plural

plural sħiħ

plural miksur


temp

Borrowed from Sicilian tempu and/or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.


Venere

Borrowed from Italian Venere, from Latin Venus.


familja

mt-noun

familja f (construct state familt, plural familji)

familt (construct)
familji (plural)
familti (first-person singular)
familtna (first-person singular)
familtek (second-person singular)
familtkom (second-person singular)
familtu (masculine singular third-person)
familtha (feminine singular third-person)
familthom (singular third-person)


sentenza

(grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate)


frikativ

mt-adjective

frikativ (feminine singular frikativa, plural frikativi)

frikativa (feminine singular)
frikativi (plural)


Kanċer

(astrology) Synonym of Il-Qabru: Cancer (zodiac sign)


singulari

Borrowed from Italian singolare and/or Sicilian singulari, from Latin singularis.


konjugazzjoni

mt-noun

konjugazzjoni f (plural konjugazzjonijiet)


qawwi

mt-adjective

qawwi (feminine singular qawwija, plural qawwijin, comparative aqwa or iqwa)

qawwija (feminine singular)
qawwijin (plural)
aqwa (comparative)
iqwa (comparative)


avverbju

Borrowed from Italian avverbio, from Latin adverbium.


konġunzjoni

Borrowed from Italian congiunzione, from Latin coniunctio.


xemxi

xemxi (feminine singular xemxija, plural xemxin)

xemxija (feminine singular)
xemxin (plural)

From xemx (“sun”) + -i. As such perhaps inherited from Arabic شَمْسِيّ (šamsiyy, “solar”), but in the grammatical sense a calque of the Arabic.

(grammar, of a consonant) assimilating to the definite article il- (which see)


għerq

mt-noun

għerq m (plural għeruq, diminutive għerejjaq or għerejjeq)

għeruq (plural)
għerejjaq (diminutive)
għerejjeq (diminutive)


infinit

mt-adjective

infinit (feminine singular infinita, plural infiniti)

infinita (feminine singular)
infiniti (plural)


artab

artab (feminine singular ratba, plural rotob)

ratba (feminine singular)
rotob (plural)

From Arabic رَطْب (raṭb). The Maltese feminine and plural go back directly to the Arabic adjective, while the masculine is the original comparative reinterpreted as the basic form by analogy with other adjectives for physical qualities and defects (compare aħrax, oħxon, etc.).


qamri

qamri (feminine singular qamrija, plural qamrin)

qamrija (feminine singular)
qamrin (plural)

From qamar (“moon”) + -i. Probably not inherited from equivalent Arabic قَمَرِيّ (qamariyy), but in the grammatical sense calqued on the Arabic.

(grammar, of a consonant) not assimilating to the definite article il- (which see)


sħiħ

sħiħ (feminine singular sħiħa, plural sħaħ, diminutive sħajjaħ, comparative isħaħ or isħeħ or (obsolete) asaħħ)

sħiħa (feminine singular)
sħaħ (plural)
sħajjaħ (diminutive)
isħaħ (comparative)
isħeħ (comparative)
asaħħ (comparative obsolete)

inh

Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ)

Coordinate term: dgħajjef


kewn

X’inhu l-għan ta’ kewn il-bniedem?

(philosophy) existence, being (the state or fact of existing)


tagħrib

Probably inherited from Arabic تَعْرِيب (taʕrīb), though it might have been re-formed independently at some point; compare how Arabic itself freely builds تَتْرِيك (tatrīk, “turkification”), تَرْوِيس (tarwīs, “russification”), etc. The use in linguistics is a recent semantic loan from Arabic. Otherwise, derived verbal noun of għarrab.

(especially linguistics) the adaptation of a loanword to the phonetic and morphologic system of Arabic or one of its descendants such as Maltese.


Nanna Għula

Literally: “Granny Ogress”. See nanna and għul.

(folklore) an evil, old witch, occurring in folktales


pronom mehmuż

mt-noun

pronom mehmuż m (plural pronomi mehmużin)


għonnella

għonnella f (plural għenienel, diminutive għejnilla)

għenienel (plural)
għejnilla (diminutive)

From older Sicilian *gunnella (now gunnedda) and/or Italian gonnella, from a diminutive of Latin gonna, whence also English gown. The replacement of /ɡ/ with /ɣ/ is unusual even in early borrowings. At any rate it requires that the borrowing occurred before the beginning of the merger of /ɣ/ with /ʕ/, thus earlier than 1700.

(historical, folklore) kind of head covering worn by Maltese women (generally until the 19th c. and occasionally still in the earlier 20th c.), most typically in the form of a long shawl with a stiff hem, creating a wide hood over the wearer’s head


Ġaħan

From Arabic جُحَا (juḥā). The final -n is probably paragogic.

Hershel of Ostropol
w:Hershel of Ostropol

(folklore) A character in Maltese folktales, a “wise fool”, equivalent to the Arabic Joha and Sicilian Giufà, similar also to the Turko-Persian Molla Nasreddin, the Jewish Hershel of Ostropol, the German Till Eulenspiegel, etc.


belliegħa

belliegħa f (plural blalagħ or blielagħ)

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


appellattiv

mt-adjective

appellattiv (feminine singular appellattiva, plural appellattivi)

appellattiva (feminine singular)
appellattivi (plural)


kkonjuga

mt-verb

kkonjuga (imperfect jikkonjuga, past participle kkonjugat or konjugat, verbal noun kkonjugar or konjugar)

jikkonjuga (imperfect)
kkonjugat (participle past)
konjugat (participle past)
kkonjugar (noun-from-verb)
konjugar (noun-from-verb)
kkonjugajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kkonjugajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kkonjuga (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kkonjugajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kkonjugajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kkonjugaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kkonjugajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kkonjugajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kkonjugat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kkonjugajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kkonjugajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kkonjugaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nikkonjuga (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikkonjuga (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jikkonjuga (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nikkonjugaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tikkonjugaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jikkonjugaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nikkonjuga (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikkonjuga (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tikkonjuga (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nikkonjugaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tikkonjugaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jikkonjugaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kkonjuga (imperative second-person singular)
kkonjugaw (imperative plural second-person)


denominattiv

mt-adjective

denominattiv (feminine singular denominattiva, plural denominattivi)

denominattiva (feminine singular)
denominattivi (plural)


oġġett

Coordinate term: suġġett (soġġett)


oġġettivista

mt-noun

oġġettivista m or f by sense (plural oġġettivisti)


suġġett

Coordinate term: oġġett (uġġett)


vvokalizza

mt-verb

vvokalizza (imperfect jivvokalizza, past participle vvokalizzat or vokalizzat, verbal noun vvokalizzar or vokalizzar)

jivvokalizza (imperfect)
vvokalizzat (participle past)
vokalizzat (participle past)
vvokalizzar (noun-from-verb)
vokalizzar (noun-from-verb)
vvokalizzajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
vvokalizzajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
vvokalizza (masculine perfect singular third-person)
vvokalizzajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
vvokalizzajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
vvokalizzaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
vvokalizzajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
vvokalizzajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
vvokalizzat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
vvokalizzajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
vvokalizzajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
vvokalizzaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nivvokalizza (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tivvokalizza (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jivvokalizza (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nivvokalizzaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tivvokalizzaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jivvokalizzaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nivvokalizza (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tivvokalizza (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tivvokalizza (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nivvokalizzaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tivvokalizzaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jivvokalizzaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
vvokalizza (imperative second-person singular)
vvokalizzaw (imperative plural second-person)


vokaliku

mt-adj

vokaliku (feminine singular vokalika, plural vokaliċi)

vokalika (feminine singular)
vokaliċi (plural)


Għaqreb

Alternative form of Il-Għakreb:
(astrology) Scorpio (zodiac sign)

Alternative form of Il-Għakreb:
Scorpio (zodiac sign)


ddeklina

mt-verb

ddeklina (imperfect jiddeklina, past participle ddeklinat or deklinat, verbal noun ddeklinar or deklinar)

jiddeklina (imperfect)
ddeklinat (participle past)
deklinat (participle past)
ddeklinar (noun-from-verb)
deklinar (noun-from-verb)
ddeklinajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddeklinajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddeklina (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddeklinajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddeklinajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddeklinaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddeklinajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddeklinajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddeklinat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddeklinajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddeklinajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddeklinaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddeklina (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddeklina (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddeklina (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddeklinaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddeklinaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddeklinaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddeklina (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddeklina (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddeklina (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddeklinaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddeklinaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddeklinaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddeklina (imperative second-person singular)
ddeklinaw (imperative plural second-person)


deklinazzjoni

mt-noun

deklinazzjoni f (plural deklinazzjonijiet)


determinattiv

mt-adjective

determinattiv (feminine singular determinattiva, plural determinattivi)

determinattiva (feminine singular)
determinattivi (plural)


depressjoni

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


dimostrattiv

dimostrattiv (feminine singular dimostrattiva, plural dimostrattivi)

dimostrattiva (feminine singular)
dimostrattivi (plural)