ħoloq

ħoloq (imperfect joħloq, past participle maħluq)

joħloq (imperfect)
maħluq (participle past)
ħloqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħloqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħoloq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħloqna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħloqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħolqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħloqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħloqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħolqot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħloqna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħloqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħolqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
noħloq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toħloq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
joħloq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
noħolqu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
toħolqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
joħolqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
noħloq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toħloq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
toħloq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
noħolqu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
toħolqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
joħolqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
oħloq (imperative second-person singular)
oħolqu (imperative plural second-person)

In the original sense “to be born, develop” from Arabic خُلِقَ (ḵuliqa), passive of خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa). This passive form has also survived in most modern Arabic dialects. In Maltese, however, it has now been reinterpreted as a mere byform of the active.

(archaic, in the perfect) to be born; to develop physically; to grow up


ħonoq

mt-verb

ħonoq (imperfect joħnoq, past participle maħnuq, verbal noun ħniq or ħnuq)

joħnoq (imperfect)
maħnuq (participle past)
ħniq (noun-from-verb)
ħnuq (noun-from-verb)
ħnoqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħnoqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħonoq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħnoqna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħnoqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħonqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħnoqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħnoqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħonqot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħnoqna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħnoqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħonqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
noħnoq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toħnoq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
joħnoq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
noħonqu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
toħonqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
joħonqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
noħnoq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toħnoq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
toħnoq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
noħonqu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
toħonqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
joħonqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
oħnoq (imperative second-person singular)
oħonqu (imperative plural second-person)
ħanaq (alternative)

(figurative) to stall, to choke off (e.g. a development)

(figurative) to overcrowd, to jam (e.g. a street)


ħanaq

ħanaq (imperfect jaħnaq, past participle maħnuq, verbal noun ħniq or ħnuq)

jaħnaq (imperfect)
maħnuq (participle past)
ħniq (noun-from-verb)
ħnuq (noun-from-verb)
ħnaqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħnaqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħanaq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħnaqna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħnaqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħanqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħnaqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħnaqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħanqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħnaqna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħnaqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħanqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħnaq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħnaq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħnaq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħanqu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taħanqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħanqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħnaq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħnaq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħnaq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħanqu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taħanqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħanqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħnaq (imperative second-person singular)
aħanqu (imperative plural second-person)
ħnaqtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħnaqtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħanaqx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħnaqniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħnaqtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħanqux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħnaqtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħnaqtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħanqitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħnaqniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħnaqtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħanqux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħnaqx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħnaqx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħnaqx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħanqux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taħanqux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħanqux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħnaqx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħnaqx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħnaqx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħanqux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taħanqux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħanqux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
taħnaqx (imperative second-person singular)
taħanqux (imperative plural second-person)


pejjep

pejjep (imperfect jpejjep, past participle mpejjep, verbal noun tipjip)

jpejjep (imperfect)
mpejjep (participle past)
tipjip (noun-from-verb)
pejjipt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
pejjipt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
pejjep (masculine perfect singular third-person)
pejjipna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
pejjiptu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
pejpu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
pejjipt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
pejjipt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
pejpet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
pejjipna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
pejjiptu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
pejpu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
npejjep (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpejjep (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jpejjep (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
npejpu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tpejpu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jpejpu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
npejjep (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpejjep (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tpejjep (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
npejpu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tpejpu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jpejpu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
pejjep (imperative second-person singular)
pejpu (imperative plural second-person)
pejjiptx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
pejjiptx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
pejjipx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
pejjipniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
pejjiptux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
pejpux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
pejjiptx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
pejjiptx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
pejpitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
pejjipniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
pejjiptux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
pejpux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
npejjipx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpejjipx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jpejjipx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
npejpux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tpejpux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jpejpux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
npejjipx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpejjipx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tpejjipx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
npejpux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tpejpux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jpejpux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tpejjipx (imperative second-person singular)
tpejpux (imperative plural second-person)

It-tifel ipejjep sigarett.


qoffa

mt-noun

qoffa f (dual qofftejn, plural qofof or qfief, paucal qoffiet, diminutive qfejfa or qoffina)

qofftejn (dual)
qofof (plural)
qfief (plural)
qoffiet (paucal)
qfejfa (diminutive)
qoffina (diminutive)


xitan

ix-xitan (canonical masculine)
Xitan (alternative)

(religion) the Devil; Satan (lord of all demons and adversary of God)


vuċi

Borrowed from Sicilian vuci, from Latin vōx.


gremxul

gremxula (singulative)
gremxuliet (paucal)
drenxul (alternative)
dremxul (alternative)

Unknown, suggested Arabic دَرَمَ (darama, “to run with short steps (said of a hare or hedgehog); to be thick and salient (said of houghs)”) + شَوِل (šawil), شَوْل (šawl, “agile, swift”).

der

gremxula griża

gremxula ħadra

u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
ngħix ħajja waħdi.

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

pipefish
greater pipefish (Syngnathus acus)

straightnose pipefish (Nerophis ophidion)

pipefish
broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)


qatra

mt-noun

qatra f (dual qtajrtejn, plural qtar or qtari or qtajjar, paucal qatriet, diminutive qtajra)

qtajrtejn (dual)
qtar (plural)
qtari (plural)
qtajjar (plural)
qatriet (paucal)
qtajra (diminutive)


ħaruf

ħaruf m (plural ħrief, feminine ħarufa, diminutive ħrejjef or ħrajjef or ħwajref)

ħrief (plural)
ħarufa (feminine)
ħrejjef (diminutive)
ħrajjef (diminutive)
ħwajref (diminutive)


qarib

From Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb). Doublet of the adjective qrib (“close, near”).


qmis

qmis f (plural qomos, diminutive qmejsa)


żjara

żjara f (plural żjajjar, paucal żjarat or żjariet)

żjajjar (plural)
żjarat (paucal)
żjariet (paucal)


nbid

nbid m (dual (obsolete) nbidejn, plural nbejjed)

nbidejn (dual obsolete)
nbejjed (plural)
inbid (alternative also)

Huma jieklu ħobż il-ħażen, u jixorbu nbid il-vjolenza.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-proverbji 4:17:

New International Version translation: They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Jagħtik Alla min-nida tas-smewwiet, u mill-frott tal-art, kotra ta’ qamħ u nbid.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 27:28:

New International Version translation: May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine.

U jagħmel il-Mulej tal-eżerċti għall-popli kollha fuq din il-muntanja, mejda b’ikel fin, mejda bi nbejjed ħelwa, b’laħam imsemmen bil-mudullun, u nbejjed fini.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Isaija 25:6:

New International Version translation: On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.


knisja

knisja f (plural knejjes, diminutive knejsa)

knejjes (plural)
knejsa (diminutive)
Knisja (alternative)

From Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa). Compare Tunisian Arabic كنيسية (knīsiyya), Moroccan Arabic كنيسية (knīsiyya), كنيسة (knīsa).

church (institution; religious organization)


armel

armel m (plural romol, feminine armla, diminutive rmajjel)

romol (plural)
armla (feminine)
rmajjel (diminutive)


romol

jormol (imperfect)
rmolt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rmolt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
romol (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rmolna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
rmoltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
romlu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rmolt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rmolt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
romlot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rmolna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
rmoltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
romlu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
normol (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tormol (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jormol (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
noromlu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
toromlu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
joromlu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
normol (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tormol (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tormol (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
noromlu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
toromlu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
joromlu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ormol (imperative second-person singular)
oromlu (imperative plural second-person)


barmil

barmil m (plural bramel, diminutive brajmel)

From Arabic بِرْمِيل (birmīl, “barrel”), from Old Spanish barril, of uncertain origin.


beċċun

beċċun m (plural bċieċen, feminine beċċuna, diminutive bċejċen)

bċieċen (plural)
beċċuna (feminine)
bċejċen (diminutive)

Early borrowing (with b- for p-) from Sicilian picciuni, from Latin pīpiōnem, of onomatopoeic origin.


bċieċen

/ˈpt͡ʃɪː.t͡ʃɛn/


bekkum

bkiekem (plural)
bekkun (alternative)
baqqum (alternative)


fenka

female equivalent of fenek: female rabbit


fekruna

fekruna f (plural fkieren, paucal fekruniet)

Inherited from Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language. Compare Tunisian Arabic فكرون (fakrūn), Moroccan Arabic فكرون (fakrūn).

Sittax-il ferħ ta’ fekruna faqqsu minn bejta fil-Bajja tal-Għadira. Il-frieħ tal-fkieren dehru joħorġu mill-bejta għall-ħabta tad-9.30 p.m. tal-bieraħ wara perjodu ta’ inkubazzjoni li kien meqjus li kien suċċess.

2020 September 23, “Ifaqqsu 16-il ferħ ta’ fekruna fil-Bajja tal-Għadira; Mistennijin ifaqqsu aktar fil-jiem li ġejjin”, in iNews Malta, archived from the original on 2020-11-01:

Sixteen tortoise hatchlings have hatched from a nest in Għadira Bay. The tortoise hatchlings appeared leaving the nest at exactly 9.30 p.m. last night after an incubation period which has been considered successful.


dubbien

dubbiena (singulative)
dbieben (plural)
dubbiniet (paucal)


nemliet

paucal of nemla: 2 to 10 ants; a small number of individual ants


qanfud

qanfud m (plural qniefed, feminine qanfuda)

From Arabic قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ), through a common Maghrebi variant with a long ū for the second vowel; compare Tunisian Arabic قنفود (qanfūd), Moroccan Arabic قنفود (qanfūd).


tebut

U Ġużeppi miet ta’ mija u għaxar snin; ibbalzmawh u qegħduh f’tebut l-Eġittu.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 50:26:

New International Version translation: So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.


uċuħ

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of wċuħ


ħlieqa

Probably identical to ħliqa (“creature”), which see. Artificially distinguished in spelling as -i- and -ie- are merged before -q-. The sense “joke” then from “something unreal, made up”, “a creation of one’s wit”. Compare in classical Arabic أَحادِيث الخَلْق (ʔaḥādīṯ al-ḵalq, “fables of a storyteller”).

cog

أَحادِيث الخَلْق


ħlieqa

أَحادِيث الخَلْق


dgħajsa

→ English: dghaisa

Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic دغيسة (dḡīsa, “lightship”). Apparently a diminutive form.

Hekk ukoll, meta kienu qegħdin jinqerdu l-ġganti l-kbar, fuq dgħajsa skansat it-tama tad-dinja u, immexxija minn idek, ħalliet lid-dinja żerriegħa ta’ nisel ġdid.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Għerf 14:6:

King James Version translation: For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.

Bniedem għaqli ma jobgħodx il-Liġi, u min juri wiċċ b’ieħor fil-ħarsien tagħha qisu dgħajsa fil-maltemp.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Għerf ta' Ġesú Bin Sirak 33:2:

King James Version translation: A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.

Minnufih telqu d-dgħajsa u lil missierhom, u marru warajh.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 4:22:

New International Version translation: and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.


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:


ħadd

From Arabic أَحَد (ʔaḥad, “one, anybody”).

Kulħadd jibża’ u ħadd ma jabbuża jmissu!

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

Għafastha għax emozzjonata ħafna u għandi bżonn kbir li nħoss lil xi ħadd qrib tiegħi.

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


ħadd

From Arabic أَحَد (ʔaḥad, “Sunday, the first day of the week”).


gendus

Probably of Berber origin. Compare Kabyle agenduz (“calf”).


għoġol

mt-noun

għoġol m (plural għoġġiela or għeġejjel, feminine għoġla)

għoġġiela (plural)
għeġejjel (plural)
għoġla (feminine)

/ˈɔˤː.d͡ʒɔl/


għoġġiela

/ɔdˈd͡ʒɪːla/

/ɔˤːdˈd͡ʒɪːla/


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)


żarmuġ

żarmuġ m (plural żrameġ, paucal żarmuġiet, feminine żarmuġa, diminutive żrajmeġ)

żrameġ (plural)
żarmuġiet (paucal)
żarmuġa (feminine)
żrajmeġ (diminutive)
żermuċ (alternative)


qaws

qaws m (plural qwas or qwajjes, diminutive qwajjes)

qwas (plural)
qwajjes (plural)
qwajjes (diminutive)


sikkina

sikkina f (plural skieken, diminutive skejkna)

From Arabic سِكِّينَة (sikkīna), alternative form of سِكِّين (sikkīn).

U nissaħħar nisma’ dak it-tvenvin xħin tibda tiddwella mas-sikkina bil-ħila u l-ħeffa tal-aqwa gwerrier.


qorti

Borrowed from Sicilian curti, corti, from Latin cohors.


sellum

slielem (plural)
sellun (alternative dialectal)

From a variant of Arabic سُلَّم (sullam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic سلوم (sallūm).


mħadda

mħaded (plural)
mħaddiet (plural)
imħadda (alternative also)


muftieħ

muftieħ m (plural mfietaħ, diminutive mfejtaħ)


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.

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

b’imsarnu

għamel imsarnu

Darba kienu tawna l-lampuki u xi ħadd qal li sab xi tnejn għadhom bl-imsaren.


muntun

Borrowed from Sicilian muntuni, from Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“wether”). The plural mtaten instead of expected *mnaten seems to imply that the singular was formerly (also) pronounced *muttun.

laħam tal-muntun


Nisrani

Nisrani m (plural Nsara, feminine Nisranija)

Nisrani ġdid

sar Nisrani

Konna għadna noqogħdu fid-dar ta’ Triq San Piju X u mal-ħajt tal-kamra ta’ l-ikel niftakar imdendla biċċa tila kbira u li fuqha ħija kien qed ipinġi galjun ta’ l-Insara

Christian (member of the Christian religion)

(more specifically) Roman Catholic (adherent to the Roman Catholic Church)


Nisrani

mt-adjective

Nisrani (feminine singular Nisranija, plural Nsara)

Nisranija (feminine singular)
Nsara (plural)

din Nisrani ― Christianity

reliġjon Nisranija ― Christianity

Christian (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

(more specifically) Roman Catholic (of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church)


Nisranija

mt-noun

Nisranija f (plural Nsara, masculine Nisrani)

inh

نَصْرَانِيَّة


Nisranija

نَصْرَانِيَّة


saħħar

mt-noun

saħħar m (plural sħaħar, feminine saħħara)


saħħar

mt-verb

saħħar (imperfect jsaħħar, past participle msaħħar, verbal noun tisħir)

jsaħħar (imperfect)
msaħħar (participle past)
tisħir (noun-from-verb)
saħħart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
saħħart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
saħħar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
saħħarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
saħħartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
saħħru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
saħħart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
saħħart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
saħħret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
saħħarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
saħħartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
saħħru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsaħħar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssaħħar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsaħħar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsaħħru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssaħħru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsaħħru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsaħħar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssaħħar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssaħħar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsaħħru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssaħħru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsaħħru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
saħħar (imperative second-person singular)
saħħru (imperative plural second-person)
saħħartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
saħħartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
saħħarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
saħħarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
saħħartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
saħħrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
saħħartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
saħħartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
saħħritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
saħħarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
saħħartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
saħħrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsaħħarx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssaħħarx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsaħħarx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsaħħrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssaħħrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsaħħrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsaħħarx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssaħħarx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssaħħarx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsaħħrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssaħħrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsaħħrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ssaħħarx (imperative second-person singular)
ssaħħrux (imperative plural second-person)


saħħara

mt-noun

saħħara f (plural sħaħar, masculine saħħar)

inh

Arabic سَحَّارَة (saḥḥāra)


żunżan

mt-noun

żunżan m (plural żnażan or żunżan, paucal żunżaniet, feminine żunżana)

żnażan (plural)
żunżan (plural)
żunżaniet (paucal)
żunżana (feminine)


bergħud

inh

Arabic بُرْغُوث (burḡūṯ)


gżira

mt-noun

gżira f (plural gżejjer or gżiriet, diminutive gżejra)

gżejjer (plural)
gżiriet (plural)
gżejra (diminutive)
gżirti (first-person singular)
gżiritna (first-person singular)
gżirtek (second-person singular)
gżiritkom (second-person singular)
gżirtu (masculine singular third-person)
gżiritha (feminine singular third-person)
gżirithom (singular third-person)
ġżira (alternative uncommon)

From Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra). The affrication of the initial consonant was blocked, or early on reverted, under the influence of the following alveolar fricative. Compare Moroccan Arabic جزيرة (gzīra).

Ir-Repubblika ta’ Malta tikkonsisti minn arċipelago ta’ seba’ gżejjer.

The Republic of Malta consists of an archipelago of seven islands.

Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.

Tal-għaġeb kif tweġibna bil-ġustizzja tiegħek, o Alla tas-salvazzjoni tagħna. Int tama ta’ min jgħix fi truf l-art u fi gżejjer fl-ibħra mbiegħda.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tas-Salmi 65:6:

New International Version translation: You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas

Għax wasal jum il-qerda tal-Filistin ilkoll kemm huma, biex jinqered għal Tir u għal Sidon, kull min għad fadal jgħinhom. Għax il-Mulej se jeqred il-Filistin, il-bqija tal-gżira ta’ Kaftor.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Ġeremija 47:4:

New International Version translation: For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines and to remove all survivors who could help Tyre and Sidon. The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

Għid lil Tir, sultana fuq dħul il-baħar, neguzjanta tal-popli f’ħafna gżejjer, dan jgħid Sidi l-Mulej; Tir, int għedt: ‘Jiena ġifen ta’ ġmiel bla qjies!’

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Eżekjel 27:3:

New International Version translation: Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘You say, Tyre, “I am perfect in beauty.”

u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
ngħix ħajja waħdi.


bejta

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:

U tela’ għas-sur, wisq imgħaddab,
u kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara,
u l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu
bl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara!

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:


ġriewi

/ˈd͡ʒrɪː.wɪ/


senduq

senduq m (plural sniedaq, diminutive snejdaq)

Jekk jitqiegħdu fuq il-gverta, għandhom jingħalqu ġo kabinett jew senduq.

If placed on deck, they must be enclosed in a cabinet or chest.


saltna

saltna f (plural saltniet, diminutive slajtna)

saltniet (plural)
slajtna (diminutive)
saltnija (alternative)
sultanija (alternative)

(now chiefly historical or figurative) kingdom, realm


suffara

suffara f (plural sfafar, diminutive sfajfra)

sfafar (plural)
sfajfra (diminutive)
saffara (alternative)

whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)


għatu

From Arabic غِطَاء (ḡiṭāʔ). However, the final -u is hardly explainable from this form; hence probably merged with غَطْو (ḡaṭw, “the act of covering”).

inh

Arabic غِطَاء (ḡiṭāʔ)


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)

Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.

1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:

brain, mind (ability for rational thought)


kilwa

mt-noun

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.


inħobbok

Inħobbok ħafna.


qroqqa

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. The exactly corresponding form is found in Tunisian Arabic قرقّة (ʔruʔʔa, qroqqa, “brooding hen”), South Levantine Arabic قرقة (ʔruʔʔa, qruqqa, “brooding hen”). Compare also North Levantine Arabic قرقة (ʔirʔa, qirqa), كركة (krikka). Related with Arabic قَرَّقَ (qarraqa), كَرَّكَ (karraka, “to cluck”), eventually onomatopoetic.


qorq

Of Arabic origin. Related to Andalusian Arabic "qurq" and "gurg" in rural Tunisian and Algerian Arabic.


imħabba

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of mħabba


żgħożija

żgħożiti (first-person singular)
żgħożitna (first-person singular)
żgħożitek (second-person singular)
żgħożitkom (second-person singular)
żgħożitu (masculine singular third-person)
żgħożitha (feminine singular third-person)
żgħożithom (singular third-person)

Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti
- bil-ferħ insiġtha jien, -
hi għanja lis-Sbuħija
Sultana tal-ħolqien.

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

youth (part of life following childhood)


ġawhra

singulative of ġawhar: a jewel, pearl, piece of jewellery


ġawhar

a piece of jewellery, a jewel or precious ornament, especially a pearl

(figurative) anything precious, a jewel, treasure (e.g. historical, natural)


namra

Native derivation from the root, which is from Sicilian nnamurari, itself derived from Latin amor. Compare Italian innamorare, French enamourer.


rixiet

paucal of rixa: 2 to 10 feathers; a small number of individual feathers


wardiet

paucal of ward: 2 to 10 roses; a small number of individual roses


żebbuġiet

paucal of żebbuġa: 2 to 10 olives; a small number of individual olives


rummiena

singulative of rummien: a pomegranate (single fruit)


rummien

rummiena (singulative)
rumminiet (paucal)

pomegranate, pomegranates (several fruits; pomegranate as a mass, taste, species)


berquq

berquqa (singulative)
berquqiet (paucal)

From Arabic بَرْقُوق (barqūq), from Classical Syriac ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā), from Ancient Greek πραικόκῐον (praikókĭon), from Latin praecox (“overripe”).


ħanfusa

From Arabic خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ), compare Tunisian Arabic خنفوسة (“beetle”).

inh

Arabic خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ)


ħuttaf

ħuttafa (singulative)
ħuttafiet (paucal)
ħottaf (alternative)

Arabic خُطَّاف (ḵuṭṭāf)


għarnuq

għerienaq (plural)
għarqun (alternative)


ċawl

ċawla (singulative)
ċawlu (singulative)
ċwal (plural)
ċawliet (paucal)

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual

(figuratively, in the singulative) chatterbox (talkative person)


għasfur tal-bejt

Passer domesticus
Passer domesticus#Translingual


Maltija

mt-noun

Maltija f (plural Maltin, masculine Malti)

female Maltese (female native or inhabitant of Malta)


subien

Coordinate term: bniet

aħwa subien

ulied subien

studenti subien

specifically male plural of tifel (“child; boy”) and żagħżugħ (“young person”), also used as an apposition with other words to specify the male


bews

verbal noun of bies: several kisses; a period of kissing; the act of kissing as such


għadu

Inherited from Arabic عَدُوّ (ʕaduww). The plural għedewwa continues Arabic عَداوة (ʕadāwa, “enmity”), reinterpreted as plural by analogy with forms like qraba, Nsara.


għadu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


teorista

mt-noun

teorista m or f by sense (plural teoristi)


farruġ

Coracias garrulus
Coracias garrulus#Translingual


għabex

sunset, dusk, twilight (period between daylight and darkness)


Għawdex

From Arabic غَوْدَش (ḡawdaš), eventually probably from a Phoenician root 𐤂-𐤅-𐤋 (g-w-l), meaning something like “turn around”. If this derivation is correct, the Arabs must have got the name from Ancient Greek Γαύδος (Gaúdos), Γαύλος (Gaúlos), perhaps through Latin Gaudos, Gaulos. The specifics of the borrowing are related to the question of the pre-Arabic language of Malta and whether there was any population continuity after the conquest.

Gozo (the second-largest island of the Republic of Malta)


Għawdxi

mt-adjective

Għawdxi (feminine singular Għawdxija, plural Għawdxin)

Għawdxija (feminine singular)
Għawdxin (plural)

/ˈaˤːw.t͡ʃɪ/


Għawdxi

/ˈaˤːw.t͡ʃɪ/


Ġwann

Borrowed from Sicilian Giuvanni (older probably also *Giuanni, compare Sardinian Giuanni), from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yōḥānān).

Ġwanni (alternative)
Ġovanni (alternative)
Ġanni (alternative)
Ġann (alternative)
Ġan (alternative)

a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English John


dnub

From Arabic ذُنُوب (ḏunūb), plural of ذَنْب (ḏanb, “sin, sinful or blameworthy act, blame, moral guilt”). The Arabic plural was reanalysed as a singular, perhaps due to the notion, chiefly (though not exclusively) Christian, of sin as a continuing state, rather than only a repeatable act. For this “state of sin”, Arabic uses خَطِيئة (ḵaṭīʔa) or less often مَعْصِية (maʕṣiya).


demgħa

mt-noun

demgħa f (dual demagħtejn, plural dmugħ, paucal demgħat)

demagħtejn (dual)
dmugħ (plural)
demgħat (paucal)

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:

tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)


sbejjaħ

mt-adjective

sbejjaħ (feminine singular sbejħa, plural sbejħin)

sbejħa (feminine singular)
sbejħin (plural)

diminutive of sabiħ: pretty, nice, beautiful


kubrit

kubrita (singulative)
kubritiet (paucal)
kebrit (alternative)
kibrit (alternative)


kukkudrill

Borrowed from Italian coccodrillo, with metathesis from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

“O bniedem, għanni lamentazzjoni għall-Fargħun, sultan tal-Eġittu, u għidlu: Int tistħajlek iljun fost il-ġnus, imma int bħall-kukkudrill fl-ibħra, u terfa’ rasek minn ġox-xmajjar, u tħawwad l-ilma b’riġlejk, u ddardar ix-xmajjar tiegħek.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Eżekjel 32:2:

New International Version translation: “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: “‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.


nejka

(vulgar) a fuck (single act of sexual intercourse)


ġens

society (people of one’s country or community as a whole)

(biology, taxonomy) genus (rank in a taxonomic classification)


poplu

Borrowed from Sicilian pòpulu, from Latin populus (“people”).

people (a group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation)


safra

a trip, voyage abroad, an instance of such travel


triq

mt-noun

triq f (plural toroq, paucal triqat, diminutive trejqa)

toroq (plural)
triqat (paucal)
trejqa (diminutive)
triqti (first-person singular)
triqitna (first-person singular)
triqtek (second-person singular)
triqitkom (second-person singular)
triqtu (masculine singular third-person)
triqitha (feminine singular third-person)
triqithom (singular third-person)

From Arabic طَرِيق (ṭarīq, “path, way, road”) and طَرِيقة (ṭarīqa).

inh

Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.

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:

street, road, way (any trail of some width for the movement of pedestrians or wheeled vehicles)

way, route (set of directions that one follows)


kafè

Borrowed from Sicilian cafè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوة (qahwa).


ħurrieq

ħurrieqa (singulative)
ħurriqiet (paucal)
ħorrieq (alternative)
ħorriq (alternative)

Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica#Translingual


bniet

aħwa bniet

ulied bniet

studenti bniet

used as an apposition with gender-neutral plurals referring to relatives or young people, in order to specify the feminine


bniet

third-person feminine singular perfect of bena


ġuvnott

Borrowed from Sicilian giuvanottu. Compare Italian giovanotto.


għargħar

mt-verb

għargħar (imperfect jgħargħar, past participle mgħargħar)

jgħargħar (imperfect)
mgħargħar (participle past)
għargħart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għargħart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għargħar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għargħarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għargħartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għargħru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għargħart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għargħart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għargħret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għargħarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għargħartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għargħru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħargħar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħargħar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħargħar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħargħru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħargħru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħargħru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħargħar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħargħar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħargħar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħargħru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħargħru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħargħru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għargħar (imperative second-person singular)
għargħru (imperative plural second-person)
għargħartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għargħartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għargħarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għargħarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għargħartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għargħrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għargħartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għargħartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għargħritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għargħarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għargħartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għargħrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħargħarx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħargħarx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħargħarx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħargħrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħargħrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħargħrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħargħarx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħargħarx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħargħarx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħargħrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħargħrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħargħrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tgħargħarx (imperative second-person singular)
tgħargħrux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic غَرْغَرَ (ḡarḡara, “to gurgle”), of onomatopoetic origin.


għargħar

From Arabic عَرْعار (ʕarʕār), variant of عَرْعَر (ʕarʕar, “juniper”).


tfajla

mt-noun

tfajla f (plural tfajliet, masculine tfajjel)

From Arabic طُفَيْلة (ṭufayla), diminutive of طِفْلة (ṭifla, “female child”), whence Maltese tifla. By surface analysis, tfajjel + -a.

female adolescent or young woman; girl (in this sense)


ħelu

mt-adjective

ħelu (feminine singular ħelwa, plural ħelwin, diminutive ħlejju, comparative oħla or eħla or iħla)

ħelwa (feminine singular)
ħelwin (plural)
ħlejju (diminutive)
oħla (comparative)
eħla (comparative)
iħla (comparative)


għarus

mt-noun

għarus m (plural għarajjes, feminine għarusa)

From Arabic عَرُوس (ʿarūs, usually “bride”, but also “bridegroom”). Used the same way in city dialects of Tunisia. Possibly in part a backformation from the marked feminine għarusa, from Arabic عَرُوسة (ʕarūsa, “bride”). The commoner Arabic word for “bridegroom” is عَرِيس (ʕarīs).

inh

Arabic عَرُوس

Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes
daret kollha daħkana;
għalihom ferħ biss kellha
u daqq u żfin u għana,
xita ta’ ross, xewqiet
f’għomor mimli għaxqiet;

1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:


bejjiegħ

mt-noun

bejjiegħ m (plural bejjiegħa, feminine bejjiegħa)


aħbar

aħbar f (plural aħbarijiet or (Australia) aħbariet)

aħbarijiet (plural)
aħbariet (Australia plural)
aħbari (first-person singular)
aħbarna (first-person singular)
aħbarek (second-person singular)
aħbarkom (second-person singular)
aħbaru (masculine singular third-person)
aħbarha (feminine singular third-person)
aħbarhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic أَخْبار (ʔaḵbār), plural of خَبَر (ḵabar). The feminine gender in Maltese is a remnant of the original plural construction.

U Ġakobb għarraf lil Rakel li hu kien ħu missierha u bin Rebekka. U hi telqet tiġri tagħti l-aħbar lil missierha.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 29:12:

New International Version translation: He had told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and a son of Rebekah. So she ran and told her father.

a piece of news; a notice, message, report

(in the plural) news; also in the sense of a broadcast


skorpjun

Borrowed from Sicilian scorpiuni, from Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).


xitla

xitla f (plural xtieli or xitel or xtiel or xtul or xtejjel, paucal xitliet, diminutive xtejla)

xtieli (plural)
xitel (plural)
xtiel (plural)
xtul (plural)
xtejjel (plural)
xitliet (paucal)
xtejla (diminutive)


għakrux

Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to Moroccan Arabic عقروش (ʕaqrūš, “messy, tousled”, of hair) if the whorls of the snail shell were compared to curls. Variation between q and k occurs more often in the vicinity of għ; compare għakreb, għanqbut.

cog

Coordinate term: bebbux

Hemm ħafna iktar speċi ta’ bebbux. Fost oħrajn hemm ukoll il-bebbux tal-baħar. L-Għawdxin isejħu bebbuxu lil dak tal-baħar. Dak tal-art jgħidulu għakrux.

2020 February 4, “Il-Bebbuxu”, in Television Malta, archived from the original on 2022-09-27:

There are many other species of snails. Among others there are also sea snails. The Gozitans say bebbuxu only for a sea snail. A land snail they will call għakrux.


xebb

mt-noun

xebb m (plural xbieb, feminine xebba, diminutive xbejb)

xbieb (plural)
xebba (feminine)
xbejb (diminutive)

(archaic) male adolescent or young man; youth


għattuqa

għattuqa f (plural għawwietaq, paucal għattuqiet, diminutive għetejqa)

għawwietaq (plural)
għattuqiet (paucal)
għetejqa (diminutive)

From Arabic عَتُّوقَة (ʕattūqa). Compare Tunisian Arabic عتوقة (ʕattūqa, “pullet”), Algerian Arabic عتوقة (ʕattūqa, “pullet”), Moroccan Arabic عتوقة (ʕattūqa, “pullet; young girl”).


taġen

mt-noun

taġen m (plural twaġen or taġnijiet, diminutive twajġen)

twaġen (plural)
taġnijiet (plural)
twajġen (diminutive)


serq

Kien mixli bis-serq.

verbal noun of seraq: the act of stealing; theft, robbery, (also) kidnapping


sqaq

sqaq m (plural sqaqien or squq or sqaqijiet, diminutive sqajjaq)

sqaqien (plural)
squq (plural)
sqaqijiet (plural)
sqajjaq (diminutive)
isqaq (alternative)


isqof

From Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). One of the specifically Christian words in Maltese that were inherited from Arabic, suggesting that there were Arabic-speaking Christians in Malta during the Islamic reign. Otherwise, the words must have been brought in by missionaries during the re-Christianisation process. These missionaries would probably have been Sicilians who had learnt Arabic, though it is also imaginable that some of them were brought in from Christian communities on the Arabic-speaking mainland.


dawra

dawra f (dual dawrtejn or dawrejn, plural dawriet)

dawrtejn (dual)
dawrejn (dual)
dawriet (plural)

From Arabic دَوْرَة (dawra). By surface analysis, dawr + -a. Doublet of dura.


dawra

facelift, service (of a car, a bus, etc.)


duttur

duttur m (plural dutturi, feminine dottoressa)

dutturi (plural)
dottoressa (feminine)
dottur (alternative)
Dott. (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian dutturi, from Latin doctor.

doctor (person holding a doctorate (Ph.D., M.D.))


gidi

gidi m (plural gidjien or gidien, feminine gidja)

gidjien (plural)
gidien (plural)
gidja (feminine)
ġidi (alternative)


żokra

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.


għex

mt-verb

għex (imperfect jgħix, past participle megħjux or (substandard) mgħix)

jgħix (imperfect)
megħjux (participle past)
mgħix (participle past)
għext (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għext (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għexna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għextu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għexu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għext (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għext (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għexet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għexna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għextu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għexu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħixu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tgħixu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħixu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħixu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tgħixu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħixu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għix (imperative second-person singular)
għixu (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive) to live, dwell (have permanent residence)

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

(transitive) to live something, to experience


abitant

mt-noun

abitant m (plural abitanti, feminine abitanta)


naxar

mt-verb

naxar (imperfect jonxor, past participle minxur, verbal noun nxir)

jonxor (imperfect)
minxur (participle past)
nxir (noun-from-verb)
nxart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nxart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
naxar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nxarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
nxartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
naxru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nxart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nxart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
naxret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nxarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
nxartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
naxru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nonxor (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tonxor (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jonxor (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nonxru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tonxru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jonxru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nonxor (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tonxor (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tonxor (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nonxru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tonxru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jonxru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
onxor (imperative second-person singular)
onxru (imperative plural second-person)
nxartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nxartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
naxarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nxarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
nxartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
naxrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nxartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nxartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
naxritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nxarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
nxartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
naxrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nonxorx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tonxorx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jonxorx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nonxrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tonxrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jonxrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nonxorx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tonxorx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tonxorx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nonxrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tonxrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jonxrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tonxorx (imperative second-person singular)
tonxrux (imperative plural second-person)


ballas

ballas (imperfect jballas, verbal noun tballis)

jballas (imperfect)
tballis (noun-from-verb)
ballast (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ballast (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ballas (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ballasna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ballastu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ballsu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ballast (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ballast (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ballset (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ballasna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ballastu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ballsu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nballas (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tballas (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jballas (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nballsu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tballsu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jballsu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nballas (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tballas (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tballas (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nballsu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tballsu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jballsu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ballas (imperative second-person singular)
ballsu (imperative plural second-person)
ballastx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ballastx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ballasx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ballasniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ballastux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ballsux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ballastx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ballastx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ballsitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ballasniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ballastux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ballsux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nballasx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tballasx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jballasx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nballsux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tballsux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jballsux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nballasx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tballasx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tballasx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nballsux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tballsux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jballsux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tballasx (imperative second-person singular)
tballsux (imperative plural second-person)


finanzier

mt-noun

finanzier m (plural finanzieri or finanziera)


drapp

Borrowed from Sicilian drappu and/or Italian drappo, from Latin drappus, of uncertain origin.


sabar

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:

patience, endurance (ability to accept sorrow and hardship)


sabar

mt-verb

sabar (imperfect jisbor, past participle misbur, active participle sieber)

jisbor (imperfect)
misbur (participle past)
sieber (active participle)
sbart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sbart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sabar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sbarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sbartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sabru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sbart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sbart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sabret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sbarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sbartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sabru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisbor (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisbor (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisbor (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisbru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisbru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisbru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisbor (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisbor (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisbor (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisbru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisbru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisbru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
isbor (imperative second-person singular)
isbru (imperative plural second-person)
sbartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sbartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sabarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sbarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sbartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sabrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sbartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sbartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sabritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sbarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sbartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sabrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisborx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisborx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisborx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisbrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisbrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisbrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisborx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisborx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisborx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisbrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisbrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisbrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisborx (imperative second-person singular)
tisbrux (imperative plural second-person)


siel

siel (imperfect jsil, past participle misul, verbal noun tisjil)

jsil (imperfect)
misul (participle past)
tisjil (noun-from-verb)
silt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
silt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
siel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
silna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
siltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sielu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
silt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
silt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sielet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
silna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
siltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sielu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsil (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssil (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsil (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsilu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssilu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsilu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsil (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssil (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssil (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsilu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssilu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsilu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sil (imperative second-person singular)
silu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala, “to ask”). Compare Moroccan Arabic سال (sāl, “to be owed money”).


bram

From Sicilian bromu (“jellyfish”), from Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “shipworm”). Compare Italian bruma, Spanish broma. The Sicilian may have been influenced by Latin pulmo (“jellyfish”, literally “lung”).


obdi

second-person singular imperative of obda


berbex

mt-verb

berbex (imperfect jberbex, past participle mberbex)

jberbex (imperfect)
mberbex (participle past)
berbixt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
berbixt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
berbex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
berbixna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
berbixtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
berbxu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
berbixt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
berbixt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
berbxet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
berbixna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
berbixtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
berbxu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nberbex (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tberbex (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jberbex (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nberbxu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tberbxu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jberbxu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nberbex (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tberbex (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tberbex (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nberbxu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tberbxu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jberbxu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
berbex (imperative second-person singular)
berbxu (imperative plural second-person)
berbixtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
berbixtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
berbexx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
berbixniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
berbixtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
berbxux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
berbixtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
berbixtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
berbxitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
berbixniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
berbixtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
berbxux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nberbexx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tberbexx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jberbexx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nberbxux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tberbxux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jberbxux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nberbexx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tberbexx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tberbexx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nberbxux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tberbxux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jberbxux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tberbexx (imperative second-person singular)
tberbxux (imperative plural second-person)


ċikkulata

mt-noun

ċikkulata f (plural ċikkulati or ċikkulajjet)

ċikkulati (plural)
ċikkulajjet (plural)
ċukkulata (alternative)

From older Sicilian cicculata, from Spanish chocolate.


liem

jlum (imperfect)
limt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
limt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
liem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
limna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
limtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
liemu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
limt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
limt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
liemet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
limna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
limtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
liemu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nlum (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tlum (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jlum (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nlumu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tlumu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jlumu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nlum (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tlum (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tlum (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nlumu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tlumu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jlumu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
lum (imperative second-person singular)
lumu (imperative plural second-person)


inbid

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of nbid


kenn

mt-verb

kenn (imperfect jkenn, past participle miknun)

jkenn (imperfect)
miknun (participle past)
kennejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kennejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kenn (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kennejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
kennejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kennew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kennejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kennejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kennet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kennejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
kennejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kennew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkenn (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkenn (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkenn (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkennu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tkennu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkennu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkenn (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkenn (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkenn (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkennu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tkennu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkennu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
kenn (imperative second-person singular)
kennu (imperative plural second-person)
kennejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
kennejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kennx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
kennejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
kennejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
kennewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
kennejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
kennejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
kennitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
kennejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
kennejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
kennewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nkennx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tkennx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jkennx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nkennux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tkennux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jkennux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nkennx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tkennx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tkennx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nkennux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tkennux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jkennux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tkennx (imperative second-person singular)
tkennux (imperative plural second-person)


trab

From Arabic تُراب (turāb, “soil, dust”).


bruda

tepidness; coolness (lack of warmth, a neutral temperature)

(figurative) lukewarmness; lack of enthusiasm


falz

mt-adjective

falz (feminine singular falza, plural foloz)

falza (feminine singular)
foloz (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian falsu and/or Italian falso, from Latin falsus.

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

(nominalized, in the definite) falsehood


dahar

mt-noun

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.

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

[…] 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.


duħħan

dħaħen (plural)
doħħan (alternative obsolete)

Għax jiemi bħal duħħan jgħibu; u għadmi bħal ħuġġieġa jaqbad.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tas-Salmi 102:3:

King James Version translation: For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.


ħaġar

ħaġra (singulative)
ħġar (plural)
ħġur (plural)
eħġar (plural)
ħaġriet (paucal)

From Arabic حَجَر (ḥajar, “stone”), which was reinterpreted as collective. Compare Moroccan Arabic حجر (ḥjar, “stones”), حجرة (ḥajra, “a stone”).

Intom illum qomtu kontra dar missieri u qtiltu lil uliedu - sebgħin wieħed fuq ħaġra waħda - u għamiltu lil Abimelek, bin il-konkubina tiegħu, fuq in-nies ta’ Sikem, għax hu ħukom.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Imħallfin 9:18:

New International Version translation: But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.


ramel

irmla (plural)
rmiel (plural)
ramal (alternative)
remel (alternative)

Jien għedt: Fil-bejta tiegħi mmut wara jiem kotrana daqs ir-ramel.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb ta' Ġob 29:18:

King James Version translation: Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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.


irmied

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rmied


stramb

mt-adj

stramb (feminine singular stramba, plural strambi)

stramba (feminine singular)
strambi (plural)

Borrowed from Italian strambo, from Vulgar Latin *strambus, from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στρᾰβός (străbós).

Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.
Waħda ħelwa, imma stramba.
Fil-verità, waħda li qed noħlom ta’ spiss.

2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, →ISBN, page 18:

Last night I had a dream.
A pleasant dream, but strange.
Actually, it's a recurring dream.


bravu

mt-adjective

bravu (feminine singular brava, plural bravi, comparative (Australia) ibrav)

brava (feminine singular)
bravi (plural)
ibrav (Australia comparative)

Borrowed from Italian bravo and/or Sicilian bravu.


daq

mt-verb

daq (imperfect jduq, past participle midjuq, verbal noun dewqan or dewqien)

jduq (imperfect)
midjuq (participle past)
dewqan (noun-from-verb)
dewqien (noun-from-verb)
doqt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
doqt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
daq (masculine perfect singular third-person)
doqna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
doqtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
daqu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
doqt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
doqt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
daqet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
doqna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
doqtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
daqu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nduq (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
dduq (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jduq (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nduqu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
dduqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jduqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nduq (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
dduq (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
dduq (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nduqu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
dduqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jduqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
duq (imperative second-person singular)
duqu (imperative plural second-person)
dieq (alternative)
doq (alternative dialectal)

to taste, try (eat or drink a bit of in order to check the taste)

(figurative) to experience, to go through


operat

mt-past participle

operat (feminine operata, plural operati)


operat

third-person feminine singular perfect of opera


sewa

mt-verb

sewa (imperfect jiswa, verbal noun siwi)

jiswa (imperfect)
siwi (noun-from-verb)
swejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
swejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sewa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
swejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
swejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
swew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
swejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
swejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
swiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
swejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
swejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
swew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niswa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiswa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiswa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niswew (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiswew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiswew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niswa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiswa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiswa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niswew (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiswew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiswew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iswa (imperative second-person singular)
iswew (imperative plural second-person)

to cost, to be worth (to incur a charge, a price)

Mewthom sewielna għali kbir


żaffran

(nonstandard) alternative spelling of żagħfran


luzzu

→ English: luzzu

Borrowed from Sicilian 'uzzu, a variant of guzzu.

luzzu (a traditional, brightly painted Maltese fishing boat)


shart

first/second-person singular perfect of sahar


-iet

From Arabic ـَات (-āt), feminine and non-personal plural ending.

tfajla (“girl”) + -iet → tfajliet (“girls”)

qabża (“jump”) + -iet → qabżiet (“jumps”)

a plural suffix used in some nouns, chiefly ones of Arabic origin and/or ending in -a


tamar

tamra (singulative)
itmra (plural)
tmar (plural)
tamriet (paucal)
tamal (alternative)


Ġgantija

From ġgantija, feminine singular of ġganti (“gigantic”).

Ġgantija (a megalithic temple in Xagħra, Gozo)


nikker

nikker (imperfect jnikker, past participle mnikker, verbal noun tinkir)

jnikker (imperfect)
mnikker (participle past)
tinkir (noun-from-verb)
nikkirt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nikkirt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nikker (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nikkirna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
nikkirtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nikkru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nikkirt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nikkirt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nikkret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nikkirna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
nikkirtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nikkru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nnikker (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnikker (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jnikker (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nnikkru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tnikkru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jnikkru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nnikker (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnikker (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tnikker (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nnikkru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tnikkru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jnikkru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nikker (imperative second-person singular)
nikkru (imperative plural second-person)
nikkirtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nikkirtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nikkirx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nikkirniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
nikkirtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nikkrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nikkirtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nikkirtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nikkritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nikkirniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
nikkirtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nikkrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nnikkirx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tnikkirx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jnikkirx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nnikkrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tnikkrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jnikkrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nnikkirx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tnikkirx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tnikkirx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nnikkrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tnikkrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jnikkrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tnikkirx (imperative second-person singular)
tnikkrux (imperative plural second-person)

Related to Arabic نَكِرَ (nakira, “to deny”).


saram

saram (imperfect jisrom, past participle misrum, verbal noun srim)

jisrom (imperfect)
misrum (participle past)
srim (noun-from-verb)
sramt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sramt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
saram (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sramna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sramtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sarmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sramt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sramt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sarmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sramna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sramtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sarmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisrom (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisrom (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisrom (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisormu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisormu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisormu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisrom (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisrom (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisrom (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisormu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisormu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisormu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
isrom (imperative second-person singular)
isormu (imperative plural second-person)
sramtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sramtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
saramx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sramniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sramtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sarmux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sramtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sramtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sarmitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sramniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sramtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sarmux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisromx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisromx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisromx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisormux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisormux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisormux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisromx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisromx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisromx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisormux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisormux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisormux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tisromx (imperative second-person singular)
tisormux (imperative plural second-person)

saram il-ħajt.


bakkar

bakkar (imperfect jbakkar, past participle mbakkar, verbal noun tibkir)

jbakkar (imperfect)
mbakkar (participle past)
tibkir (noun-from-verb)
bakkart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bakkart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bakkar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bakkarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bakkartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bakkru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bakkart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bakkart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bakkret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bakkarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bakkartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bakkru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbakkar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbakkar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbakkar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbakkru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tbakkru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbakkru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbakkar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbakkar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbakkar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbakkru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tbakkru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbakkru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bakkar (imperative second-person singular)
bakkru (imperative plural second-person)
bakkartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bakkartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bakkarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bakkarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bakkartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bakkrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bakkartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bakkartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bakkritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bakkarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bakkartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bakkrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbakkarx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbakkarx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbakkarx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbakkrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tbakkrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbakkrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbakkarx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbakkarx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbakkarx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbakkrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tbakkrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbakkrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tbakkarx (imperative second-person singular)
tbakkrux (imperative plural second-person)


gwerra

Borrowed from Sicilian guerra and/or Italian guerra.


fiss

mt-adjective

fiss (feminine singular fissa, plural fissi)

fissa (feminine singular)
fissi (plural)


karozza

karozzi (plural)
krarez (plural)
karrozza (alternative)


flixkun

mt-noun

flixkun m (plural fliexken, diminutive flejxken)

From Latin flasco (probably through Old French or Old Occitan, rather than Italo-Romance), from Frankish *flaska, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ. Cognate to English flask.


sellem

mt-verb

sellem (imperfect jsellem, past participle msellem, verbal noun tislim)

jsellem (imperfect)
msellem (participle past)
tislim (noun-from-verb)
sellimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sellimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sellem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sellimna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sellimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sellmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sellimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sellimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sellmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sellimna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sellimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sellmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsellem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssellem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsellem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsellmu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssellmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsellmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsellem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssellem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssellem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsellmu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssellmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsellmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sellem (imperative second-person singular)
sellmu (imperative plural second-person)
sellimtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sellimtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sellimx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sellimniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sellimtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sellmux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sellimtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sellimtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sellmitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sellimniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sellimtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sellmux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsellimx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssellimx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsellimx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsellmux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssellmux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsellmux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsellimx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssellimx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssellimx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsellmux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssellmux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsellmux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ssellimx (imperative second-person singular)
ssellmux (imperative plural second-person)

Għeżieżi, nixtieq insellmilkom mill-qalb.

Dear friends, I want to greet you cordially.


sebbaħ

sebbaħ (imperfect jsebbaħ, past participle msebbaħ, verbal noun tisbiħ)

jsebbaħ (imperfect)
msebbaħ (participle past)
tisbiħ (noun-from-verb)
sebbaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sebbaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sebbaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sebbaħna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sebbaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sebbħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sebbaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sebbaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sebbħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sebbaħna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sebbaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sebbħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsebbaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssebbaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsebbaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsebbħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssebbħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsebbħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsebbaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssebbaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssebbaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsebbħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssebbħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsebbħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sebbaħ (imperative second-person singular)
sebbħu (imperative plural second-person)
sebbaħtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sebbaħtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sebbaħx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sebbaħniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sebbaħtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sebbħux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sebbaħtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sebbaħtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sebbħitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sebbaħniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sebbaħtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sebbħux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsebbaħx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssebbaħx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsebbaħx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsebbħux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssebbħux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsebbħux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsebbaħx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssebbaħx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssebbaħx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsebbħux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssebbħux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsebbħux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ssebbaħx (imperative second-person singular)
ssebbħux (imperative plural second-person)

Factitive of sabiħ (“beautiful”), from Arabic صَبِيح (ṣabīḥ). The verb is equivalent to Arabic صَبَّحَ (ṣabbaḥa), which at least in the standard language does not have this sense, however.


ċittadin

mt-noun

ċittadin m (plural ċittadini, feminine ċittadina)


mgħarfa

From Arabic مِغْرَفة (miḡrafa, “scoop, ladle”). Compare Tunisian Arabic مغرفة (mḡarfa, “spoon”), Moroccan Arabic مغرفة (mḡarfa, “ladle”).


tellet

mt-verb

tellet (imperfect jtellet, past participle mtellet)

jtellet (imperfect)
mtellet (participle past)
tellitt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tellitt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tellet (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tellitna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tellittu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
telltu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tellitt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tellitt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
telltet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tellitna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tellittu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
telltu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntellet (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttellet (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtellet (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntelltu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ttelltu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtelltu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntellet (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttellet (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttellet (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntelltu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ttelltu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtelltu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tellet (imperative second-person singular)
telltu (imperative plural second-person)
tellittx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
tellittx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
tellitx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
tellitniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
tellittux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
telltux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
tellittx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
tellittx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
telltitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
tellitniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
tellittux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
telltux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntellitx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttellitx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtellitx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntelltux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ttelltux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtelltux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntellitx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttellitx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttellitx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntelltux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ttelltux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtelltux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ttellitx (imperative second-person singular)
ttelltux (imperative plural second-person)


lajk

mt-adj

lajk (feminine singular lajka, plural lajċi)

lajka (feminine singular)
lajċi (plural)


qaqa

jqaqi (imperfect)
qaqejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qaqejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qaqa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qaqejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
qaqejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qaqew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qaqejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qaqejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qaqiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qaqejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
qaqejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qaqew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqaqi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqaqi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqaqi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqaqu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tqaqu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqaqu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqaqi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqaqi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqaqi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqaqu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tqaqu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqaqu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qaqi (imperative second-person singular)
qaqu (imperative plural second-person)

From dialectal Arabic, ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Moroccan Arabic قاقى (qāqa) and North Levantine Arabic قاقى (ʔāʔa).


salla

mt-verb

salla (imperfect jsalli, past participle msalli)

jsalli (imperfect)
msalli (participle past)
sallejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sallejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
salla (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sallejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sallejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sallew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sallejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sallejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
salliet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sallejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sallejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sallew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsalli (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssalli (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsalli (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsallu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssallu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsallu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsalli (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssalli (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssalli (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsallu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssallu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsallu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
salli (imperative second-person singular)
sallu (imperative plural second-person)
sallejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sallejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
salliex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sallejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
sallejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sallewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sallejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sallejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sallietx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sallejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
sallejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sallewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsallix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssallix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsallix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsallux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ssallux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsallux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsallix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssallix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssallix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsallux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ssallux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsallux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tsallix (imperative second-person singular)
tsallux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”). In this sense it was replaced in Maltese with talab, a loan translation of Sicilian prigari.
In order to understand the semantic development, it would have to be known whether the association with Islamic prayer has been inherited through the centuries. If so, this could well explain the origin of the negative sense “to blaspheme” among the staunchly Catholic Maltese. However, that association may simply be due to a modern learned practice after the Arabic cognate verb.

to perform the Islamic obligatory prayer

(obsolete) alternative form of sella (“to greet”)


eduka

eduka (imperfect jeduka, past participle edukat)

jeduka (imperfect)
edukat (participle past)
edukajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
edukajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
eduka (masculine perfect singular third-person)
edukajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
edukajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
edukaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
edukajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
edukajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
edukat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
edukajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
edukajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
edukaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
neduka (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
teduka (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jeduka (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nedukaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tedukaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jedukaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
neduka (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
teduka (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
teduka (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nedukaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tedukaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jedukaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
eduka (imperative second-person singular)
edukaw (imperative plural second-person)
edukajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
edukajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
edukajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
edukajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
edukawx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
edukajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
edukajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
edukatx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
edukajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
edukajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
edukawx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nedukax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tedukax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jedukax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nedukawx (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tedukawx (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jedukawx (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nedukax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tedukax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tedukax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nedukawx (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tedukawx (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jedukawx (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tedukax (imperative second-person singular)
tedukawx (imperative plural second-person)