id

mt-noun

id f (plural idejn, plural construct state idej, diminutive wejda)

idejn (plural)
idej (construct plural)
wejda (diminutive)
idi (first-person singular)
idna (first-person singular)
idek (second-person singular)
idkom (second-person singular)
idu (masculine singular third-person)
idha (feminine singular third-person)
idhom (singular third-person)

From general dialectal Arabic ايد (ʔīd), variant of classical يَد (yad). Doublet of jedd.

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

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


pene

Borrowed from Italian pene, sometimes used in Maltese in place of the everyday żobb.


ras

ras f (dual (uncommon) rasejn, plural rjus, diminutive rwajsa)

rasejn (dual uncommon)
rjus (plural)
rwajsa (diminutive)

From Arabic رَأْس (raʔs). The word is masculine in standard Arabic, but the feminine is found in some dialects, so there is no need to assume influence by Sicilian testa (though this is not ruled out).

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:


spalla

spallejn (dual)
spalel (plural)
spallti (first-person singular)
spallitna (first-person singular)
spalltek (second-person singular)
spallitkom (second-person singular)
spalltu (masculine singular third-person)
spallitha (feminine singular third-person)
spallithom (singular third-person)
ispalla (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian spalla or an older variant of Sicilian spadda, both from Latin spatula.


ħalq

ħalq m (plural ħluq, diminutive ħlejjaq or ħlajjaq)

ħluq (plural)
ħlejjaq (diminutive)
ħlajjaq (diminutive)
ħalqi (first-person singular)
ħalqna (first-person singular)
ħalqek (second-person singular)
ħalqkom (second-person singular)
ħalqu (masculine singular third-person)
ħalqha (feminine singular third-person)
ħalqhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic حَلْق (ḥalq, “throat”). Cognate with Gulf Arabic حلج (ḥalj, “mouth”).


mnieħer

mnieħer m (plural (rare ad-hoc formations) mneħrijiet or mniħrijiet)

mneħrijiet (plural rare)
mniħrijiet (plural)
mnieħri (first-person singular)
mneħirna (first-person singular)
mniħirna (first-person singular)
mnieħrek (second-person singular)
mneħirkom (second-person singular)
mniħirkom (second-person singular)
mnieħru (masculine singular third-person)
mneħirha (feminine singular third-person)
mniħirha (feminine singular third-person)
mneħirhom (singular third-person)
mniħirhom (singular third-person)
imnieħer (alternative also)

From Arabic مَناخِير (manāḵīr), plural of مِنْخار (minḵār, “nostril”), whence Maltese minħar. Arabic dialects have widely lost the word أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) and replaced it with this word (either the plural as in Maltese, or the singular).


żaqq

żaqq f (plural żquq, diminutive żqajqa or żaqquqa)

żquq (plural)
żqajqa (diminutive)
żaqquqa (diminutive)

From Arabic زِقّ (ziqq, “skin bag for liquids, waterskin”), from Classical Syriac ܙܩܐ (zeqqā, “idem”), which might be a variant of ܣܩܐ (saqqā, “sack, bag”). The last is cognate with Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag, sackcloth”), whence also English sack and Maltese saqqu (“mattress”).


difer

mt-noun

difer m (dual difrejn, plural difrejn or dwiefer)

difrejn (dual)
difrejn (plural)
dwiefer (plural)
difri (first-person singular)
difirna (first-person singular)
difrek (second-person singular)
difirkom (second-person singular)
difru (masculine singular third-person)
difirha (feminine singular third-person)
difirhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr). The unexpected imala may be connected to an irregular development in some roots with final /r/, compare deher and sider.

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:


widna

widna f (dual widintejn, plural widnejn)

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


għajn

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

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

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


mimmi

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

cog

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


wirk

mt-noun

wirk m (dual wirkejn, plural uriek, diminutive wrejjek)

wirkejn (dual)
uriek (plural)
wrejjek (diminutive)
wirki (first-person singular)
wirkna (first-person singular)
wirkek (second-person singular)
wirkkom (second-person singular)
wirku (masculine singular third-person)
wirkha (feminine singular third-person)
wirkhom (singular third-person)


galletta

galletta f (plural galletti or (rare) glielet)

galletti (plural)
glielet (plural rare)
galetta (alternative)


velu

Borrowed from Sicilian velu and/or Italian velo, from Latin velum.


qalb

qlub (plural)
qalbi (first-person singular)
qalbna (first-person singular)
qalbek (second-person singular)
qalbkom (second-person singular)
qalbu (masculine singular third-person)
qalbha (feminine singular third-person)
qalbhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic قَلْب (qalb). The feminine gender in Maltese is unusual since the Arabic etymon is masculine, its form is that of a masculine, and even the Romance equivalents (Sicilian cori, Italian cuore) are masculine. One might suspect influence by the semantically related ras (“head”) and ruħ (“soul”), which are feminine; but this is mere conjecture.

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

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

Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
li dejjem ta’ kull sena
titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
u kull April tinbena,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


ġilda

ġilda f (plural ġlud, diminutive ġlejda)

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


prepuzju

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

In some cultures they cut babies’ foreskin.


sorm

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

X’sorm għandu dak ir-raġel.

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


borża

borża f (plural boroż, diminutive borżetta)


toqba tas-sorm

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

Ilek ma taħsel it-toqba ta’ sormok.


wiċċ

wiċċ m (plural wċuħ, diminutive uċejjaħ)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:


ġisem

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

Għandi ġismi kbir.


driegħ

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

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

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

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

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


gerżuma

gerżuma f (dual griżmejn, plural grieżem)

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


lsien

lsien m (plural ilsna, diminutive lsejjen)

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


xoffa

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

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


beżżula

beżżula f (plural bżieżel or beżżuliet, diminutive bżejżla)

bżieżel (plural)
beżżuliet (plural)
bżejżla (diminutive)
beżżul (alternative)
biżżul (alternative)
biżel (alternative)
biżla (alternative)

From Arabic بَزُّولَة (bazzūla). Compare Moroccan Arabic بزولة (bazzūla, “breast”), Tunisian Arabic بزّولة (bazzūla/bizzūla, “breast”).

cog

ras il-beżżula


rektum

Ultimately from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”).


tirma

Compare to Moroccan Arabic ترمة (tarma, “ass, buttocks”) and Tunisian Arabic ترمة (tirma, “ass, buttocks”). The term possibly traces back to an old dialect word "ṯulma", meaning breach, hole, gap.

cog

(anatomy, vulgar) backside, ass, arse, buttocks


sieq

saqajn (plural)
sieqi (first-person singular)
sieqna (first-person singular)
sieqek (second-person singular)
sieqkom (second-person singular)
siequ (masculine singular third-person)
sieqha (feminine singular third-person)
sieqhom (singular third-person)

Is-sieq ma tistax titpoġġa fuq il-pedala.


fwied

mt-noun

fwied m (plural ifwda or fwidien, diminutive fwejjed)

ifwda (plural)
fwidien (plural)
fwejjed (diminutive)
fwiedi (first-person singular)
fwiedna (first-person singular)
fwiedek (second-person singular)
fwiedkom (second-person singular)
fwiedu (masculine singular third-person)
fwiedha (feminine singular third-person)
fwiedhom (singular third-person)


koxxa

koxxa f (plural koxox or koxxtejn or (Żabbar) kxiex)

koxox (plural)
koxxtejn (plural)
kxiex (plural)
koxxti (first-person singular)
koxxitna (first-person singular)
koxxtek (second-person singular)
koxxitkom (second-person singular)
koxxtu (masculine singular third-person)
koxxitha (feminine singular third-person)
koxxithom (singular third-person)
kuxxa (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian coscia (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”, later also “thigh”).


riġel

riġlejn (plural)
riġli (first-person singular)
riġilna (first-person singular)
riġlek (second-person singular)
riġilkom (second-person singular)
riġlu (masculine singular third-person)
riġilha (feminine singular third-person)
riġilhom (singular third-person)

Ir-riġel tal-lemin tal-manikin sewwieq għandu jkun fi pjan vertikali.

The right leg of the driver dummy shall be in a vertical plane.


qarn

qarn m (plural qrun, diminutive qrajjen or qrajna or qrejna)

qrun (plural)
qrajjen (diminutive)
qrajna (diminutive)
qrejna (diminutive)

Il-bodbod hu s-sultan tal-Greċja, u l-qarn il-kbir li rajtlu bejn għajnejh hu l-ewwel sultan.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Danjel 8:21:

New International Version translation: The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.


xaħam

Il-konsum tax-xaħam kuljum għandu jitqassam fuq tliet ikliet prinċipali.

The daily intake of fat should be distributed over three main meals.


ġewnaħ

ġewnaħ m (dual ġwinħajn or ġwenħajn, plural ġwienaħ or ġnieħ, diminutive ġwejnaħ)

ġwinħajn (dual)
ġwenħajn (dual)
ġwienaħ (plural)
ġnieħ (plural)
ġwejnaħ (diminutive)

Back-formation from the plural ġwienaħ, itself from Arabic جَوَانِح (jawāniḥ), as if from a four-radical *جَوْنَح (*jawnaḥ), but actually plural of جَانِح (jāniḥ, “side, wing”). Compare also جَنَاح (janāḥ).

Rajtu intom x’għamilt lill-Eġizzjani, u kif lilkom ġarrejtkom fuq il-ġwienaħ tal-ajkli u ressaqtkom lejja.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 19:4:

New International Version translation: ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.


sider

isdra (plural)
sdur (plural)
sdura (plural)
sidri (first-person singular)
sidirna (first-person singular)
sidrek (second-person singular)
sidirkom (second-person singular)
sidru (masculine singular third-person)
sidirha (feminine singular third-person)
sidirhom (singular third-person)

(anatomy) a woman’s breasts collectively


ħadd

ħaddejn (plural)
ħaddi (first-person singular)
ħaddna (first-person singular)
ħaddek (second-person singular)
ħaddkom (second-person singular)
ħaddu (masculine singular third-person)
ħaddha (feminine singular third-person)
ħaddhom (singular third-person)

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:


għonq

għenuq (plural)
għonqi (first-person singular)
għonqna (first-person singular)
għonqek (second-person singular)
għonqkom (second-person singular)
għonqu (masculine singular third-person)
għonqha (feminine singular third-person)
għonqhom (singular third-person)


musrana

musrana f (plural msaren, paucal musraniet)

msaren (plural)
musraniet (paucal)
musranti (first-person singular)
musranitna (first-person singular)
musrantek (second-person singular)
musranitkom (second-person singular)
musrantu (masculine singular third-person)
musranitha (feminine singular third-person)
musranithom (singular third-person)

From Arabic مُصْرَان (muṣrān). Compare Tunisian Arabic مصرانة (muṣrāna), Moroccan Arabic مصران (maṣrān, muṣrān), مصرانة (maṣrāna, muṣrāna).

il-musrana barranija fiż-żaqq tidħol milwija

musrana għamja ― appendix (literally, “blind intestine”)

musrana rqiqa

small intestine (literally, “thin intestine”)

musrana ħoxna

large intestine (literally, “thick intestine”)

musrana sajma

jejunum (literally, “fasting intestine”)

musrana wieqfa ― rectum (literally, “standing intestine”)

musrana dritta ― rectum (literally, “straight intestine”)

musrana rieqda

transverse colon (literally, “sleeping intestine”)

musrana barranija

a person who is entirely unrelated by blood or family ties; a complete outsider

musrana tat-tnax

garbage (literally, “intestine of twelve”)

msaren tal-ħut

garbage (literally, “intestines of fish”)

msarnu f’saqajh

terrified (literally, “his intestines in his legs”)

qatta’ msaren

to worry to death (literally, “to cut intestines”)

Ommi kienet tirrakkonta li huma u għaddejjin minn quddiem Kreta, li kienet għadha taħt idejn in-Nażi, kulħadd niżlulu msarnu f’saqajh hekk kif minn fuqhom għadda jittajjar ajruplan Ġermaniż tat-tiftix.

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

Imma niftakar li waqt il-ħin barrani konna qattajna msarna, […]


moħħ

mħuħ (plural)
moħħi (first-person singular)
moħħna (first-person singular)
moħħok (second-person singular)
moħħkom (second-person singular)
moħħu (masculine singular third-person)
moħħha (feminine singular third-person)
moħħhom (singular third-person)


kilwa

kilwa f (dual kilwtejn or kilwejn, plural kliewi, paucal kilwiet)

kilwtejn (dual)
kilwejn (dual)
kliewi (plural)
kilwiet (paucal)
kiliwti (first-person singular)
kilwitna (first-person singular)
kiliwtek (second-person singular)
kilwitkom (second-person singular)
kiliwtu (masculine singular third-person)
kilwitha (feminine singular third-person)
kilwithom (singular third-person)


għaksa

Perhaps from Arabic عَجُز (ʕajuz, “buttocks; hindlegs; rear of anything”). For the phonetics compare the argumentation at għakkes.


żokra

mt-noun

żokra f (plural żokor or żkieri, paucal żokriet)

żokor (plural)
żkieri (plural)
żokriet (paucal)

From Arabic زُكْرَة (zukra, “small hose”), thus probably originally referring to the umbilical cord or navel-string.


dahar

dahar m (plural dhur or dhura or idhra, diminutive dhajjar)

dhur (plural)
dhura (plural)
idhra (plural)
dhajjar (diminutive)
dahri (first-person singular)
daharna (first-person singular)
dahrek (second-person singular)
daharkom (second-person singular)
dahru (masculine singular third-person)
daharha (feminine singular third-person)
daharhom (singular third-person)

f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
tat-terrakotta － ’kk tmisshom,
isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha －
għoddha qalftitni fatat.

[…] u nġiegħel l-għedewwa tiegħek idawru daharhom lejk.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 23:27:

King James Version translation: […] and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.


rkoppa

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

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

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

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

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


natka

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


denb

dnub (plural)
denbi (first-person singular)
denbna (first-person singular)
denbek (second-person singular)
denbkom (second-person singular)
denbu (masculine singular third-person)
denbha (feminine singular third-person)
denbhom (singular third-person)
demb (alternative nonstandard pronunciation-spelling)

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

U l-Mulej qal lil Mosè: Midd idek, u aqbdu minn denbu - u medd idu u qabdu, u sar ħatar f’idu.

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

New International Version translation: Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.


fomm

fomm m (plural fmien or fommijiet or fmum)

fmien (plural)
fommijiet (plural)
fmum (plural)
fommi (first-person singular)
fommna (first-person singular)
fommok (second-person singular)
fommkom (second-person singular)
fommu (masculine singular third-person)
fommha (feminine singular third-person)
fommhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic فَم (fam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic فم (fumm).


ħanek

ħanek m (plural ħniek or eħinka, diminutive ħanka)

ħniek (plural)
eħinka (plural)
ħanka (diminutive)


kustilja

kustilji (plural)
kostilja (alternative)

(anatomy) rib (bone on the side of the upper body)


ġenb

ġenb m (dual ġenbejn, plural ġnub or ġnieb, diminutive ġnejba)

ġenbejn (dual)
ġnub (plural)
ġnieb (plural)
ġnejba (diminutive)


ħabba

U waqt li nħares fuq ta’ qalbi x-xitla
tat-tifkiriet tinbet tifkira ġdida,
b’warda ta’ swied il-qalb fejn tilma demgħa
minn ħbub għajnejja.

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Fuq Qabar Oħti”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:


kitf

kitfejn (dual)
kotof (plural)
kitfi (first-person singular)
kitfna (first-person singular)
kitfek (second-person singular)
kitfkom (second-person singular)
kitfu (masculine singular third-person)
kitfha (feminine singular third-person)
kitfhom (singular third-person)


minkeb

minkeb m (dual minkbejn or mnikbejn, plural (unusual) mniekeb)

minkbejn (dual)
mnikbejn (dual)
mniekeb (plural)
minkbi (first-person singular)
minkibna (first-person singular)
minkbek (second-person singular)
minkibkom (second-person singular)
minkbu (masculine singular third-person)
minkibha (feminine singular third-person)
minkibhom (singular third-person)

Titbiegħed ftit minni u titfa’ minkbejk fuq irkopptejk, bit-tazza bejn il-pali ta’ jdejk.

2023, Nathan Anthony Pace, “Linja f’Laħmek”, in Glen Calleja, Clare Azzopardi, editors, Iż-Żmien Kurjuż taż-Żgħożija [The Curious Period of Youth], →ISBN, page 130:

You move a bit farther from me and put your elbows on your knees, with the cup between the palms of your hands.


għarqub

għarqub m (dual għarqbejn, plural għerieqeb)


minfes

minfes m (dual mnifsejn, plural mnifsejn or (unusual) mniefes)

mnifsejn (dual)
mnifsejn (plural)
mniefes (plural)
minfsi (first-person singular)
minfisna (first-person singular)
minfsek (second-person singular)
minfiskom (second-person singular)
minfsu (masculine singular third-person)
minfisha (feminine singular third-person)
minfishom (singular third-person)


ġbin

ġbien (plural)
iġbna (plural)
ġbini (first-person singular)
ġbinna (first-person singular)
ġbinek (second-person singular)
ġbinkom (second-person singular)
ġbinu (masculine singular third-person)
ġbinha (feminine singular third-person)
ġbinhom (singular third-person)
xbin (alternative)


qannuba

From Arabic. Related with قُنْب (qunb, “clitoris”).

L-irġiel ma jafux fejn qiegħda l-qannuba.


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


għatu tal-għajn

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


bxima

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

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


pelviku

mt-adjective

pelviku (feminine singular pelvika, plural pelviċi)

pelvika (feminine singular)
pelviċi (plural)


pexxun

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

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


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


ħabba tal-għajn

mt-noun

ħabba tal-għajn f (plural ħbub tal-għajnejn)


tebqa tas-sorm

tebqa tas-sorm f (plural tebqiet tas-sorm)


qanpiena tal-ħalq

qanpiena tal-ħalq f (plural qniepen tal-ħalq)

Għandi infezzjoni fil-qanpiena ta’ ħalqi.