)


narċis

ranġis (alternative)
ronġos (alternative)
ġiżi (alternative)
lanċiża (alternative)


ranġis

Alternative form of narċis: daffodil, narcissus


ronġos

(Sannat) Alternative form of narċis: daffodil, narcissus


lanċiża

(Rabat) Alternative form of narċis: daffodil, narcissus


ġorġina

Synonym of dalja: dahlia (plant of the genus Dahlia)


ġiżmin

ġiżmina (singulative)
ġiżminiet (paucal)


idroġnu

(chemistry) Alternative form of idroġenu: hydrogen


protattinju

(chemistry) protactinium (chemical element)


nettunju

(chemistry) neptunium (chemical element)


plutonju

(chemistry) plutonium (chemical element)


ameriċju

(chemistry) americium (chemical element)


berkelju

(chemistry) berkelium (chemical element)


kalifornju

(chemistry) californium (chemical element)


einsteinju

(chemistry) einsteinium (chemical element)


mendelevju

(chemistry) mendelevium (chemical element)


lawrenzju

(chemistry) lawrencium (chemical element)


rutherfordju

(chemistry) rutherfordium (chemical element)


seaborgju

(chemistry) seaborgium (chemical element)


meitnerju

(chemistry) meitnerium (chemical element)


darmstadtju

(chemistry) darmstadtium (chemical element)


itterbju

(chemistry) ytterbium (chemical element)


disprożju

(chemistry) dysprosium (chemical element)


gadolinju

(chemistry) gadolinium (chemical element)


promezju

(chemistry) promethium (chemical element)


neodimju

(chemistry) neodymium (chemical element)


praseodimju

(chemistry) praseodymium (chemical element)


lantanju

(chemistry) lanthanum (chemical element)


tellurju

(chemistry) tellurium (chemical element)


landier

landier m (plural landiera or landieri, feminine landiera)

landiera (plural)
landieri (plural)
landiera (feminine)


rutenju

(chemistry) ruthenium (chemical element)


teknezju

(chemistry) technetium (chemical element)


żirkonju

(chemistry) zirconium (chemical element)


stronzju

(chemistry) strontium (chemical element)


ġermanju

(chemistry) germanium (chemical element)


manganiż

(chemistry) manganese (chemical element)


roentgenju

(chemistry) roentgenium (chemical element)


aċidu

aċidi (plural)
aċtu (alternative colloquial)


riskju ta' kreditu

riskju ta’ kreditu m (plural riskji ta’ kreditu)

riskju ta’ kreditu (canonical masculine)
riskji ta’ kreditu (plural)


kreditu

krediti (plural)
kredtu (alternative)
kriettu (alternative)


għadir

għadir m (plural għadajjar or għodor or għedieri)

għadajjar (plural)
għodor (plural)
għedieri (plural)

(obsolete surviving in placenames) Alternative form of għadira


ħoġor it-tieqa

ħġur it-tieqa (plural)
ħoġor tat-tieqa (alternative)

/ˌħɔ.d͡ʒɔ.r‿ɪtˈtɪː.ʔa/


ħoġor tat-tieqa

ħoġor tat-tieqa m (plural ħġur tat-tieqa)

Alternative form of ħoġor it-tieqa: windowsill


paqqa

onomatopoeic

baby talk


babwin

mt-noun

babwin m (plural babwini, feminine babwina)

Borrowed from Italian babuino. Doublet of babun.


karta tal-identità

karta tal-identità f (plural karti tal-identità)


ġestikulazzjoni

ġestikulazzjoni f (plural ġestikulazzjonijiet)


boqqiegħa

boqqiegħat (plural)
baqqiegħa (alternative)

/bɔʔˈʔɪː.ja/

/bɔʔˈʔɪː.aˤ/

bottom of a duct or any place where water is collected; marshland


boqqa

boqqa f (plural boqoq, paucal boqqiet, diminutive bqajqa)

boqoq (plural)
boqqiet (paucal)
bqajqa (diminutive)

boqqa ilma


beżżul

Alternative forms: biżżul, biżel

(figuratively, of a person) unlucky person


eptagonu

Alternative form: ettagonu


sogħda

sogħdi (plural)
segħda (alternative dialectal)


taflija

taflija f (plural tfali, paucal taflijiet)


proġettist

proġettist m or f by sense (plural proġettisti)


espressjoniżmu

espressjoniżmu m (plural espressjoniżmi)


qanċlita

Sonchus oleraceus
Sonchus oleraceus#Translingual


qanniċ

qanniċ m (plural qnieneċ, diminutive qnajneċ)

hedge made of reeds used as a wind breaker


qaraboċċ

Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor#Translingual


qarnanqliċ

qarnanqliċ m (plural qarnanqliċijiet, feminine qarnanqliċa)

qarnanqliċijiet (plural)
qarnanqliċa (feminine)

Coracias garrulus
Coracias garrulus#Translingual


qsurija

qsuriti (first-person singular)
qsuritna (first-person singular)
qsuritek (second-person singular)
qsuritkom (second-person singular)
qsuritu (masculine singular third-person)
qsuritha (feminine singular third-person)
qsurithom (singular third-person)


brankorsina

Acanthus mollis
Acanthus mollis#Translingual


bniqa

bniqa f (dual bniqtejn, plural bniqat or bnejjaq or bnuq, diminutive bnejqa)

bniqtejn (dual)
bniqat (plural)
bnejjaq (plural)
bnuq (plural)
bnejqa (diminutive)

gusset (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment)


seftur

seftur m (plural sefturi or (rare) sfieter, feminine seftura)

sefturi (plural)
sfieter (plural rare)
seftura (feminine)

From Sicilian sirvituri, from Latin servitor.


ġolġol

/ˈd͡ʒɔl.d͡ʒɔl/

Il-qattus għandu ġolġol ma’ għonqu.


abolizzjoniżmu

abolizzjoniżmu m (plural abolizzjoniżmi)


trejn

Borrowed from English train. Doublet of tren.

Alternative form: tren


Arġentin

Arġentin m (plural Arġentini, feminine Arġentina)

Argentinian (native or inhabitant of Argentina) (usually male)


ġgant

ġgant m (plural ġganti, feminine ġganta)

ġganti (plural)
ġganta (feminine)
ġigant (alternative uncommon)


ġganti

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ġganta

ġganti (plural)
ġiganta (alternative uncommon)


distrazzjoni

mt-noun

distrazzjoni f (plural distrazzjonijiet)


xiwa

Alternative form: xewa


velenożità

vvelena

avvalena, vvalena, vvaliena, avvelena, invalena


venerazzjoni

venerazzjoni f (plural venerazzjonijiet)


ventilazzjoni

ventilazzjoni f (plural ventilazzjonijiet)


verifikazzjoni

verifikazzjoni f (plural verifikazzjonijiet)


verifikatur

verifikatur m (plural verifikaturi, feminine verifikatriċi or verifikatura)

verifikaturi (plural)
verifikatriċi (feminine)
verifikatura (feminine)


vessatur

vessatur m (plural vessaturi, feminine vessatura)


vessatura

female equivalent of vessatur: female vexer


vinklu

Borrowed from Sicilian vinkulu and/or Italian vincolo.


vivisezzjoni

vivisezzjoni f (plural vivisezzjonijiet)


vivisezzjonatur

vivisezzjonatur m (plural vivisezzjonaturi)


invjolabilità

invjolabilità f (plural invjolabilitajiet)


vokalizzazzjoni

vokalizzazzjoni f (plural vokalizzazzjonijiet)


volontier

volontier m (plural volontieri, feminine volontiera)

volontieri (plural)
volontiera (feminine)
voluntier (alternative)


voluntier

voluntier m (plural voluntieri, feminine voluntiera)

voluntieri (plural)
voluntiera (feminine)

Alternative form of volontier: volunteer


votatur

votatur m (plural votaturi, feminine votatura)


ugwalità

ugwalitajiet (plural)
egwalità (alternative)


inugwaljanza

inugwaljanzi (plural)
inegwaljanza (alternative)


ugwaljanza

ugwaljanzi (plural)
egwaljanza (alternative)


inugwalità

inugwalitajiet (plural)
inegwalità (alternative)


egwaljanza

Alternative form of ugwaljanza: equality


inegwaljanza

Alternative form of inugwaljanza: unequality


inegwalità

Alternative form of inugwalità: unequality


umanizzazzjoni

umanizzazzjoni f (plural umanizzazzjonijiet)


umiljazzjoni

umiljazzjoni f (plural umiljazzjonijiet)


unifikazzjoni

unifikazzjoni f (plural unifikazzjonijiet)


uniformazzjoni

uniformazzjoni f (plural uniformazzjonijiet)


universalizzazzjoni

universalizzazzjoni f (plural universalizzazzjonijiet)

Borrowed from Italian universalizzazione.


unjonista

mt-noun

unjonista m or f by sense (plural unjonisti)


użurpatur

użurpatur m (plural użurpaturi, feminine użurpatura or użurpatriċi)

użurpaturi (plural)
użurpatura (feminine)
użurpatriċi (feminine)


użurpazzjoni

użurpazzjoni f (plural użurpazzjonijiet)


umdità

Borrowed from Sicilian umidità and/or Italian umidità.


ġakbin

ġakbin m (plural ġakbini, feminine ġakbina)


ġakobita

ġakobita m or f by sense (plural ġakobiti)


ġakk

jack (device for raising and supporting a heavy object)


ġeminazzjoni

ġeminazzjoni f (plural ġeminazzjonijiet)


ġeometrija

ġjometrija (alternative)
ġometrija (alternative)


ġeometra

ġeometra m or f by sense (plural ġeometri)

ġeometri (plural)
ġjometra (alternative)
ġometra (alternative)


ġeometru

ġeometru m (plural ġeometri, feminine ġeometra)


ġjometra

ġjometra m or f by sense (plural ġjometri)


ġometra

ġometra m or f by sense (plural ġometri)


ġjometrija

Alternative form of ġeometrija: geometry


ġogging

/ˈd͡ʒɔɡ.ɡɪnk/


baċellier

baċellier m or f by sense (plural baċellieri)

bachelor (person who has achieved bachelor's degree)


bafer

buffer (someone or something that buffs)


balzmina

Synonym of balzmuwa: balsam apple (Momordica balsamina)


gredenza

gredenza f (plural gredenzi, diminutive gredenzina)

gredenzi (plural)
gredenzina (diminutive)

Alternative form of gradenza: chest of drawers


Netherlandiż

Netherlandiż m (plural Netherlandiżi, feminine Netherlandiża)

Netherlandiżi (plural)
Netherlandiża (feminine)


Marokkin

Marokkin m (plural Marokkini, feminine Marokkina)


Alġerin

Alġerin m (plural Alġerini, feminine Alġerina)


Tuneżin

Tuneżin m (plural Tuneżini, feminine Tuneżina)

Tunisian (native or inhabitant of Tunisia) (usually male)


Libjan

Libjan m (plural Libjani, feminine Libjana)


Mauritanjan

Mauritanjan m (plural Mauritanjani, feminine Mauritanjana)

Mauritanjani (plural)
Mauritanjana (feminine)


Maljan

Maljan m (plural Maljani, feminine Maljana)


Sud Afrikan

Sud Afrikan m (plural Sud Afrikani, feminine Sud Afrikana)

Sud Afrikani (plural)
Sud Afrikana (feminine)

South African (native or inhabitant of South Africa) (usually male)


Sawdi

Sawdi m (plural Sawdin, feminine Sawdija)


ġandar

Borrowed from Sicilian agghiandra, ghiànnara, ultimately from Latin glans, probably through the diminutive glandula.

Il-ħnieżer iħobbu jieklu l-ġandar.


attribuzzjoni

attribuzzjoni f (plural attribuzzjonijiet)


lampuka tat-Torok

lampuka tat-Torok f (plural lampuki tat-Torok)


lampuka tal-istillerija

lampuka tal-istillerija f (plural lampuki tal-istillerija)


faċilità

faċilitajiet (plural)
faċiltà (alternative)


faċilitazzjoni

faċilitazzjoni f (plural faċilitazzjonijiet)


faċiltà korrettiva

faċiltà korrettiva f (plural faċiltajiet korrettivi)

faċilità korrettiva
faċilità korrettiva#Maltese


korrettur

korrettur m (plural korretturi, feminine korrettura)

korretturi (plural)
korrettura (feminine)


dritt tal-awtur

dritt tal-awtur m (plural drittijiet tal-awtur)


awtur

awtur m (plural awturi, feminine awtriċi)

Borrowed from Italian autore, from Latin auctōrem.

author (originator or creator of a work)


ekwilibrazzjoni

ekwilibrazzjoni f (plural ekwilibrazzjonijiet)


ekwilibrist

ekwilibrist m (plural ekwilibristi, feminine ekwilibrista)

ekwilibristi (plural)
ekwilibrista (feminine)
ekwilibrista (alternative)


elaborazzjoni

elaborazzjoni f (plural elaborazzjonijiet)


elettur

elettur m or f by sense (plural eletturi)


elevazzjoni

(Roman Catholicism) elevation (raising of the host)


eliminazzjoni

eliminazzjoni f (plural eliminazzjonijiet)


eluċidazzjoni

eluċidazzjoni f (plural eluċidazzjonijiet)


emanċipazzjoni

emanċipazzjoni f (plural emanċipazzjonijiet)


emendazzjoni

emendazzjoni f (plural emendazzjonijiet)


emigrazzjoni

emigrazzjoni f (plural emigrazzjonijiet)


entużjasta

entużjasta m or f by sense (plural entużjasti)


esaġerazzjoni

esaġerazzjoni f (plural esaġerazzjonijiet)


esibitur

esibitur m (plural esibituri, feminine esibitura)


esibizzjonista

esibizzjonista m or f by sense (plural esibizzjonisti)


esibizzjoniżmu

esibizzjoniżmu m (plural esibizzjoniżmi)


eskardinazzjoni

eskardinazzjoni f (plural eskardinazzjonijiet)


esklamazzjoni

esklamazzjoni f (plural esklamazzjonijiet)


esklużivista

esklużivista m or f by sense (plural esklużivisti)


inkardinazzjoni

inkardinazzjoni f (plural inkardinazzjonijiet)


bażokk

bażokk m (plural bażokki, feminine bażokka)

bażokki (plural)
bażokka (feminine)
bażlokk (alternative)
bażokka (alternative)


bażlokk

bażlokk m (plural bażlokki, feminine bażlokka)


bażokka

bażokka m or f by sense (plural bażokki)


bażokka

female equivalent of bażokk: female bigot


fabbrika

fabbriki (plural)
fabrika (alternative)
frabika (alternative dialectal)
frabka (alternative dialectal)


fabbrikazzjoni

fabbrikazzjoni f (plural fabbrikazzjonijiet)


fabbrikant

fabbrikant m (plural fabbrikanti, feminine fabbrikanta)

fabbrikanti (plural)
fabbrikanta (feminine)


qabarha

third-person feminine singular pronominal form of qabar: her grave


qabarhom

third-person plural pronominal form of qabar: their grave


riproduzzjoni

riproduzzjoni f (plural riproduzzjonijiet)


rixtellu

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

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


rixtiel

rixtiel m (plural rixtilin, feminine rixtiela)


rixtelliera

rixtellieri (plural)
xtelliera (alternative)
xtilliera (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian rastiddera, rastigghiera.


nvell

Borrowed from Sicilian nivellu. Doublet of livell.


kassru

Borrowed from Italian cassaro. Doublet of qasru.


kontraflokk

Borrowed from Italian controflocco, variant of controfiocco.


flokk ta' quddiem

flokk ta’ quddiem m (plural flokkijiet ta’ quddiem)

flokk ta’ quddiem (canonical masculine)
flokkijiet ta’ quddiem (plural)


kontrapirmiżżan

kontrapirmiżżan f (plural kontrapirmiżżani)


kontrapappafik

kontrapappafik f (plural kontrapappafiki)


hewwa

Iżda xi drabi huma jinsabu fin-nord reżħi, jew fuq wiċċ l-iġbla, sewdieni, jew f’pajjiżi il-hewwa (atmosferico) maqtugħin u mbeżżgħin mill-kesħa.

1927, [unknown], “Ħajjet l-ilmiet”, in Il-Malti, number 2:


ħala

ħala f (plural ħwejjel, diminutive ħwejla)

From Arabic خَال (ḵāl, “beauty spot”). Compare Moroccan Arabic خالة (ḵāla, “beauty spot”)


ħala

From Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla, “maternal aunt”).

Coordinate term: għamma (“paternal aunt”)


ħotell

mt-noun

ħotell m (plural ħotells or ħotellijiet)


soċjetà ċivili

soċjetà ċivili f (plural soċjetajiet ċivili)


qmat

Alternative form of qamat: shackles, restraints


galvanizzazzjoni

galvanizzazzjoni f (plural galvanizzazzjonijiet)


galvanografija

galvanografija f (plural galvanografiji)


ganċ

Borrowed from Sicilian ganciu and/or Italian gancio.


ċikkulatiera

From ċikkulata + -iera. Compare Italian cioccolatiera.


ċwiemi

/ˈt͡ʃwɪː.mɪ/


ċikwejra

Diminutive form of Italian cicoria and/or Sicilian cicòria.

Cichorium intybus
Cichorium intybus#Translingual


bekkamort

bekkamorti (plural)
bukkamort (alternative)


sufan

sufani (plural)
sufanijiet (plural)
sofan (alternative)
sufa (alternative)
sofa (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian sofà /sufà and/or Italian sofà, from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa).


żir

pitcher (a wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids)


libertà tal-kelma

libertà tal-kelma f (plural libertajiet tal-kelma)

freedom of speech, free speech (right to speak without fear of harm)


ċavi

Borrowed from Sicilian chiavi. Doublet of ċavu.

Alternative form: ċova

(architecture) keystone (the top stone of an arch)


ċavi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ċejċa

(childish) candy; sweets; anything small and sweet suitable for children to eat


ċova

Alternative form of ċavi: keystone (the top stone of an arch)


ċavu

Back-formation from the plural ċavi, from Sicilian ciavi, a variant of chiavi. Doublet of ċavi and ċova.


ċejċiet

/t͡ʃɛjˈt͡ʃɪːt/


ħobb

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

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


ċana

ċwieni (plural)
ċwani (plural)
ċani (plural)

plane (a tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface)


ċana għall-inglettar

mt-noun

ċana għall-inglettar f (plural ċwieni għall-inglettar or ċwani għall-inglettar or ċani għall-inglettar)

ċwieni għall-inglettar (plural)
ċwani għall-inglettar (plural)
ċani għall-inglettar (plural)


ċana għat-tond

ċana għat-tond f (plural ċwieni għat-tond or ċwani għat-tond or ċani għat-tond)

ċwieni għat-tond (plural)
ċwani għat-tond (plural)
ċani għat-tond (plural)


ċana tonda

ċana tonda f (plural ċwieni tondi or ċwani tondi or ċani tondi)

ċwieni tondi (plural)
ċwani tondi (plural)
ċani tondi (plural)


ċana nofs tond minn taħt

ċana nofs tond minn taħt f (plural ċwieni nofs tond minn taħt or ċwani nofs tond minn taħt or ċani nofs tond minn taħt)

ċwieni nofs tond minn taħt (plural)
ċwani nofs tond minn taħt (plural)
ċani nofs tond minn taħt (plural)


ċana sikkina

ċana sikkina f (plural ċwieni sikkina or ċwani sikkina or ċani sikkina)

ċwieni sikkina (plural)
ċwani sikkina (plural)
ċani sikkina (plural)


ċana tal-brix

ċana tal-brix f (plural ċwieni tal-brix or ċwani tal-brix or ċani tal-brix)

ċwieni tal-brix (plural)
ċwani tal-brix (plural)
ċani tal-brix (plural)


ċana tal-ippulir

ċana tal-ippulir f (plural ċwieni tal-ippulir or ċwani tal-ippulir or ċani tal-ippulir)

ċwieni tal-ippulir (plural)
ċwani tal-ippulir (plural)
ċani tal-ippulir (plural)


ċana tal-kanali

ċana tal-kanali f (plural ċwieni tal-kanali or ċwani tal-kanali or ċani tal-kanali)

ċwieni tal-kanali (plural)
ċwani tal-kanali (plural)
ċani tal-kanali (plural)


ċana tal-kavar

ċana tal-kavar f (plural ċwieni tal-kavar or ċwani tal-kavar or ċani tal-kavar)

ċwieni tal-kavar (plural)
ċwani tal-kavar (plural)
ċani tal-kavar (plural)


ċana tal-mudullun

ċana tal-mudullun f (plural ċwieni tal-mudullun or ċwani tal-mudullun or ċani tal-mudullun)

ċwieni tal-mudullun (plural)
ċwani tal-mudullun (plural)
ċani tal-mudullun (plural)


ċana tal-orlu

ċana tal-orlu f (plural ċwieni tal-orlu or ċwani tal-orlu or ċani tal-orlu)

ċwieni tal-orlu (plural)
ċwani tal-orlu (plural)
ċani tal-orlu (plural)


ċana tal-vitrati

ċana tal-vitrati f (plural ċwieni tal-vitrati or ċwani tal-vitrati or ċani tal-vitrati)

ċwieni tal-vitrati (plural)
ċwani tal-vitrati (plural)
ċani tal-vitrati (plural)


ċana tat-tond

ċana tat-tond f (plural ċwieni tat-tond or ċwani tat-tond or ċani tat-tond)

ċwieni tat-tond (plural)
ċwani tat-tond (plural)
ċani tat-tond (plural)


ċana tonda tal-buttara

ċana tonda tal-buttara f (plural ċwieni tondi tal-buttara or ċwani tondi tal-buttara or ċani tondi tal-buttara)

ċwieni tondi tal-buttara (plural)
ċwani tondi tal-buttara (plural)
ċani tondi tal-buttara (plural)


fabbiżonju

(theater) props (items placed on a stage to create a scene)


faċċol

faċċol m (plural faċċoli or faċċola, feminine faċċola)

faċċoli (plural)
faċċola (plural)
faċċola (feminine)


faċenda

faċenda f (plural faċendi, paucal faċendiet)


faċċata

guise, facade (deceptive outward appearance)


lajċizzazzjoni

lajċizzazzjoni f (plural lajċizzazzjonijiet)


lajma

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

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


lampjun

Borrowed from Sicilian lampiuni and/or Italian lampione.


lanċ

Alternative form: lonċ

lunch, especially one that is packed or brought to school


erojina

Borrowed from Italian eroina (“heroine”).


erojina

Borrowed from Italian eroina (“heroin”).


Eġizzjana

female equivalent of Eġizzjan: female native or inhabitant of Egypt


Masrija

(obsolete) female equivalent of Masri: female native or inhabitant of Egypt


felliel

mt-noun

felliel m (plural fellilin, feminine felliela)


korsija

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

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


meravilja

meravilji (plural)
maravilja (alternative uncommon)


maravilja

Less common form of meravilja: marvel, wonder


makkatura

Borrowed from Italian ammaccatura and/or Sicilian ammaccatura.


malafamatur

malafamatur m (plural malafamaturi, feminine malafamatura)

malafamaturi (plural)
malafamatura (feminine)


maljatura

(Gozo) bun (a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head)


maniġġament

Borrowed from Italian maneggiamento. Doublet of maniġment.


maniġment

Borrowed from English management. Doublet of maniġġament.


manjetizzazzjoni

manjetizzazzjoni f (plural manjetizzazzjonijiet)


żmanjetizzazzjoni

żmanjetizzazzjoni f (plural żmanjetizzazzjonijiet)


manjetizzatur

manjetizzatur m (plural manjetizzaturi, feminine manjetizzatura or manjetizzatriċi)

manjetizzaturi (plural)
manjetizzatura (feminine)
manjetizzatriċi (feminine)


manuvra

Alternative form: manivra


manuvrabilità

manuvrabilità f (plural manuvrabilitajiet)


bazzika

(card games) a Maltese variant of bezique


beatifikazzjoni

beatifikazzjoni f (plural beatifikazzjonijiet)


benefattur

benefattur m (plural benefatturi, feminine benefattriċi)

benefatturi (plural)
benefattriċi (feminine)


benefiċjarju

(law) beneficiary (one who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate)


bużullottist

bużullottist m (plural bużullottisti, feminine bużullottista)

bużullottisti (plural)
bużullottista (feminine)


blastpajp

blastpajp m (plural blastpajps or blastpajpijiet)

blastpajps (plural)
blastpajpijiet (plural)


boxxla

Borrowed from Sicilian [Term?], variant of bùssula.

compass (instrument to determine cardinal directions)


burdell

burdelli (plural)
briedel (plural)
bordell (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian bordello and/or Sicilian burdellu.


ċekk

(chess) check (chess: when the king is directly threatened by an enemy piece)


ċekk

Alternative form: ċikk


ċekkmejt

ċekkmejts (plural)
ċekmejt (alternative)

Borrowed from English checkmate. Doublet of skakkumattu.

(chess) checkmate (said when making the conclusive move in chess)


ċekmejt

(chess) Alternative form of ċekkmejt: checkmate (said when making the conclusive move in chess)


ċelebrant

celebrant (person who officiates at a religious ceremony)


ċelebrazzjoni

ċelebrazzjoni f (plural ċelebrazzjonijiet)


ċelebrità

ċelebrità m or f by sense (plural ċelebritajiet)


ċenaklu

Alternative form of ċenakolu: dining room


ċiena

(dialectal) Alternative form of ċena: supper, dinner (evening meal)


ċentralizzazzjoni

ċentralizzazzjoni f (plural ċentralizzazzjonijiet)


bronżar

bronżara (plural)
bronżari (plural)
brunżar (alternative)


birlant

(dialectal) Alternative form of brillant: brilliant (cut gemstone)


brillantin

brillantini (plural)
brillantina (alternative)


brejk

brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)


brejk

break (rest or pause, usually from work)


ċongatura

ċongaturi (plural)
ċungatura (alternative)


ċiżell

Borrowed from Sicilian *cisellu (when modern Sicilian ciseddu).


ċirkoskrizzjoni

ċirkoskrizzjoni f (plural ċirkoskrizzjonijiet)


ċirkulazzjoni

ċirkulazzjoni f (plural ċirkulazzjonijiet)


ċipp

Borrowed from Italian ceppo. Sense 3 is from English chip.


ċentuplikazzjoni

ċentuplikazzjoni f (plural ċentuplikazzjonijiet)


damaskina

dumaskina (alternative)
domaskina (alternative)


debbolizza

debbolizzi (plural)
debbulizza (alternative)


debbulizza

Alternative form of debbolizza: weakness


debutt

debut (a performer's first-time performance to the public)


debuttant

debuttant m (plural debuttanti, feminine debuttanta)

debuttanti (plural)
debuttanta (feminine)


deboxxjat

deboxxjat m (plural deboxxjati, feminine deboxxjata)

deboxxjati (plural)
deboxxjata (feminine)
debuxxat (alternative)


debuxxat

debuxxat m (plural debuxxati, feminine debuxxata)

Alternative form of deboxxjat: debauchee


emmien

emmien m (plural emmiena or emminin, feminine emmiena)

emmiena (plural)
emminin (plural)
emmiena (feminine)
wemmien (alternative)


wemmien

wemmien m (plural wemmiena or wemminin, feminine wemmiena)

wemmiena (plural)
wemminin (plural)
wemmiena (feminine)


emmieni

emmieni m (plural emminija or emminin, feminine emminija)

emminija (plural)
emminin (plural)
emminija (feminine)
wemmieni (alternative)


wemmieni

wemmieni m (plural wemminija or wemminin, feminine wemminija)

wemminija (plural)
wemminin (plural)
wemminija (feminine)


twemmen

inflection of wemmen:
second-person singular imperfect

third-person feminine singular imperfect


twemmin

mt-verbal noun

twemmin m (instance noun twemmina, plural twemminijiet)


ħmil

verbal noun of ħamel:
bearing, tolerating, enduring


ħemel

mt-noun

ħemel m (dual ħimlejn, plural iħmla or ħmiel, diminutive ħmejjel)

ħimlejn (dual)
iħmla (plural)
ħmiel (plural)
ħmejjel (diminutive)


għaqra

għaqra f (plural għaqriet or għoqor, diminutive għaqajra)

għaqriet (plural)
għoqor (plural)
għaqajra (diminutive)


għetiewi

/ɛˤːˈtɪː.wɪ/


malvizz

malvizz m (plural mlievez or mlavez or malvizzi)

mlievez (plural)
mlavez (plural)
malvizzi (plural)


malvizz iswed

Turdus merula
Turdus merula#Translingual


rbieħ

inh

Arabic أَرْبَاح (ʔarbāḥ)


xerqa

mt-noun

xerqa f (plural xrieraq, paucal xerqiet)


wejba

(historical units of measurement) a unit of surface area, equivalent to 4 tomna, that is officially 1.111 acres (4,496 m2).

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, equivalent to 4 tomna, that is officially 2.5688 imperial cubic feet (72.72 L).


wellej

wellej m (plural wellejjin, feminine wellejja)


xadokk

Citrus maxima
Citrus maxima#Translingual


dewmien

mt-verbal noun

dewmien m (instance noun dewma or dawma)


dawmien

dawmien m (instance noun dewma or dawma)


dewwiema

mt-noun

dewwiema f (plural dwiewem or dewwimiet)


dewwiema tar-riħ

dewwiema tar-riħ f (plural dwiewem tar-riħ or dewwimiet tar-riħ)

dwiewem tar-riħ (plural)
dewwimiet tar-riħ (plural)


boxxla tar-riħ

boxxla tar-riħ f (plural boxxli tar-riħ)


pinnur tar-riħ

pinnur tar-riħ f (plural pinnuri tar-riħ)


ġewżaq

ġewżaq m (plural ġwieżaq, diminutive ġwejżaq)


deċifrazzjoni

deċifrazzjoni f (plural deċifrazzjonijiet)


dedika

dedication (note prefixed to a work of art)


dedikazzjoni

dedikazzjoni f (plural dedikazzjonijiet)


dedikant

dedikant m (plural dedikanti, feminine dedikanta)


demla

demla f (plural demliet or dwiemel, diminutive dmejla)

demliet (plural)
dwiemel (plural)
dmejla (diminutive)

From Arabic دَامِلَة (dāmila). Compare Arabic دُمَّل (dummal, “ulcer”).


drenxul

drenxula (singulative)
drenxuliet (paucal)


dremxul

dremxula (singulative)
dremxuliet (paucal)


dirbi

dirbi m (plural driebi, feminine dirbija)

driebi (plural)
dirbija (feminine)
dorbi (alternative)

Probably from Arabic ظِرْبَاء (ẓirbāʔ), a variant of ظَرِبَان (ẓaribān).

inh

Arabic ظِرْبَاء (ẓirbāʔ)


dorbi

mt-noun

dorbi m (plural driebi, feminine dorbija)

(Żebbuġ) Alternative form of dirbi: lizard


Żvizzeru

Żvizzeru m (plural Żvizzeri, feminine Żvizzera)

Swiss (native or inhabitant of Switzerland) (usually male)


Żimbabwen

Żimbabwen m (plural Żimbabweni, feminine Żimbabwena)

Żimbabweni (plural)
Żimbabwena (feminine)

Zimbabwean (native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe) (usually male)


Żambjan

Żambjan m (plural Żambjani, feminine Żambjana)

Zambian (native or inhabitant of Zambia) (usually male)


Urugwajan

Urugwajan m (plural Urugwajani, feminine Urugwajana)

Urugwajani (plural)
Urugwajana (feminine)

Uruguayan (native or inhabitant of Uruguay) (usually male)


Ugandiż

Ugandiż m (plural Ugandiżi, feminine Ugandiża)

Ugandan (native or inhabitant of Uganda) (usually male)


Togoliż

Togoliż m (plural Togoliżi, feminine Togoliża)

Togolese (native or inhabitant of Togo) (usually male)


Timoriż

Timoriż m (plural Timoriżi, feminine Timoriża)

East Timorese (native or inhabitant of East Timor) (usually male)


Tanzani

Tanzani m (plural Tanzanin, feminine Tanzanija)

Tanzanian (native or inhabitant of Tanzania) (usually male)


Tajwaniż

Tajwaniż m (plural Tajwaniżi, feminine Tajwaniża)

Taiwanese (native or inhabitant of Taiwan) (usually male)


Taġikistani

Taġikistani m (plural Taġikistani, feminine Taġikistana)

Taġikistani (plural)
Taġikistana (feminine)

Tajik (native or inhabitant of Tajikistan) (usually male)


Surinamjan

Surinamjan m (plural Surinamjani, feminine Surinamjana)

Surinamjani (plural)
Surinamjana (feminine)

Surinamese (native or inhabitant of Suriname) (usually male)


Sud Sudaniż

Sud Sudaniż m (plural Sud Sudaniżi, feminine Sud Sudaniża)

Sud Sudaniżi (plural)
Sud Sudaniża (feminine)

South Sudanese (native or inhabitant of South Sudan) (usually male)


Sudaniż

Sudaniż m (plural Sudaniżi, feminine Sudaniża)

Sudanese (native or inhabitant of Sudan) (usually male)


Somalu

Somalu m (plural Somali, feminine Somala)

Somali (native or inhabitant of Somalia) (usually male)


Slovakk

Slovakk m (plural Slovakki, feminine Slovakka)

Slovak (native or inhabitant of Slovakia) (usually male)


Sirjan

Sirjan m (plural Sirjani, feminine Sirjana)

Syrian (native or inhabitant of Syria) (usually male)


Singaporjan

Singaporjan m (plural Singaporjani, feminine Singaporjana)

Singaporjani (plural)
Singaporjana (feminine)

Singaporean (native or inhabitant of Singapore) (usually male)


xebgħa

xebgħa f (plural xebgħat or (only in sense 3) xbajja’)


mixbgħa

fill (sufficient or more than sufficient amount)


Xami

From Arabic شَامِيّ (šāmiyy). By surface analysis, Ix-Xam + -i.

(obsolete) Synonym of Damaskin: Damascene (native or inhabitant of Damascus)


miknes

Alternative form: mikensa


żewġha

third-person feminine singular pronominal form of żewġ: her husband


żewġek

second-person singular pronominal form of żewġ: your husband


żewġi

first-person singular pronominal form of żewġ: my husband


intelliġenza artifiċjali

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence


spajjen

plural of sapun: different kinds of soap


bużżieqa tas-sapun

bużżieqa tas-sapun f (plural bżieżaq tas-sapun)


bżieżaq tas-sapun

bużżieqa tas-sapun
bużżieqa tas-sapun#Maltese


faxxatura

faxxaturi (plural)
infaxxatura (alternative)


żinżel tal-baħar

żinżla tal-baħar (singulative)
żnieżel tal-baħar (plural)
żinżliet tal-baħar (paucal)

Lioberus agglutinans, a genus of mussels


venewwa Ingliża

Vanellus gregarius
Vanellus gregarius#Translingual


tajpist

tajpist m (plural tajpisti, feminine tajpista)


rkippa

rkippti (first-person singular)
rkippitna (first-person singular)
rkipptek (second-person singular)
rkippitkom (second-person singular)
rkipptu (masculine singular third-person)
rkippitha (feminine singular third-person)
rkippithom (singular third-person)

(anatomy, Xagħra) Alternative form of rkoppa


sħuħija

sħuħiti (first-person singular)
sħuħitna (first-person singular)
sħuħitek (second-person singular)
sħuħitkom (second-person singular)
sħuħitu (masculine singular third-person)
sħuħitha (feminine singular third-person)
sħuħithom (singular third-person)


sfidant

sfidant m (plural sfidanti, feminine sfidanta)


sfratt

sfrattijiet (plural)
sfrattu (alternative)


sfrattu

Alternative form of sfratt: break up, disorganisation


sfrattatur

sfrattatur m (plural sfrattaturi, feminine sfrattatura)

sfrattaturi (plural)
sfrattatura (feminine)


sfruttatur

sfruttatur m (plural sfruttaturi, feminine sfruttatura or sfruttatriċi)

sfruttaturi (plural)
sfruttatura (feminine)
sfruttatriċi (feminine)


stupidaġni

stupidaġnijiet (plural)
stupitaġni (alternative)


saffara

saffara f (plural sfafar, diminutive sfajfra)


ġabban

ġabban m (plural ġabbana, feminine ġabbana)

ġabbana (plural)
ġabbana (feminine)
ġubban (alternative)


ġubban

ġubban m (plural ġubbana, feminine ġubbana)

Alternative form of ġabban: cheesemonger


ġobna

ġbintejn (dual)
ġobnijiet (plural)
ġban (plural)
ġbon (plural)
ġbien (plural)
ġbun (plural)
ġbejjen (plural)
ġobniet (paucal)
ġbejna (diminutive)


deflorazzjoni

deflorazzjoni f (plural deflorazzjonijiet)


deformazzjoni

deformazzjoni f (plural deformazzjonijiet)


deġenerazzjoni

deġenerazzjoni f (plural deġenerazzjonijiet)


degradazzjoni

degradazzjoni f (plural degradazzjonijiet)


dekarbonizzazzjoni

dekarbonizzazzjoni f (plural dekarbonizzazzjonijiet)


deklamazzjoni

deklamazzjoni f (plural deklamazzjonijiet)


deklamatur

deklamatur m (plural deklamaturi, feminine deklamatura)

deklamaturi (plural)
deklamatura (feminine)


deklinazzjoni

deklinazzjoni f (plural deklinazzjonijiet)


dekompożizzjoni

dekompożizzjoni f (plural dekompożizzjonijiet)


delegazzjoni

delegazzjoni f (plural delegazzjonijiet)


deliberazzjoni

deliberazzjoni f (plural deliberazzjonijiet)


delinjament

Alternative form of delineament: delineation


linjamenti

Alternative form of lineamenti: lineaments


delirju

dellirju (alternative)
dilirju (alternative)


demarkazzjoni

demarkazzjoni f (plural demarkazzjonijiet)


demokratizzazzjoni

demokratizzazzjoni f (plural demokratizzazzjonijiet)

Borrowed from Italian democratizzazione.


buġimgħa

Univerbation of bu + ġimgħa, literally “father of the week”.


ġergħa

mt-noun

ġergħa f (plural ġriegħi, paucal ġergħat)


ġerriegħ

ġerriegħ m (plural ġerrigħin, feminine ġerriegħa)

/d͡ʒɛrˈrɪːħ/


ċerna

ċeren (plural)
ċrun (plural)
ċrien (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian cernia and/or Italian cernia.


fanfru

fanfru m (plural fanfri, feminine fanfra)

fanfri (plural)
fanfra (feminine)
infanfru (alternative)


ċerna tal-fond

ċerna tal-fond f (plural ċeren tal-fond or ċrun tal-fond or ċrien tal-fond)

ċeren tal-fond (plural)
ċrun tal-fond (plural)
ċrien tal-fond (plural)

Synonym of ċerna: wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)


fanfarun

fanfarun m (plural fanfaruni, feminine fanfaruna)

fanfaruni (plural)
fanfaruna (feminine)
fanfarrun (alternative)
fanfer (alternative)


fanfarrun

fanfarrun m (plural fanfarruni, feminine fanfarruna)

fanfarruni (plural)
fanfarruna (feminine)


fanfru barrani

lampuka tat-Torok
lampuka tat-Torok#Maltese

Synonym of lampuka tat-Torok: blackfish (Centrolophus niger)


spnott

spnotta (singulative)
spnotti (plural)
spnottiet (paucal)

Dicentrarchus labrax
Dicentrarchus labrax#Translingual

spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)


gurbell

Borrowed from Sicilian curveddu, curbeddu.


gurbell rar

Synonym of gurbell: meagre (Argyrosomus regius)


spnott tat-tbajja'

spnott tat-tbajja’ (canonical masculine)
spnotta tat-tbajja’ (singulative)
spnotti tat-tbajja’ (plural)
spnottiet tat-tbajja’ (paucal)

Synonym of spnott: spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)


xaħxieħ

xaħxieħa (singulative)
ħuxħax (alternative)
ħoxħax (alternative)

inh

Arabic خَشْخَاش (ḵašḵāš)


identifikazzjoni

mt-noun

identifikazzjoni f (plural identifikazzjonijiet)


ibridazzjoni

ibridazzjoni f (plural ibridazzjonijiet)


idealizzazzjoni

idealizzazzjoni f (plural idealizzazzjonijiet)


iġjene

/ɪd͡ʒˈjɛː.nɛ/


iġjenista

iġjenista m or f by sense (plural iġjenisti)


ibusija

Alternative form of ebusija: harshness, hardness


ġgajta

Borrowed from Italian giogato (“connected”).


fetħa tad-demm

mt-noun

fetħa tad-demm f (plural fetħiet tad-demm)


dinier

dinier m (plural dwiener, diminutive dwejner)

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār). Aquilina suggests a derivation from Sicilian dinaru but it is unlikely because of the plural dwiener.

(historical) a small coin less than a ħabba


dikkiena

dikkiena f (plural dikkeniet or dkieken, diminutive dkejkna)

dikkeniet (plural)
dkieken (plural)
dkejkna (diminutive)
dokkiena (alternative)

From dialectal Arabic دُكَّانَة (dukkāna). Compare Moroccan Arabic and Algerian Arabic دكانة (dukkāna, “stone bench”).


dokkiena

mt-noun

dokkiena f (plural dokkeniet or dkieken, diminutive dkejkna)

dokkeniet (plural)
dkieken (plural)
dkejkna (diminutive)


demolizzjoni

demolizzjoni f (plural demolizzjonijiet)


demoralizzazzjoni

demoralizzazzjoni f (plural demoralizzazzjonijiet)


denigrazzjoni

denigrazzjoni f (plural denigrazzjonijiet)


denunzjatur

denunzjatur m (plural denunzjaturi, feminine denunzjatura)

denunzjaturi (plural)
denunzjatura (feminine)


dependenza

dependenzi (plural)
dipendenza (alternative)


difla

Nerium oleander
Nerium oleander#Translingual


orkestrazzjoni

orkestrazzjoni f (plural orkestrazzjonijiet)


ċawsla

ċawsla (singulative)
ċawsli (plural)
ċawsliet (paucal)
ċawsra (alternative)
ċewsla (alternative)
ċawsa (alternative)


ċawsra

ċawsra f (plural ċawsri, paucal ċawsriet)

Alternative form of ċawsla: white mulberry


ċewsla

ċewsla f (plural ċewsri, paucal ċewsriet)


determinazzjoni

determinazzjoni f (plural determinazzjonijiet)


dwella

(architecture) intrados (inner curve of an arch)


gallarija

gallarija f (plural gallariji, paucal gallarijiet)

gallariji (plural)
gallarijiet (paucal)
gallerija (alternative)


gallerija

gallerija f (plural galleriji, paucal gallerijiet)


telliegħ

telliegħ m (plural telligħin, feminine telliegħa)


tarbux

der

Arabic طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš)


rdubblatura

(masonry) building a second wall besides an existing one


modifikazzjoni

mt-noun

modifikazzjoni f (plural modifikazzjonijiet)


deportazzjoni

deportazzjoni f (plural deportazzjonijiet)


depressjoni

(medicine, psychology) dejection, depression, despondency (state of mind producing serious long-term lowering of enjoyment)

(economics) depression (period of major economic contraction)

(geography) depression, lowland (low area)

(meteorology) depression, low (area of lowered air pressure)


deputazzjoni

deputazzjoni f (plural deputazzjonijiet)


derivazzjoni

derivazzjoni f (plural derivazzjonijiet)


diriġent

diriġent m (plural diriġenti, feminine diriġenta)


derogazzjoni

derogazzjoni f (plural derogazzjonijiet)


stabbilizzazzjoni

stabbilizzazzjoni f (plural stabbilizzazzjonijiet)


destabbilizzazzjoni

destabbilizzazzjoni f (plural destabbilizzazzjonijiet)

Borrowed from Italian destabilizzazione.


instabbiltà

instabbiltajiet (plural)
instabilità (alternative)


stabbiltà

stabbiltajiet (plural)
stabilità (alternative)


destinazzjoni

destinazzjoni f (plural destinazzjonijiet)


detestazzjoni

detestazzjoni f (plural detestazzjonijiet)


devalutazzjoni

devalutazzjoni f (plural devalutazzjonijiet)


devastazzjoni

devastazzjoni f (plural devastazzjonijiet)


deżolazzjoni

deżolazzjoni f (plural deżolazzjonijiet)


indiġestjoni

indiġestjoni f (plural indiġestjonijiet)


indiġestibilità

indiġestibilità f (plural indiġestibilitajiet)


dijanjosi

dijanjosijiet (plural)
djanjosi (alternative)


djanjosi

Alternative form of dijanjosi: diagnosis


dimostrazzjoni

dimostrazzjoni f (plural dimostrazzjonijiet)


dimostrant

dimostrant m (plural dimostranti, feminine dimostranta)

dimostranti (plural)
dimostranta (feminine)


dimostratur

dimostratur m (plural dimostraturi, feminine dimostratura)

dimostraturi (plural)
dimostratura (feminine)


disċarġ

disċarġ m (plural disċarġis or disċarġijiet)

disċarġis (plural)
disċarġijiet (plural)


rgħajn

Borrowed from Arabic غَيْن (ḡayn). The spelling ‹rgħ› is a merely linguistic convention, due to the use of [ʁ] for ‹r› in languages like French or German as well as in Maltese speakers with a rhotacism.

the voiced velar or voiced uvular fricative /ɣ~ʁ/, an archaic phoneme in Maltese; see għ for more


ċaċċarata

ċaċċarati (plural)
ċaċċrata (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian chiacchierata and/or Sicilian chiachiariata.


ċaċċrata

Alternative form of ċaċċarata: idle talk


ċaċċarun

ċaċċarun m (plural ċaċċaruni, feminine ċaċċaruna)

Borrowed from Italian chiacchierone and/or Sicilian chiacchiaruni.


ċaħħad

ċaħħad m (plural ċaħħada or ċaħħadin, feminine ċaħħada)

ċaħħada (plural)
ċaħħadin (plural)
ċaħħada (feminine)

/t͡ʃaħˈħaːt/


ċakkar

ċakkar m (plural ċakkara or ċkakar, feminine ċakkara)

ċakkara (plural)
ċkakar (plural)
ċakkara (feminine)
ċaqqar (alternative)
ċakkal (alternative)

Compare Italian ciacchero, Sicilian ciaccaru.


ċallam

ċallam m (plural ċallamin, feminine ċallama)


gramofown

gramofowns (plural)
grammofonu (alternative)

Borrowed from English gramophone. Doublet of grammofonu, from Italian.


grammofonu

Borrowed from Italian grammofono. Doublet of gramofown, from English.

Alternative form of gramofown: record player, gramophone, phonograph


djaknu

djaknu m (plural djakni, feminine djakonessa or djakunessa)

djakni (plural)
djakonessa (feminine)
djakunessa (feminine)
djakunu (alternative)


djakunu

djakunu m (plural djakuni, feminine djakonessa or djakunessa)

djakuni (plural)
djakonessa (feminine)
djakunessa (feminine)

(Christianity) Alternative form of djaknu: deacon


djakonessa

djakonessi (plural)
djakunessa (alternative)

(Christianity) female equivalent of djaknu: deaconess


djakunessa

(Christianity) Alternative form of djakonessa


supereroj

supereroj m (plural supereroj, feminine supererojina)

supereroj (plural)
supererojina (feminine)

From super- + eroj. Calque of English superhero.

Mis-Supereroj
 Li kieku int kont teżisti,
 kien ikolli jien fejn indur.
 Le ma kontx jiena nistħi,
 naqsam miegħek dan id-dulur.
 Supereroj

2022, “Supereroj”, performed by SterjoTipi:


faqqus

faqqusa (singulative)
fqieqes (plural)
faqqusiet (paucal)


faqqus il-ħmir

From Arabic فَقُّوس الْحِمَار (faqqūs al-ḥimār).

inh

فَقُّوس الْحِمَار

Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium#Translingual

squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)


bettieħ il-ħmir

/bɛtˌtɪː.ħ‿ɪlˈħmiːr/

Synonym of faqqus il-ħmir: squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)


faqqus il-bettieħ

melons that haven't reached the normal size


alliterazzjoni

mt-noun

alliterazzjoni f (plural alliterazzjonijiet)

Kont ħadt grazzja mar-ritmu u ma’ l-alliterazzjonijiet tagħha u fil-lezzjoni lit-tfal tajthom sett ta’ percussion instruments biex permezz tagħhom iżommu r-ritmu, […]

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


invinzjoni

Alternative form of invenzjoni: invention


inventur

inventur m (plural inventuri, feminine inventura)


interdizzjoni

interdizzjoni f (plural interdizzjonijiet)


falzatur

falzatur m (plural falzaturi, feminine falzatura)


falzarju

falzarju m (plural falzarji, feminine falzarja)

falzarji (plural)
falzarja (feminine)
falsarju (alternative)


falsarju

falsarju m (plural falsarji, feminine falsarja)

Alternative form of falzarju: forger, falsifier


falzifikazzjoni

falzifikazzjoni f (plural falzifikazzjonijiet)

falzifikazzjonijiet (plural)
falsifikazzjoni (alternative)


falsifikazzjoni

falsifikazzjoni f (plural falsifikazzjonijiet)

Alternative form of falzifikazzjoni: falsification


falzità

falzitajiet (plural)
falsità (alternative)


familjarizzazzjoni

familjarizzazzjoni f (plural familjarizzazzjonijiet)

Borrowed from Italian familiarizzazione.


fagħal

ifgħal (plural)
fagħli (first-person singular)
fagħalna (first-person singular)
fagħlek (second-person singular)
fagħalkom (second-person singular)
fagħlu (masculine singular third-person)
fagħalha (feminine singular third-person)
fagħalhom (singular third-person)


mħallfa

female equivalent of mħallef: a female judge


ponn

Borrowed from Sicilian pugnu and/or Italian pugno.

kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi
għax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.
għax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek
u dalgħodu stenbaħt
b’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel
u d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.

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


daqqa ta' ponn

daqqa ta’ ponn f (plural daqqiet ta’ ponn)

daqqa ta’ ponn (canonical feminine)
daqqiet ta’ ponn (plural)

Tah daqqa ta’ ponn.


xift

xogħol bix-xift ― shiftwork

shift (scheduled period of employment; workshift)


xiftjatur

xiftjatur m (plural xiftjaturi, feminine xiftjatura)

xiftjaturi (plural)
xiftjatura (feminine)


zikketta

(children's games) a Maltese children's game played with beads or nuts


żengil

verbal noun of żengel: rocking, swinging


żengiel

żengiel m (plural żengiela or żengilin, feminine żengiela)

żengiela (plural)
żengilin (plural)
żengiela (feminine)


żelluma

żelluma f (plural żlielem, paucal żellumiet)


sejjieb

sejjieb m (plural sejjieba or sejjibin, feminine sejjieba)

sejjieba (plural)
sejjibin (plural)
sejjieba (feminine)


żellieġ

żellieġ m (plural żellieġa or żelliġin, feminine żellieġa)

żellieġa (plural)
żelliġin (plural)
żellieġa (feminine)

/zɛlˈlɪːt͡ʃ/


żġieġ

żġieġa (singulative)
żġiġiet (paucal)
żgejga (diminutive)

/ˈzd͡ʒɪːt͡ʃ/

From Arabic زُجَاج (zujāj, “glass”). Doublet of ħġieġ.


storbju

storbji (plural)
distorbju (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian disturbio, variant of disturbo.


xeħta

Alternative form: xħita


xħita

Alternative form: xeħta


awwista

awwisti (plural)
awista (alternative)
agusta (alternative)

Compare Sicilian alausta /alagusta, Italian aligusta /aragosta and Dalmatian agusta.


garigor

/ɡa.rɪˈɡɔːr/

Borrowed from Sicilian garagolu /caragolu.

bor+

Mill-ġenb tal-knisja, fejn hemm garigor ta’ disgħin tarġa għall-fuq il-bejt […]

2021, Trischia Falzon, “Ara l-istorja taċ-ċuqlajta bi tnax-il martell li tmur lura 100 sena f’Ħal Luqa”, in One.com.mt, archived from the original on 2022-04-09:

From the side of the church, where there is a spiral staircase of ninety steps to the top of the roof […]


ksuħ

ksuħa (alternative)
ksuħija (alternative)


ksuħija

ksuħiti (first-person singular)
ksuħitna (first-person singular)
ksuħitek (second-person singular)
ksuħitkom (second-person singular)
ksuħitu (masculine singular third-person)
ksuħitha (feminine singular third-person)
ksuħithom (singular third-person)


ġulepp

ġuleppijiet (plural)
ġlepp (alternative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wardah
Old Persian *vr̥dah
Middle Persian gwl
Classical Persian گُل (gul)
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps
Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš
Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a)
Middle Persian ʾp̄
Classical Persian آب (āb)
Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb)bor.
Arabic جُلَاب (julāb)bor.
Italian giulebbebor.
Maltese ġulepp
Borrowed from Italian giulebbe, borrowed from Arabic جُلَاب (julāb), borrowed from Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb), from گُل (gul) + آب (āb).

etymon

ġulepp tal-ħarrub

(by extension) anything that is too sweet


bagħbus

mt-noun

bagħbus m (plural bagħbusin, feminine bagħbusa)

inh

Arabic بَعْبُوص (baʕbūṣ)

a person who has the habit of touching things or people when talking


ċuwing-gamm

ċjuwing-gamm (alternative)
chewing gum (alternative)
ċuwingam (alternative)


derwix

driewex (plural)
dervix (alternative)
dirwix (alternative)