elf

mt-numeral

elf m or f (dual elfejn, plural eluf or elufijiet, paucal elef)

elfejn (dual)
eluf (plural)
elufijiet (plural)
elef (paucal)


sitt

Coordinate term: (absolute form) sitta


sitta

Coordinate term: (attributive form) sitt


raba'

From Arabic رابِع (rābiʕ).
The ordinal numbers of 5, 7, 9 and 10 were originally distinguished from the attributive cardinal numbers by vowel length, e.g. ħames with [a] for “five” and [aː] for “fifth”. However, since numerals do not usually bear strong stress in the noun phrase, this distinction ultimately collapsed and the short vowel was generalised. Analogously, raba’ (“fourth”) was also affected by this shortening, but the form nevertheless remained distinct from erba’ (“four”). By contrast, tieni (“second”) and tielet (“third”) have preserved their long vowel.


wieħed

wieħed m (plural uħud or (usually non-personal) waħdiet, feminine waħda)

uħud (plural)
waħdiet (plural usually)
waħda (feminine)

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

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


mija

mija m or f (dual mitejn, plural mijiet)

Coordinate term: (attributive form) mitt


tlieta

inh

Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa)


żewġ

From Arabic زَوْج (zawj, “pair”), from Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “yoke”). Compare Moroccan Arabic جوج (jūj).

Coordinate term: (long attributive form) żewġt


tliet

Coordinate term: (long attributive form) tlitt

short attributive form of tlieta (“three”)


erba'

Coordinate term: (long attributive form) erbat

short attributive form of erbgħa (“four”)


ħames

Coordinate term: (long attributive form) ħamest

short attributive form of ħamsa (“five”)


seba'

Coordinate term: (long attributive form) sebat

short attributive form of sebgħa (“seven”)


tmien

Coordinate term: (long attributive form) tmint

short attributive form of tmienja (“eight”)


disa'

Coordinate term: (long attributive form) disat

short attributive form of disgħa (“nine”)


għaxar

Coordinate term: (long attributive form) għaxart

short attributive form of għaxra (“ten”)


ħdax

From Arabic أَحَدَ عَشَرَ (ʔaḥada ʕašara). By surface analysis, (wie)ħed + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic حداش (ḥdāš).

أَحَدَ عَشَرَ

Arabic أَحَدَ عَشَرَ (ʔaḥada ʕašara)

Coordinate term: (attributive form) ħdax-il


tnax

From Arabic اِثْنَا عَشَرَ (iṯnā ʕašara). By surface analysis, tn(ejn) + ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic تناش (tnāš).

اِثْنَا عَشَرَ

Arabic اِثْنَا عَشَرَ (iṯnā ʕašara)

Coordinate term: (attributive form) tnax-il


tlettax

From Arabic ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ (ṯalāṯata ʕašara). By surface analysis, tlitt + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic تلتاش (tlattāš).

ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) tlettax-il


erbatax

From Arabic أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ (ʔarbaʕata ʕašara). By surface analysis, erbat + -ax.

أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) erbatax-il


ħmistax

From Arabic خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ (ḵamsata ʕašara). By surface analysis, ħamest + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic خمستاش (ḵmastāš), Tunisian Arabic خمستاش (ḵmastāš), Gulf Arabic خمستعش (ḵəmistəʕəš), Egyptian Arabic خمستاشر (ḵamastāšar).

خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) ħmistax-il


sittax

From Arabic سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ (sittata ʕašara). By surface analysis, sitt + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic ستاش (sittāš), Egyptian Arabic ستاشر (sittāšar).

سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) sittax-il


sbatax

From Arabic سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ (sabʕata ʕašara). By surface analysis, sebat + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic سبعتاش (sbaʕtāš), Egyptian Arabic سبعتاشر (sabaʕtāšar).

سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) sbatax-il


tmintax

From Arabic ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ (ṯamāniyata ʕašara). By surface analysis, tmint + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic تمنتاش (tmantāš), Egyptian Arabic تمنتاشر (tamantāšar).

ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) tmintax-il


dsatax

From Arabic تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ (tisʕata ʕašara). By surface analysis, disat + -ax. Compare Egyptian Arabic تسعتاشر (tisʕatāšar).

تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) dsatax-il


għoxrin

Arabic عِشْرِين (ʕišrīn)


mitejn

From Arabic مِئَتَيْنِ (miʔatayni). By surface analysis, mija + -ejn.


tlettax-il

attributive form of tlettax (“thirteen”)


erbatax-il

attributive form of erbatax (“fourteen”)


sbatax-il

attributive form of sbatax (“seventeen”)


tmintax-il

attributive form of tmintax (“eighteen”)


tlitt

Coordinate term: (short attributive form) tliet


erbat

Coordinate term: (short attributive form) erba’

long attributive form of erbgħa (“four”)


ħamest

Coordinate term: (short attributive form) ħames


sebat

Coordinate term: (short attributive form) seba’

long attributive form of sebgħa (“seven”)


tmint

Coordinate term: (short attributive form) tmien

long attributive form of tmienja (“eight”)


disat

Coordinate term: (short attributive form) disa’

long attributive form of disgħa (“nine”)


għaxart

Coordinate term: (short attributive form) għaxar


elef

From Arabic آلَاف (ʔālāf). The expected form is *elief, but the stress was shifted backwards under the influence of a following noun. In independent position, *elief was probably maintained at first; it was then absorbed by eluf and restricted to the vague sense “thousands”.


żewġt

Coordinate term: (short attributive form) żewġ

long attributive form of of tnejn (“two”)


tletin

Arabic ثَلَاثِين (ṯalāṯīn)


erbgħin

Arabic أَرْبَعِين (ʔarbaʕīn)


tmenin

Arabic ثَمَانِين (ṯamānīn)


żero

Borrowed from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”).


wieħed u għoxrin

/ˈwɪː.ħɛt w‿ɔʃˈriːn/

/ˈwɪː.ħɛt w‿ɔˤːʃˈriːn/


erbgħa u għoxrin

/ˈɛr.baˤ w‿ɔˤːʃˈriːn/


sebgħa u għoxrin

/ˈsɛ.baˤ w‿ɔˤːʃˈriːn/


disgħa u għoxrin

/ˈdɪ.saˤ w‿ɔˤːʃˈriːn/


sestiljun

a sextillion (British) or undecillion (US)


eluf

From Arabic أُلُوف (ʔulūf), possibly merged with آلاف (ʔālāf). See elef for more.

plural of elf: thousands (a vague number far beyond 1000)


wieħed u erbgħin

/ˈwɪː.ħɛt w‿ɛrˈbəˤjn/


tnejn u tletin

LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-tnejn u tletin.wav


ħamsa u sittin

LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-ħamsa u sittin.wav


sitta u disgħin

LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-sitta u disgħin.wav


ħdax-il elf

/ˈħdaː.ʃɪˈl‿ɛlf/


ġiex

A variant of ġux, which is an assimilated variant of żewġ.

Coordinate term: (long attributive form) ġiext

Alternative form: ġux

short attributive form of of tnejn (“two”)

Alternative forms: ġux, ġix (“unstressed variant”), ġox (“unstressed variant”)


ġiext

Coordinate term: (short attributive form) ġiex

Alternative form: ġuxt