ħatar

mt-verb

ħatar (imperfect jaħtar, past participle maħtur)

jaħtar (imperfect)
maħtur (participle past)
ħtart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħtart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħatar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħtarna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħtartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħatru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħtart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħtart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħatret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħtarna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħtartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħatru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħtar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħtar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħtar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħtru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taħtru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħtru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħtar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħtar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħtar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħtru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taħtru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħtru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħtar (imperative second-person singular)
aħtru (imperative plural second-person)
ħtartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħtartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħatarx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħtarniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħtartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħatrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħtartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħtartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħatritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħtarniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħtartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħatrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħtarx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħtarx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħtarx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħtrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taħtrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħtrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħtarx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħtarx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħtarx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħtrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taħtrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħtrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
taħtarx (imperative second-person singular)
taħtrux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic اِخْتارَ (iḵtāra), an eighth stem from the root خ ي ر (ḵ y r). Reinterpreted in Maltese as a ninth stem from a root ħ-t-r (older Maltese ħtar), then reconstrued as a first stem. Doublet of ħajjar.

ar-root

خ ي ر (ḵ y r)

to select; to appoint; to choose for a task or position


ħatar

mt-noun

ħatar m (plural ħtar or oħtra or ħtur or ħtura, diminutive ħtajjar or ħtajtar)

ħtar (plural)
oħtra (plural)
ħtur (plural)
ħtura (plural)
ħtajjar (diminutive)
ħtajtar (diminutive)

From Arabic. At least two roots are comparable and the Maltese is perhaps from a merger of them: 1.) حَظِر (ḥaẓir, “picket, cane for a fence”), حِظار (ḥiẓār, “fence, enclosure”); 2.) خِطْر (ḵiṭr, “branch of a tree”), خَطّار (ḵaṭṭār, “camel’s tail, pendulum, quivering spear”). If the original meaning was “club, cudgel”, then حَدَرَ (ḥadara, “to be thick, swollen”) may also be relevant.

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

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

King James Version translation: And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.


denb

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

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

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

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

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

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

(figurative) something added at the end, e.g. a grammatical ending, suffix


fomm

fomm m (plural fmien or fommijiet or fmum)

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

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


tutur

tutur m (plural tuturi, feminine tutriċi)


ittra

ittri (plural)
littra (alternative archaic)

Borrowed from Sicilian littra, from Latin littera. The initial l- was interpreted as the definite article (Maltese l- and/or Sicilian l’) and hence deleted. Compare the opposite development in ilma, lemin, etc.

ittra majjuskla; ittra kbira; ittra kapitali ― capital letter

L-ittra Y ma tintużax fil-Malti.

kaxxa tal-ittra ― letterbox

Ktibtilha ittra, imma ma weġbitx għaliha.

I wrote her a letter, but she didn’t answer it.

(Christianity) epistle (one of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle)


unjoni ċivili

unjoni ċivili f (plural unjonijiet ċivili)

Internationalism; compare English civil union, Italian unione civile.


ċivili

Borrowed from Italian civile and/or Sicilian civili, both from Latin cīvīlis.


ċivilizzazzjoni

ċivilizzazzjoni f (plural ċivilizzazzjonijiet)


orjentazzjonijiet sesswali

orjentazzjoni sesswali
orjentazzjoni sesswali#Maltese


stadu

inflection of stad:
third-person plural perfect

inflection of stad:
second-person plural imperative


billi

From dialectal Arabic *بِٱللِّي (*bi-l-lī, “by that”). By surface analysis, b’ + li. Compare Moroccan Arabic بلي (billi).

belli (alternative dialectal)
mbilli (alternative dialectal)


-ha

ras (“head”) + -ha → rasha (“her head”)

taħt (“under”) + -ha → taħtha (“under her”)

jisma’ (“he hears”) + -ha → jismagħha (“he hears her”)

3rd-person feminine singular pronominal suffix: her


xibt

From Arabic شِبِت, (šibit, also read as šibitt, šabat, “dill”).


ħanek

ħanek m (plural ħniek or eħinka, diminutive ħanka)

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


għaqal

From Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, “mind, intellect, reason”).


qorriegħa

qorrigħat (plural)
qarriegħa (alternative)
qorgħan (alternative)

/ʔɔrˈrɪː.aˤ/


mgħażqa

mgħażqiet (plural)
mgħażaq (plural)
imgħażqa (alternative)


paċi

Borrowed from Sicilian paci, from Latin pax.


tisha

inflection of seha:
second-person singular imperfect

third-person feminine singular imperfect


fqir

mt-adjective

fqir (feminine singular fqira, plural fqar or foqra, diminutive fqajjar, comparative ifqar)

fqira (feminine singular)
fqar (plural)
foqra (plural)
fqajjar (diminutive)
ifqar (comparative)

Il-qasma bejn l-għonja u l-fqar qed tikber.

The gap between the rich and the poor is growing.

Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

Destroy, kill those vines,
the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
without bread, without light, without peace!

poor (lacking; of little financial means)


għani

għani (feminine singular għanja, plural għonja, comparative ogħna)

għanja (feminine singular)
għonja (plural)
ogħna (comparative)

inh

Arabic غَانِي (ḡānī)

(nominalised) a rich man, a wealthy person


dehbi

mt-adjective

dehbi (feminine singular dehbija, plural dehbin)

dehbija (feminine singular)
dehbin (plural)

From Arabic ذَهَبِيّ (ḏahabiyy). By surface analysis, deheb + -i.

gold; golden (made of gold and/or of its colour)


qanpiena

mt-noun

qanpiena f (plural qniepen, diminutive qnejpna)

qniepen (plural)
qnejpna (diminutive)
qanpiela (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian campana, from Late Latin campāna.

Il-qniepen bdew isejħu lill-fidili għall-quddiesa.

The bells were summoning the believers to mass.

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

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

Il-qanpiena ħarġet tħabbar
mill-kampnar: Sar ħin it-talb;
ejjew nies, il-kelma t’Alla
sa niżirgħu, ħejju l-qalb!”

1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Qanpiena”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:

Illum ukoll f’nofsinhar ħin tal-Ingilterra, il-qniepen idoqqu biex isellmu lir-Reġina, f’Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, u Windsor Castle.

2022 September 9, “Il-luttu għar-Reġina Eliżabetta II se jibqa’ sa sebat ijiem wara l-funeral”, in TVMnews.mt, archived from the original on 2025-02-20:

Moreover today at noon British time, the bells will toll to salute the Queen, at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, and Windsor Castle.


xebbah

mt-verb

xebbah (imperfect jxebbah, past participle mxebbah)

jxebbah (imperfect)
mxebbah (participle past)
xebbaht (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xebbaht (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xebbah (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xebbahna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
xebbahtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xebbhu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xebbaht (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xebbaht (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xebbhet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xebbahna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
xebbahtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xebbhu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxebbah (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxebbah (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxebbah (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxebbhu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
xxebbhu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxebbhu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxebbah (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxebbah (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxebbah (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxebbhu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
xxebbhu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxebbhu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xebbah (imperative second-person singular)
xebbhu (imperative plural second-person)
xebbahtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
xebbahtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
xebbahx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
xebbahniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
xebbahtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
xebbhux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
xebbahtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
xebbahtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
xebbhitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
xebbahniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
xebbahtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
xebbhux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nxebbahx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
xxebbahx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jxebbahx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nxebbhux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
xxebbhux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jxebbhux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nxebbahx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
xxebbahx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
xxebbahx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nxebbhux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
xxebbhux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jxebbhux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
xxebbahx (imperative second-person singular)
xxebbhux (imperative plural second-person)
xebbaħ (alternative)

Xebbahhom mal-ilpup.

to liken, to compare (to declare a similarity between to things, be it actual or figurative)


xebh

From Arabic شَبَه (šabah, “similarity”), perhaps merged with شِبْه (šibh, “something similar”).


xebħ

(common, but officially nonstandard) alternative spelling of xebh


qiegħed

qiegħda (feminine)
qegħdin (plural)
qiegħad (alternative)

From Arabic قاعِد (qāʕid), present participle of قَعَدَ (qaʕada, “to sit”), whence Maltese qagħad.

din l-għaġla
ta’ kollox issa
ta’ iġri u ġerri
fuq xogħol qiegħed
il-minġel jitriegħed

2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:

active participle of qagħad
located; being (in a place or state)

Kien hemm riħa t’ilma qiegħed.

(of water) stagnant, standing, motionless

active participle of qagħad
stagnant, standing, motionless

Ilni qiegħda minn meta Symone keċċietni mill-fabbrika tal-bnadar.

I have been unemployed since Symone fired me from the flag factory.

active participle of qagħad
(of a person) unemployed

used predicatively as a present copula referring to a temporary state (like Spanish estar, but not obligatory)


qiegħed

X’qiegħed tagħmel? – Qiegħed naħsel ħwejġek.

What are you doing? – I am washing your clothes.

A verbal particle indicating progressive verb tenses


qiegħed

qiegħed (imperfect jqiegħed, past participle mqiegħed, verbal noun tqegħid)

jqiegħed (imperfect)
mqiegħed (participle past)
tqegħid (noun-from-verb)
qegħidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qegħidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qiegħed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qegħidna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
qegħidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qiegħdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qegħidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qegħidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qiegħdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qegħidna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
qegħidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qiegħdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqiegħed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqiegħed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqiegħed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqiegħdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tqiegħdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqiegħdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqiegħed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqiegħed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqiegħed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqiegħdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tqiegħdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqiegħdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qiegħed (imperative second-person singular)
qiegħdu (imperative plural second-person)
qiegħad (alternative)

From Arabic قَعَّدَ (qaʕʕada), أَقْعَدَ (ʔaqʕada), factitive stems of the verb above.

Ħu t-tazzi u qegħidhom fuq il-mejda.

Take the glasses and put them on the table.


joqgħod

third-person masculine singular imperfect of qagħad


togħma

From Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”). Perhaps influenced formally by طُعْمة (ṭuʕma, “foodstuff, bite”), but an irregular development -agħ- → -ogħ- also occurs in some other Maltese words.


deher

deher (imperfect jidher, past participle midhur, active participle dieher, verbal noun dhur)

jidher (imperfect)
midhur (participle past)
dieher (active participle)
dhur (noun-from-verb)
dhert (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dhert (masculine perfect second-person singular)
deher (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dherna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
dhertu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dehru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dhert (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dhert (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dehret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dherna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
dhertu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dehru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidher (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidher (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidher (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidhru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tidhru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidhru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidher (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidher (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidher (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidhru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tidhru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidhru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idher (imperative second-person singular)
idhru (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic ظَهَرَ (ẓahara, “to appear”). The unexpected imala may be connected to an irregular development in some roots with final /r/, compare difer and sider. Compare also dahar (“back”), which shows the expected vocalism.

to appear; to become visible; to show up

to appear; to give an impression; to seem


dgħufija

dgħufiti (first-person singular)
dgħufitna (first-person singular)
dgħufitek (second-person singular)
dgħufitkom (second-person singular)
dgħufitu (masculine singular third-person)
dgħufitha (feminine singular third-person)
dgħufithom (singular third-person)
dgħjufija (alternative proscribed)


dgħjufija

(proscribed) alternative form of dgħufija


għalqa

mt-noun

għalqa f (plural għelieqi, diminutive għalajqa)

From the Arabic root غ ل ق (ḡ l q). The sense “enclosure, fenced or immured area” was still attested in older Maltese. The phonetic similarity with Arabic حَقْل (ḥaql) is coincidental.

ar-root

غ ل ق (ḡ l q)


lanqas

From la (“not”) + anqas (“less”). Originally either “not A, and no less not B”, or else “not A, and no, even less B”.

anqas (alternative)
inqas (alternative)
laqqas (alternative)
qas (alternative colloquial)


mgħallem

mgħallmin (plural)
imgħallem (alternative)

From Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim) and مُعَلَّم (muʕallam), participles of عَلَّمَ (ʕallama, “to teach”), whence Maltese għallem.

leader or teacher of a group (e.g. biblically of Jesus, in the sense of rabbi)


mgħallem

head

mgħallem (feminine singular mgħallma, plural mgħallmin)

mgħallma (feminine singular)
mgħallmin (plural)
imgħallem (alternative)


ħabrieki

mt-adjective

ħabrieki (feminine singular ħabrieka, plural ħabrieka or ħabrikin)

ħabrieka (feminine singular)
ħabrieka (plural)
ħabrikin (plural)

diligent; working with diligence and effort


agħma

agħma (feminine singular għamja, plural għomja)

għamja (feminine singular)
għomja (plural)
għami (alternative)

inh

Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā)


għama

From Arabic عَمًى (ʕaman, “blindness”). Originally a masculine, but feminine in Maltese due to the final -a and hence distinguishable from the adjective (etymology 3 below).


għama

mt-verb

għama (imperfect jagħmi, past participle mogħmi)

jagħmi (imperfect)
mogħmi (participle past)
għamejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għamejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għama (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għamejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
għamejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għamew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għamejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għamejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għamiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għamejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
għamejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għamew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nagħmi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tagħmi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jagħmi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nagħmu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tagħmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jagħmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nagħmi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tagħmi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tagħmi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nagħmu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tagħmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jagħmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
agħmi (imperative second-person singular)
agħmu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā, “to blind”).

(also figuratively) to blind, to make someone blind


aħrax

mt-adjective

aħrax (feminine singular ħarxa, plural ħorox)

ħarxa (feminine singular)
ħorox (plural)

From Arabic أَحْرَش (ʔaḥraš, “rough, coarse”). Unrelated to English harsh, though speakers may now identify them with each other (cf. especially the feminine form).


kollu

mt-pronoun

kollu m (feminine kollha, plural kollha or (rare) kollhom)

kollha (feminine)
kollha (plural)
kollhom (plural rare)

From Arabic كُلُّهُ (kulluhu, “all of it”). By surface analysis, kull + -u. The reason for the vowel change is that Arabic short -u- was predominantly shifted to -o-, but remained in closed syllables before the tone.

in-nemel kollu

it-tfal kollha

il-ħalib kollu

id-dinja kollha

Sabu l-ħalib u xorbuh kollu.

They found the milk and drank all of it.

Ejja ‘l hawn, la tibżax minni,
bil-katina ma norbtokx;
norbtok biss bl-għeruq ta’ qalbi,
f’ħajti kollha ma nħollokx.

1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Kappella tal-Paċi”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:

(with singular meaning) the whole; all the; all of it


x'inhuwa

extended form of x’inhu, equivalent to a contraction of x’ (“what”) + huwa (“he, it”)


x'inhi

feminine singular of x’inhu, equivalent to a contraction of x’ (“what”) + hi (“she, it”)


x'inhija

extended feminine singular of x’inhu, equivalent to a contraction of x’ (“what”) + hija (“she, it”)


x'inhuma

plural of x’inhu, equivalent to a contraction of x’ (“what”) + huma (“they”)


jgħid

third-person masculine singular imperfect of qal


iżraq

mt-adjective

iżraq (feminine singular żerqa, plural żoroq)

żerqa (feminine singular)
żoroq (plural)

(dated or puristic) azure; light blue approaching turquoise


ikħal

ikħal (feminine singular kaħla, plural koħol)

kaħla (feminine singular)
koħol (plural)

From Arabic أَكْحَل (ʔakḥal, “black, very dark grey or blue, the colour of kohl”).

inh

(dated or puristic) blue, especially dark blue


xewqa

Singulative derivation from Arabic شَوْق (šawq, “longing”), thus originally “a single instance or object of longing”.

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:


fis-skiet

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see f’, il-, skiet.

Jaħdem fis-skiet.

(idiomatic) in silence; silently; quietly; without speaking (during something or about something)


qatt

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

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

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


kollox

From Arabic كُلُّ شَيْء (kullu šayʔ, literally “every thing”). By surface analysis, kull + -x.

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:

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

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:


qata'

mt-verb

qata’ (imperfect jaqta’, past participle maqtugħ, verbal noun qtigħ)

qata’ (canonical)
jaqta’ (imperfect)
maqtugħ (participle past)
qtigħ (noun-from-verb)
qtajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qtajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qata’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qtajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
qtajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qatgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qtajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qtajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qatgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qtajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
qtajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qatgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naqta’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqta’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaqta’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naqtgħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taqtgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaqtgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naqta’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqta’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taqta’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naqtgħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taqtgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaqtgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aqta’ (imperative second-person singular)
aqtgħu (imperative plural second-person)
qtajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qtajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qatax (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qtajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
qtajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qatgħux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qtajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qtajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qatgħitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qtajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
qtajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qatgħux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naqtax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taqtax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaqtax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naqtgħux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taqtgħux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaqtgħux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naqtax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taqtax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taqtax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naqtgħux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taqtgħux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaqtgħux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
taqtax (imperative second-person singular)
taqtgħux (imperative plural second-person)

Qtajt subgħi.

Qtajna n-numri tal-lotterija u rbaħna.

Qatgħuna dawk iż-żewġ wirdiniet.

Qatgħek minn ġewwa dak il-leħen baxx li deher ġej mill-ispazji rqaq bejn il-petali bojod tal-kamumilla.

2023, Nathan Anthony Pace, dbilt qabel kbirt, →ISBN, page 2:

That low voice that seemed to come from the thin spaces between the white camomile petals surprised you.

Il-ħalib ilu xahrejn fil-friġġ. Naħseb li qata’.

The milk has been left in the fridge for two months. I think it went bad.

Qtajtuha li tmorru kunċert ta’ Joker Out.

You decided to go to a Joker Out concert.

to decide (usually with a pronominal suffix)

Aqtagħha!

Aqtagħha din li tibża’!

(by extension) to stop, to cut out, to cease

to shut up
to stop, to cut out, to cease

Ħa naqtgħu biljett għall-kunċert ta’ Joker Out.

We will buy a ticket for the Joker Out concert.

Qata’ dal-bhima.


jaqta'

third-person singular imperfect of qata’


żahar

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

(dated, except in expressions) several flowers, blossoms (reproductive structures on some plants)


żahar

żahar (imperfect jiżhar, past participle miżhur, verbal noun tiżhir)

jiżhar (imperfect)
miżhur (participle past)
tiżhir (noun-from-verb)
żhart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żhart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żahar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żharna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
żhartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żahru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żhart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żhart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żahret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żharna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
żhartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żahru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżhar (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżhar (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżhar (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżhru (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiżhru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżhru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżhar (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżhar (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżhar (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżhru (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiżhru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżhru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iżhar (imperative second-person singular)
iżhru (imperative plural second-person)
żhartx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
żhartx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
żaharx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
żharniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
żhartux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
żahrux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
żhartx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
żhartx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
żahritx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
żharniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
żhartux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
żahrux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niżharx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiżharx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiżharx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niżhrux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tiżhrux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiżhrux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niżharx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiżharx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiżharx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niżhrux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tiżhrux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiżhrux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tiżharx (imperative second-person singular)
tiżhrux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic زَهَرَ (zahara, “to blossom”).


mħatra

mt-noun

mħatra f (plural mħatri, paucal mħatriet)

mħatri (plural)
mħatriet (paucal)
imħatra (alternative also)

From Arabic مُخَاطَرَة (muḵāṭara, “risk, hazard, adventure”)


mħabba

mħabbti (first-person singular)
mħabbitna (first-person singular)
mħabbtek (second-person singular)
mħabbitkom (second-person singular)
mħabbtu (masculine singular third-person)
mħabbitha (feminine singular third-person)
mħabbithom (singular third-person)
imħabba (alternative also)

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:


mħabba

Probably from mħabba (“love”) and/or minn + mħabba, as in for the love of > due to. Compare Arabic مَحَبَّةً (maḥabbatan), Arabic حُبًّا (ḥubban).

Alternative forms: minħabba, ħabba

because of, due to [with object or f’ (+ object)]


obda

mt-verb

obda (imperfect jobdi, past participle obdut or mobdi)

jobdi (imperfect)
obdut (participle past)
mobdi (participle past)
obdejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
obdejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
obda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
obdejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
obdejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
obdew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
obdejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
obdejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
obdiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
obdejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
obdejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
obdew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nobdi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobdi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jobdi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nobdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tobdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jobdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nobdi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobdi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tobdi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nobdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tobdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jobdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
obdi (imperative second-person singular)
obdu (imperative plural second-person)
obdejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
obdejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
obdejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
obdejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
obdewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
obdejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
obdejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
obdietx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
obdejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
obdejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
obdewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nobdix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tobdix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jobdix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nobdux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tobdux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jobdux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nobdix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tobdix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tobdix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nobdux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tobdux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jobdux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tobdix (imperative second-person singular)
tobdux (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian obbidiri, ubbidiri and/or Italian obbedire, ubbidire, both from Latin oboedire. The Maltese imperfect tense looks like a native form, whence the Semitic (alternative) past participle. The regularisation of the past tense into *beda was hindered by the unrelated beda (“to begin”).


biegħ

biegħ (imperfect jbigħ, past participle mibjugħ, verbal noun bejgħ)

jbigħ (imperfect)
mibjugħ (participle past)
bejgħ (noun-from-verb)
begħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
begħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
biegħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
begħna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
begħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
biegħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
begħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
begħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
biegħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
begħna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
begħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
biegħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbigħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbigħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbigħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbigħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tbigħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbigħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbigħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbigħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbigħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbigħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tbigħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbigħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bigħ (imperative second-person singular)
bigħu (imperative plural second-person)
bigħhejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bigħhejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
biegħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bigħhejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bigħhejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bigħhew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bigħhejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bigħhejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bigħhet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bigħhejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bigħhejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bigħhew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nbigħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tbigħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jbigħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nbigħhu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tbigħhu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jbigħhu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nbigħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tbigħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tbigħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nbigħhu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tbigħhu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jbigħhu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
bigħ (imperative second-person singular)
bigħhu (imperative plural second-person)
bigħh (alternative)
biħħ (alternative)


begħt

first/second-person singular perfect of biegħ


biegħet

third-person feminine singular perfect of biegħ


nbigħ

first-person singular imperfect of biegħ


tbigħ

inflection of biegħ:
second-person singular imperfect

third-person feminine singular imperfect


ibigħ

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of jbigħ


ibigħu

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of jbigħu


bigħ

second-person singular imperative of biegħ


bigħu

second-person plural imperative of biegħ


poġġa

poġġa (imperfect jpoġġi, past participle mpoġġi or poġġut, verbal noun tpoġġija)

jpoġġi (imperfect)
mpoġġi (participle past)
poġġut (participle past)
tpoġġija (noun-from-verb)
poġġejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
poġġejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
poġġa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
poġġejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
poġġejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
poġġew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
poġġejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
poġġejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
poġġiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
poġġejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
poġġejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
poġġew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
npoġġi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpoġġi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jpoġġi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
npoġġu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tpoġġu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jpoġġu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
npoġġi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpoġġi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tpoġġi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
npoġġu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tpoġġu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jpoġġu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
poġġi (imperative second-person singular)
poġġu (imperative plural second-person)
poġġejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
poġġejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
poġġiex (masculine perfect singular third-person)
poġġejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
poġġejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
poġġewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
poġġejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
poġġejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
poġġietx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
poġġejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
poġġejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
poġġewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
npoġġix (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tpoġġix (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jpoġġix (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
npoġġux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tpoġġux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jpoġġux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
npoġġix (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tpoġġix (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tpoġġix (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
npoġġux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tpoġġux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jpoġġux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tpoġġix (imperative second-person singular)
tpoġġux (imperative plural second-person)

From Italian poggiare, appoggiare and/or Sicilian pujiari, either way ultimately from Vulgar Latin *podiare, *appodiare.

Ħu t-tazzi u poġġihom fuq il-mejda.

(intransitive) to have a concubine [with ma’]


ħatt

ħatt (imperfect jħott, past participle maħtut, verbal noun ħatt)

jħott (imperfect)
maħtut (participle past)
ħatt (noun-from-verb)
ħattejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħattejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħatt (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħattejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħattejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħattew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħattejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħattejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħattet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħattejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħattejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħattew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħott (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħott (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħott (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħottu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tħottu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħottu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħott (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħott (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħott (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħottu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tħottu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħottu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħott (imperative second-person singular)
ħottu (imperative plural second-person)
ħattejtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħattejtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħattx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħattejniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħattejtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħattewx (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħattejtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħattejtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħattitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħattejniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħattejtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħattewx (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħottx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħottx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħottx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħottux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tħottux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħottux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħottx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħottx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħottx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħottux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tħottux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħottux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tħottx (imperative second-person singular)
tħottux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic حَطَّ (ḥaṭṭa, “to put down”).

Tofroq dritta l-mewġ bajdani
 Għall-Imġarr, ta’ Għawdex il-port.
 Kull filgħodu taqdi dmirek,
 It-tagħbija tiegħek tmur tħott.

“Id-dgħajsa tal-Latini”, Anthony Fenech (lyrics), Joe Grech (music)performed by New Courey:

You pass right through the whitish waves
 To Mġarr, the harbour of Gozo.
 Every morning you perform your duty
 And go to offload your freight.

to unload, offload, remove from a vehicle or container (and store somewhere)


BĊE

Bank Ċentrali Ewropew
w:mt:Bank Ċentrali Ewropew

initialism of Bank Ċentrali Ewropew (“European Central Bank”)


mana'

mana’ (imperfect jimna’, past participle mimnugħ, verbal noun mnigħ)

mana’ (canonical)
jimna’ (imperfect)
mimnugħ (participle past)
mnigħ (noun-from-verb)
mnajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mnajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
mana’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
mnajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
mnajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
mangħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
mnajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mnajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
mangħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
mnajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
mnajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
mangħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nimna’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timna’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jimna’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nimangħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
timangħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jimangħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nimna’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timna’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
timna’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nimangħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
timangħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jimangħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
imna’ (imperative second-person singular)
imangħu (imperative plural second-person)
mnajtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
mnajtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
manax (masculine perfect singular third-person)
mnajniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
mnajtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
mangħux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
mnajtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
mnajtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
mangħitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
mnajniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
mnajtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
mangħux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nimnax (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
timnax (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jimnax (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nimangħux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
timangħux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jimangħux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nimnax (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
timnax (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
timnax (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nimangħux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
timangħux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jimangħux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
timnax (imperative second-person singular)
timangħux (imperative plural second-person)


jhedded

third-person masculine singular perfect of hedded


heddidt

first/second-person singular perfect of hedded


mislem

mt-noun

mislem m (plural misilmin, feminine misilma)

From Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, in dialects widely mislim). The word was inherited from Arabic as referring to a group of people with whom the Maltese remained in contact, while islam is a learned borrowing from Italian. Similarly, in other European languages, words for “Muslim” (like English Mussulman) are generally much older than the words for the religion. For the phonotactics of the plural misilmin, compare midneb.

inh

Arabic مُسْلِم


islamiku

mt-adjective

islamiku (feminine singular islamika, plural islamiċi)

islamika (feminine singular)
islamiċi (plural)
iżlamiku (alternative)


irkupptejn

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rkupptejn


ltim

mt-noun

ltim m (plural ltiema or lotom, feminine ltima, diminutive ltejjem)

ltiema (plural)
lotom (plural)
ltima (feminine)
ltejjem (diminutive)
iltim (alternative also)

From Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm) with the initial semivowel replaced with l under influence of the article, as also in Lhudi and illum.


wisq

Possibly from Arabic وُسْع (wusʕ, “that of which one is capable, one's capacity, power”), with a rare shift from għ to q, which however could be accounted for in this phonetic position. Alternatively from وَسْق (wasq, “freight, load”); compare semantically English a load of (“much”).

inh

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:

too, too much (more than is appropriate)


fergħun

mt-noun

fergħun m (plural friegħen, diminutive frejgħen)

From Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn, “pharaoh”). The tyranny of the pharaohs, especially with regard to Moses, is very much stressed in the Quran and has become proverbial in Arabic. Doublet of fargħun.

Fil-folklor tagħna x-xitan għandu diversi appellattivi jew karatteristiċi (A.F. Attard 2002): […] il-fergħun, […]

2014, Marlene Mifsud Chircop, “Ix-xitan fil-folklor Malti”, in L-Imnara: Folklor minn Malta, volume 10, number 3, BDL Publishing, →ISSN, page 31:

In our folklore, the devil has many names and characteristics (A.F. Attard 2002): […] the devil, […]


forogħ

mt-verb

forogħ (imperfect jofrogħ, past participle mifrugħ, active participle fieragħ, verbal noun frugħ or frigħ)

jofrogħ (imperfect)
mifrugħ (participle past)
fieragħ (active participle)
frugħ (noun-from-verb)
frigħ (noun-from-verb)
frogħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
frogħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
forogħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
frogħna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
frogħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
forgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
frogħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
frogħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
forgħot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
frogħna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
frogħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
forgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nofrogħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tofrogħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jofrogħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
noforgħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
toforgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
joforgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nofrogħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tofrogħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tofrogħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
noforgħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
toforgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
joforgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ofrogħ (imperative second-person singular)
oforgħu (imperative plural second-person)

Il-baħar jimla u jofrogħ.

Ix-xmajjar qed joforgħu wara l-għargħar.

The rivers are receding after the flooding.

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

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

(most often, of bodies of water) to recede, ebb


iltaqa'

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of ltaqa’


ruħ

mt-noun

ruħ f (plural erwieħ or rwieħ, diminutive rwejħa)

erwieħ (plural)
rwieħ (plural)
rwejħa (diminutive)

From Arabic رُوح (rūḥ). The expected plural is rwieħ with a post-consonantal variant irwieħ. The form erwieħ shows development of ir to er, as frequently in verbs, but otherwise not with epenthetic sounds. This unusual e- is therefore not felt as epenthetic anymore.


ruħ

ruħ- (canonical)
ruħi (first-person singular)
ruħna (first-person plural)
rwieħna (first-person plural)
ruħek (second-person singular)
ruħkom (plural second-person)
rwieħkom (plural second-person)
ruħu (masculine singular third-person)
ruħha (feminine singular third-person)
ruħhom (plural third-person)
rwieħhom (plural third-person)

Żewġi ma jinteressax ruħu fil-politika.

My husband isn’t interested in politics.

My husband doesn’t interest himself in politics.

-self, -selves; used with a pronominal suffix to form reflexive pronouns


irwieħ

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rwieħ


feddej

(chiefly Christianity) agent noun of feda: redeemer, saviour


qatgħa

From Arabic قِطْعة (qiṭʕa, “cut; piece; portion”).

inh

a cut; an instance of cutting; the resulting slit


qatgħa

mt-noun

qatgħa f (plural qatgħat or qtajja’ or qtiegħi)

qatgħat (plural)
qtajja’ (plural)
qtiegħi (plural)


salab

mt-verb

salab (imperfect jislob, past participle mislub)

jislob (imperfect)
mislub (participle past)
slabt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
slabt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
salab (masculine perfect singular third-person)
slabna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
slabtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
salbu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
slabt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
slabt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
salbet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
slabna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
slabtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
salbu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nislob (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tislob (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jislob (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisolbu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisolbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisolbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nislob (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tislob (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tislob (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisolbu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisolbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisolbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
islob (imperative second-person singular)
isolbu (imperative plural second-person)
slabtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
slabtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
salabx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
slabniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
slabtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
salbux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
slabtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
slabtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
salbitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
slabniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
slabtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
salbux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nislobx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tislobx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jislobx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisolbux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisolbux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisolbux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nislobx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tislobx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tislobx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisolbux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisolbux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisolbux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tislobx (imperative second-person singular)
tisolbux (imperative plural second-person)

(archaic) alternative form of sallab (“to crucify”)


fergħa

mt-noun

fergħa f (dual feragħtejn, plural friegħi, paucal fergħat)

feragħtejn (dual)
friegħi (plural)
fergħat (paucal)
fergħ (alternative dated)

Extension of fergħ, from Arabic فَرْع (farʕ). The original form has become rare as it is homophonous with ferħ (“joy” and “young animal”).


temtem

mt-verb

temtem (imperfect jtemtem, past participle mtemtem, verbal noun temtim)

jtemtem (imperfect)
mtemtem (participle past)
temtim (noun-from-verb)
temtimt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
temtimt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
temtem (masculine perfect singular third-person)
temtimna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
temtimtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
temtmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
temtimt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
temtimt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
temtmet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
temtimna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
temtimtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
temtmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntemtem (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttemtem (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtemtem (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntemtmu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ttemtmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtemtmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntemtem (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttemtem (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttemtem (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntemtmu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ttemtmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtemtmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
temtem (imperative second-person singular)
temtmu (imperative plural second-person)
temtimtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
temtimtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
temtemx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
temtimniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
temtimtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
temtmux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
temtimtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
temtimtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
temtmitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
temtimniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
temtimtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
temtmux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ntemtemx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ttemtemx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jtemtemx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ntemtmux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ttemtmux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jtemtmux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ntemtemx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ttemtemx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ttemtemx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ntemtmux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ttemtmux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jtemtmux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ttemtemx (imperative second-person singular)
ttemtmux (imperative plural second-person)

“Ma nafx surmast,” beda taparsi jtemtem is-Sur Cassar, “għidt forsi trid tagħtih xi istruzzjonijiet … xi twissija!”


għazz

This spelling is preferred by some to distinguish it from għads (“diving”). It appears unclear which spelling is currently the prescribed standard, but both are common.

alternative spelling of għads (“lentil”)


hellel

hellel (imperfect jhellel, past participle mhellel, verbal noun thellil)

jhellel (imperfect)
mhellel (participle past)
thellil (noun-from-verb)
hellilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
hellilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
hellel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
hellilna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
helliltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
hellu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
hellilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
hellilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
hellet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
hellilna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
helliltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
hellu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nhellel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
thellel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jhellel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nhellu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
thellu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jhellu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nhellel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
thellel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
thellel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nhellu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
thellu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jhellu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
hellel (imperative second-person singular)
hellu (imperative plural second-person)
helliltx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
helliltx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
hellilx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
hellilniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
helliltux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
hellux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
helliltx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
helliltx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
hellitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
hellilniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
helliltux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
hellux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nhellilx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
thellilx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jhellilx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nhellux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
thellux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jhellux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nhellilx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
thellilx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
thellilx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nhellux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
thellux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jhellux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
thellilx (imperative second-person singular)
thellux (imperative plural second-person)


jhellel

third-person masculine singular imperfect of hellel


hemeż

hemeż (imperfect jehmeż, past participle mehmuż)

jehmeż (imperfect)
mehmuż (participle past)
hemiżt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
hemiżt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
hemeż (masculine perfect singular third-person)
hemiżna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
hemiżtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
hemżu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
hemiżt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
hemiżt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
hemżet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
hemiżna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
hemiżtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
hemżu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nehmeż (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tehmeż (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jehmeż (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nehmżu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tehmżu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jehmżu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nehmeż (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tehmeż (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tehmeż (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nehmżu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tehmżu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jehmżu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ehmeż (imperative second-person singular)
ehmżu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic هَمَزَ (hamaza, “to squeeze, prick, prod, spur”). Originally “to pin” in Maltese, then generalised. Compare the noun hemża (“needle stich”) recorded in Vassalli’s dictionary.

inh

(transitive) to fasten; to attach; to pin


mibegħda

Either inherited from rare Arabic مَبْغَضة (mabḡaḍa, “an object or cause of hatred”) or otherwise an independent formation from bagħad with the same measure. The underlying form is *mibgħda, where -e- was inserted to break up the inadmissible consonant cluster.


ġimgħat

/d͡ʒɪˈmaˤːt/


bagħat

mt-verb

bagħat (imperfect jibgħat, past participle mibgħut)

jibgħat (imperfect)
mibgħut (participle past)
bgħatt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bgħatt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bagħat (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bgħatna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bgħattu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bagħtu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bgħatt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bgħatt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bagħtet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bgħatna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bgħattu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bagħtu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nibgħat (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibgħat (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jibgħat (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nibagħtu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tibagħtu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jibagħtu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nibgħat (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibgħat (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tibgħat (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nibagħtu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tibagħtu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jibagħtu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ibgħat (imperative second-person singular)
ibagħtu (imperative plural second-person)
bgħattx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bgħattx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
bagħatx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bgħatniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bgħattux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
bagħtux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bgħattx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bgħattx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
bagħtitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bgħatniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bgħattux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
bagħtux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nibgħatx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibgħatx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jibgħatx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nibagħtux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tibagħtux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jibagħtux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nibgħatx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibgħatx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tibgħatx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nibagħtux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tibagħtux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jibagħtux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tibgħatx (imperative second-person singular)
tibagħtux (imperative plural second-person)

Is-sema bagħatlu sabi u s-sultan żamm kelmtu!


għollieq

għollieqa (singulative)
għolliqat (paucal)
għolliqiet (paucal)

From Arabic عُلَّيْق (ʕullayq). Accordingly the more etymological spelling would seem to be (nonstandard) għolliq. The vowel phonemes /iː/ and /ɪː/ are merged before [ħ] and [ʔ].


ulied

uliedi (first-person singular)
uliedna (first-person singular)
uliedek (second-person singular)
uliedkom (second-person singular)
uliedu (masculine singular third-person)
uliedha (feminine singular third-person)
uliedhom (singular third-person)
wlied (alternative)

From Arabic أَوْلاد (ʔawlād), plural of وَلَد (walad), whence Maltese wild (“progeny”), of which ulied does not anymore function as a plural, however.

one's children; offspring
plural of iben (“son”)

one's children; offspring
plural of bint (“daughter”)


beża'

beża’ (imperfect jibża’, past participle mibżugħ, verbal noun biża’ or (obsolete) bżigħ)

beża’ (canonical)
jibża’ (imperfect)
mibżugħ (participle past)
biża’ (noun-from-verb)
bżigħ (noun-from-verb obsolete)
bżajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
bżajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
beża’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
bżajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
bżajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
beżgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
bżajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
bżajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
beżgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
bżajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
bżajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
beżgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nibża’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tibża’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jibża’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nibżgħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tibżgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jibżgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nibża’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tibża’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tibża’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nibżgħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tibżgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jibżgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ibża’ (imperative second-person singular)
ibżgħu (imperative plural second-person)
baża’ (alternative)

From Arabic فَزَعَ (fazaʕa) with b- from a development [fz] > [vz] > [bz] in some of the inflected forms (as also in qabeż). Compare Moroccan Arabic فزع (fzaʕ).

Kulħadd jibża’ u ħadd ma jabbuża jmissu!

Ejja ‘l hawn, la tibżax minni,
bil-katina ma norbtokx;
norbtok biss bl-għeruq ta’ qalbi,
f’ħajti kollha ma nħollokx.


biża'

biża’ (canonical feminine masculine)
biżgħa (alternative)

From Arabic فَزَع (fazaʕ) with irregular development of the onset (probably at first in the verb beża’, which see). Originally and still frequently masculine, but also feminine after the final [a]-sound.

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


biżgħat

plural of biżgħa (a rare variant spelling of the above)


biżgħa

(rare, possibly nonstandard) alternative spelling of biża’ (sometimes used when treated as feminine)


mbiegħed

mt-adjective

mbiegħed (feminine singular mbiegħda, plural mbiegħda or mbegħdin)

mbiegħda (feminine singular)
mbiegħda (plural)
mbegħdin (plural)
imbiegħed (alternative also)

From Arabic مُبَاعَد (mubāʕad). Past participle of biegħed (“to remove”). Compare Moroccan Arabic مباعد (mbāʕad, mbāʕid).

pajjiżi mbiegħda

Huwa mbiegħed minn Alla.


bejn

bejni (first-person singular)
bejnna (first-person plural)
bejnek (second-person singular)
bejnkom (plural second-person)
bejnu (masculine singular third-person)
bejnha (feminine singular third-person)
bejnhom (plural third-person)
bejnieti (first-person singular)
bejnietna (first-person plural)
bejnietek (second-person singular)
bejnietkom (plural second-person)
bejnietu (masculine singular third-person)
bejnietha (feminine singular third-person)
bejniethom (plural third-person)
bejniet (alternative)


wiżna

mt-noun

wiżna f (dual wiżintejn, plural użieni, paucal wiżniet)

wiżintejn (dual)
użieni (plural)
wiżniet (paucal)

a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming and household contexts, equivalent to 5 ratal, that is officially 8.75 imperial pounds (3.969 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 4 kilogrammes


ratal

From Arabic رَطْل (raṭl), from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ (rīṭlā), metathesis of ܠܝܛܪܐ (līṭrā), from Ancient Greek λῑ́τρᾱ (lī́trā).

a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in household contexts, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes


uqija

uqija f (dual uqitejn, plural ewwieq or ewieq or wieq, paucal uqijiet or uqiet)

uqitejn (dual)
ewwieq (plural)
ewieq (plural)
wieq (plural)
uqijiet (paucal)
uqiet (paucal)

From Arabic أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya), from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ (ʾūnqīyā), from Ancient Greek οὐγγία (oungía), from Latin ūncia.

a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in household contexts, equivalent to ¹⁄₃₀ of a ratal, that is officially 0.933 imperial ounces (26.46 g), now sometimes metrified informally to mean 30 grammes (which would be ³⁄₈₀ of a metrical ratal)


irtal

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rtal


għammieq

mt-adjective

għammieq (feminine singular għammieqa, plural għammieqa)

għammieqa (feminine singular)
għammieqa (plural)

Going by the spelling, from an underlying Arabic *عَمّاق (*ʕammāq), which would seem to be an intensive form of عَمِيق (ʕamīq, “deep”). However, given the vocalic mergers involving għ and q in Maltese, the root would have been liable to irregular developments. Compare għamieq (“depth”) for more.


għamieq

Probably from Arabic أَعْماق (ʔaʕmāq, “depths”), plural of عُمْق (ʕumq). Alternatively from the nominalised adjective عَمِيق (ʕamīq, “deep”), or from a blend of them. The forms would have merged phonetically in Maltese. Compare għammieq.

(literary) depth (that which is deep below; the deepest part)


ragħa

mt-verb

ragħa (imperfect jirgħa, past participle mirgħi)

jirgħa (imperfect)
mirgħi (participle past)
rgħajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rgħajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ragħa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rgħajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
rgħajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
rgħaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rgħajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rgħajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
rgħat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rgħajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
rgħajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
rgħaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nirgħa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirgħa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jirgħa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nirgħaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tirgħaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jirgħaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nirgħa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirgħa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tirgħa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nirgħaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tirgħaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jirgħaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
irgħa (imperative second-person singular)
irgħaw (imperative plural second-person)

(figurative, also religion) to tend, to lead (e.g. a congregation)

(transitive) to graze (animals), to herd


ragħa

jirgħa (imperfect)
jirgħi (imperfect)
rgħajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rgħajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ragħa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rgħajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
rgħajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
rgħaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rgħajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rgħajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
rgħat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rgħajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
rgħajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
rgħaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nirgħa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirgħa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jirgħa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nirgħaw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tirgħaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jirgħaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nirgħa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirgħa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tirgħa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nirgħaw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tirgħaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jirgħaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
irgħa (imperative second-person singular)
irgħaw (imperative plural second-person)
rgħajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rgħajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ragħa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rgħajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
rgħajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
rgħaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rgħajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rgħajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
rgħat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rgħajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
rgħajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
rgħaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nirgħi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirgħi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jirgħi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nirgħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tirgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jirgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nirgħi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirgħi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tirgħi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nirgħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tirgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jirgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
irgħi (imperative second-person singular)
irgħu (imperative plural second-person)


ragħaj

mt-noun

ragħaj m (plural ragħajja, feminine ragħajja)

Agent noun of ragħa (“to graze”). Arabic uses the active participle راعٍ (rāʕin) instead.


jirgħa

third-person masculine singular imperfect of ragħa (“to graze”)


jirgħa

third-person masculine singular imperfect of ragħa (“to foam”)


għażiż

mt-adjective

għażiż (feminine singular għażiża, plural għeżież, comparative egħżeż or agħażż)

għażiża (feminine singular)
għeżież (plural)
egħżeż (comparative)
agħażż (comparative)

From Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz). Doublet of żżiżża.


tuffiħat

paucal of tuffieħa: 2 to 10 apples; a small number of individual apples


sengħa

mt-noun

sengħa f (plural snajja’ or (rare) sengħat, diminutive snejgħa)

snajja’ (plural)
sengħat (plural rare)
snejgħa (diminutive)

From Arabic صَنْعة (ṣanʕa). The expected form would be *sangħa due to the originally emphatic ṣ, but this influence was levelled out or lost by dissimilation against the final għ (compare sejħa).


għelieqi

/ɛˤːˈlɪː.ʔɪ/


weraq

werqa (singulative)
werqtejn (dual)
werqat (paucal)
werqiet (paucal)

U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
u rix mitbiela,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


kliem

Matul it-triq kliemna kien tista’ tgħid bla sugu; tkellimna sempliċiment biex inkunu għedna xi ħaġa.

2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 61:


kelmiet

paucal of kelma: 2 to 10 words; a few individual units of speech


kelmtejn

dual of kelma: a couple of words; a short talk or introduction


ħadt

first/second-person singular perfect of ħa


bilqiegħda

sitting; in a sitting position (used with verbs like qagħad, poġġa)


xbieha

Either derived directly from Arabic شَبِيه (šabīh, “similar”), or more probably with the measure of an abstract noun شَباهة (šabāha, “likeness, similarity”), which is uncommon in Arabic itself, but could easily be formed by analogy with such pairs as نَظِيف (naẓīf) ↔ نَظافة (naẓāfa).


ebda

Ma nsabet l-ebda traċċa ta’ velenu fil-ġisem tal-mejjet.

No trace of poison was found in the dead man’s body.


iebes

mt-adjective

iebes (feminine singular iebsa, plural ibsin or ebsin, comparative ejbes)

iebsa (feminine singular)
ibsin (plural)
ebsin (plural)
ejbes (comparative)

From Arabic يَابِس (yābis). The initial /j/ was lost. Irregularities involving this consonant in initial position are common; compare jiena, jew with unetymological j-.

hard (demanding a lot of effort to endure)


għarib

mt-noun

għarib m (plural għorba, feminine għariba)

L-għarib ġie joqgħod ħdejna.


għarib

mt-adjective

għarib (feminine singular għariba, plural għorba or għariba)

għariba (feminine singular)
għorba (plural)
għariba (plural)

L-affarijiet isiru aħjar f’artijiet għorba.

Things are done better in foreign lands.

Lejn l-aħħar taż-żwieġ tagħna żewġi għamilli mistoqsija tassew għariba.

At the end of our marriage my husband asked me a really odd question.


ħasel

mt-verb

ħasel (imperfect jaħsel, past participle maħsul)

jaħsel (imperfect)
maħsul (participle past)
ħsilt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħsilt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħasel (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħsilna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħsiltu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħaslu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħsilt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħsilt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħaslet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħsilna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħsiltu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħaslu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħsel (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħsel (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħsel (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħslu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taħslu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħslu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħsel (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħsel (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħsel (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħslu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taħslu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħslu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħsel (imperative second-person singular)
aħslu (imperative plural second-person)
ħsiltx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħsiltx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħasilx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħsilniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħsiltux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħaslux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħsiltx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħsiltx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħaslitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħsilniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħsiltux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħaslux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħsilx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħsilx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħsilx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħslux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taħslux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħslux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħsilx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħsilx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħsilx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħslux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taħslux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħslux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
taħsilx (imperative second-person singular)
taħslux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic غَسَلَ (ḡasala) with irregular devoicing of the onset as also in ħafer (“to forgive”), from assimilation to the following -s- in conjugated forms.


qassata

mt-noun

qassata f (plural qsaset, paucal qassatat, diminutive qsajsta or qsajta)

qsaset (plural)
qassatat (paucal)
qsajsta (diminutive)
qsajta (diminutive)

Borrowed from Sicilian cassata, originally probably “made with cheese”, from Vulgar Latin cāseāta, from Latin cāseus. Regarding the initial q- and the plural in -at probably a rather early borrowing.

A savoury pastry or dumpling, typically filled with ricotta cheese.


jisma'

third-person masculine singular imperfect of sema’


jismax

third-person singular negative imperfect of sema’


sema'

mt-verb

sema’ (imperfect jisma’, past participle mismugħ, verbal noun smigħ)

sema’ (canonical)
jisma’ (imperfect)
mismugħ (participle past)
smigħ (noun-from-verb)
smajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
smajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sema’ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
smajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
smajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
semgħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
smajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
smajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
semgħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
smajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
smajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
semgħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nisma’ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tisma’ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jisma’ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nisimgħu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tisimgħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jisimgħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nisma’ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tisma’ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tisma’ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nisimgħu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tisimgħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jisimgħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
isma’ (imperative second-person singular)
isimgħu (imperative plural second-person)
sama’ (alternative)

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

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

Wissejthom, imma ma semgħux minni.

I warned them, but they wouldn’t listen to me.

to listen to (someone’s advice or admonition), to heed [with minn]


qablu

third-person masculine singular pronominal form of of qabel: before him


qabilha

third-person feminine singular pronominal form of qabel: before her


smajt

first/second-person singular perfect of sema’


milgħaqa

From Arabic مِلْعَقة (milʕaqa, “spoon”, literally “licking tool”).
A more etymological spelling would be milagħqa, because the underlying form is *milgħqa, where -a- was inserted to break up the inadmissible consonant cluster (as similarly in mibegħda). The spelling milgħaqa implies an Arabic *مِلْعاقة (*milʕāqa). However, Maltese does not apply the etymological principle slavishly.


milgħaqiet

/mɪ.laˤːˈʔɪːt/


kuċċarina

From a diminutive of Sicilian cucciara, cucchiara, from Latin cochlearium, ultimately from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlĭ́ās, “snail”).


blata

singulative of blat: a rock, piece of rock


nagħniegħ

From Arabic نَعْناع (naʕnāʕ), from Hurrian.


biex

Inherited from dialectal North African Arabic. By surface analysis, b’ + *iex. Cognate with Moroccan Arabic and Tunisian Arabic باش (bāš, “so that”).

cog

(final) so that; in order that; often rather expressed in English with to + infinitive


jidher

third-person singular imperfect of deher


setgħa

Verbal noun of seta’ (“can, be able”), itself from a reanalysis of Arabic اِسْتَطاعَ (istaṭāʕa). Semantically without doubt after Italian potere (“can, be able”, and as a noun “power, might, authority”), or rather its Sicilian equivalent putiri. Compare also Italian potenza, from Latin potentia. All eventually from posse (“can, be able”).

der

Arabic اِسْتَطاعَ (istaṭāʕa)

Ġesù resaq ikellimhom u qalilhom: “Lili ngħatat kull setgħa fis-sema u fl-art. […]

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 28:18:

New International Version translation: Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. […]

U l-Mulej qal lil Mosè: “Meta int tmur lura l-Eġittu, qis li tagħmel quddiem il-Fargħun il-mirakli li jien tajtek is-setgħa li tagħmel; iżda jien inwebbislu qalbu, u ma jħallix il-poplu jitlaq.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 4:21:

New International Version translation: The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.


ngħata

jingħata (imperfect)
ngħatajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ngħatajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ngħata (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ngħatajna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ngħatajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ngħataw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ngħatajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ngħatajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ngħatat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ngħatajna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ngħatajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ngħataw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ningħata (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tingħata (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jingħata (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ningħataw (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tingħataw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jingħataw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ningħata (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tingħata (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tingħata (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ningħataw (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tingħataw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jingħataw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ngħata (imperative second-person singular)
ngħataw (imperative plural second-person)
ingħata (alternative dated)

Ġesù resaq ikellimhom u qalilhom: Lili ngħatat kull setgħa fis-sema u fl-art.

King James Version translation: And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying: All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.


jingħata

third-person singular imperfect of ngħata


jobgħod

third-person masculine singular imperfect of bagħad


għira

From Arabic غَيْرة (ḡayra, “jealousy, jealous zeal”), widely also pronounced غِيرة (ḡīra) in dialects, which is the underlying form in Maltese (the modern diphthong being due to the influence of the għ).


għajjur

mt-adjective

għajjur (feminine singular għajjura, plural għajjurin)

għajjura (feminine singular)
għajjurin (plural)

From Arabic غَيُور (ḡayūr, “jealous, zealous”).


milsa

From Italian milza or perhaps a Sicilian equivalent, from Lombardic Old High German milzi, from Proto-Germanic *miltiją.


sagħtar

sagħtra (singulative)
sagħtriet (paucal)

From Arabic صَعْتَر (ṣaʕtar), variant of زَعْتَر (zaʕtar, “thyme”).

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

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


għaqda

Singulative derivation from Arabic عَقْد (ʕaqd, “tying, binding, contracting”).

union (institution or commitment by which two or more persons become united, e.g. marriage)

society, alliance, league, club (body of members formally organised for some purpose)

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!


heżżeż

mt-verb

heżżeż (imperfect jheżżeż, past participle mheżżeż, verbal noun theżżiż or tehżiż)

jheżżeż (imperfect)
mheżżeż (participle past)
theżżiż (noun-from-verb)
tehżiż (noun-from-verb)
ħeżżiżt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħeżżiżt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħeżżeż (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħeżżiżna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħeżżiżtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħeżżu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħeżżiżt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħeżżiżt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħeżżet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħeżżiżna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħeżżiżtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħeżżu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħeżżeż (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħeżżeż (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħeżżeż (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħeżżu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tħeżżu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħeżżu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħeżżeż (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħeżżeż (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħeżżeż (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħeżżu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tħeżżu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħeżżu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ħeżżeż (imperative second-person singular)
ħeżżu (imperative plural second-person)
ħeżżiżtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħeżżiżtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħeżżiżx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħeżżiżniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħeżżiżtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħeżżux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħeżżiżtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħeżżiżtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħeżżitx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħeżżiżniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħeżżiżtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħeżżux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nħeżżiżx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tħeżżiżx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jħeżżiżx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nħeżżux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tħeżżux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jħeżżux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nħeżżiżx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tħeżżiżx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tħeżżiżx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nħeżżux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tħeżżux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jħeżżux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
tħeżżiżx (imperative second-person singular)
tħeżżux (imperative plural second-person)
heżheż (alternative dated)


jagħlaq

third-person singular imperfect of għalaq


magħluq

mt-past participle

magħluq (feminine magħluqa, plural magħluqa or magħluqin)

magħluqa (feminine)
magħluqa (plural)
magħluqin (plural)

bibien magħluqa


muġugħ

mt-adjective

muġugħ (feminine singular muġugħa, plural muġugħin)

muġugħa (feminine singular)
muġugħin (plural)


bħalma

From bħal (“like, as”) + ma (“that, which”). Compare Moroccan Arabic بحال ما (bḥāl ma).

Kunu mela perfetti, bħalma hu perfett Missierkom li hu fis-smewwiet.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 5:48:

King James Version translation: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.


jaqbad

third-person singular imperfect of qabad


jgħallem

third-person singular imperfect of għallem


jitgħallem

third-person singular imperfect of tgħallem


ħeba

mt-verb

ħeba (imperfect jaħbi, past participle moħbi, verbal noun ħabi)

jaħbi (imperfect)
moħbi (participle past)
ħabi (noun-from-verb)
ħbejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħbejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħeba (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħbejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ħbejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħbew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħbejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħbejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħbiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħbejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ħbejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħbew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
naħbi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
taħbi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jaħbi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
naħbu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
taħbu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jaħbu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
naħbi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
taħbi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
taħbi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
naħbu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
taħbu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jaħbu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
aħbi (imperative second-person singular)
aħbu (imperative plural second-person)
ħaba (alternative)


nħeba

jinħeba (imperfect)
nħbejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
nħbejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
nħeba (masculine perfect singular third-person)
nħbejna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
nħbejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
nħbew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
nħbejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
nħbejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
nħbiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
nħbejna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
nħbejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
nħbew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninħeba (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinħeba (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinħeba (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninħbew (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
tinħbew (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinħbew (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninħeba (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinħeba (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinħeba (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninħbew (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
tinħbew (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinħbew (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
nħeba (imperative second-person singular)
nħbew (imperative plural second-person)
inħeba (alternative also)

mediopassive of ħeba: to be hidden, hiding


daqshekk

(with past verb) enough; for far too long already; to the limit (such that one must stop now)


denfil

From a dialectal variant of Arabic دَرْفِيل (darfīl), دُلْفِين (dulfīn), which also underlies in Moroccan Arabic دنفيل (danfīl). Ultimately from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís).


rgħib

mt-adjective

rgħib (feminine singular rgħiba, plural rgħab or rgħiba, diminutive rgħajjeb)

rgħiba (feminine singular)
rgħab (plural)
rgħiba (plural)
rgħajjeb (diminutive)

From Arabic رَغِيب (raḡīb, “desirous, voracious”).

inh

greedy, avaricious, stingy (eager to possess)


regħba

From Arabic رَغْبَة (raḡba, “wish, desire”).

ragħba (alternative obsolete)
rogħba (alternative obsolete)

greed, avarice, stinginess (desire to possess)


ġebel

From Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain, rock”).

U Ġakobb waqqaf plier fejn kien kellmu, plier tal-ġebel; u raxxax l-inbid fuqu u sawwab iż-żejt.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 35:14:

King James Version translation: And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.


ġebel

(now chiefly in placenames or in the plural) a mountain


ġebliet

/d͡ʒɛbˈlɪːt/

paucal of ġebla: 2 to 10 stones; a small number of individual stones


ħaġriet

/ħad͡ʒˈrɪːt/

paucal of ħaġar: 2 to 10 stones; a small number of individual stones


Fariżew

Borrowed from Italian fariseo, from Latin Pharisaeus, from Ancient Greek Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaîos), from Aramaic פְּרִישַׁיָּא (pərīšayyāʾ).

der

פְּרִישַׁיָּא

Aramaic פְּרִישַׁיָּא (pərīšayyāʾ)


bewsiet

paucal of bewsa: 2 to 10 kisses; a small number of individual kisses


nofs

mt-noun

nofs m (plural nofsijiet or (only in sense 3) nfas)

From Arabic نُصْف (nuṣf) with metathesis.

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

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

half (one of two parts, especially when equal)

middle (area where two equal halves meet)

(historical units of measurement) a unit of volume:

for spirits, equivalent to 2 terz, that is officially one imperial pint (568.3 mL).

for milk and oil, equivalent to 2 terz, that is officially 22+¹⁄₂ imperial fluid ounces (639.3 mL).


xagħriet

paucal of xagħar: 2 to 10 hairs; a small number of individual hairs