għalla
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Maltese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Root |
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għ-l-j (boiling) |
2 terms |
From Arabic غَلَّى (ḡallā), causative of غَلَى (ḡalā), يَغْلِي (yaḡlī), whence Maltese għela (“to boil, be boiled”).
Verb
[edit]għalla (imperfect jgħalli)
- (transitive) to boil (a liquid); to cause to boil; to cook by boiling
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of għalla | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | għallejt | għallejt | għalla | għallejna | għallejtu | għallew | |
f | għalliet | |||||||
imperfect | m | ngħalli | tgħalli | jgħalli | ngħallu | tgħallu | jgħallu | |
f | tgħalli | |||||||
imperative | għalli | għallu |
Etymology 2
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għ-l-j (expensiveness) |
3 terms |
From Arabic غَلَّى (ḡallā), causative of غَلَا (ḡalā), يَغْلُو (yaḡlū), whence Maltese għela (“to rise in price”).
Verb
[edit]għalla (imperfect jgħalli)
- (transitive, dated) to raise the price of; to make something more expensive
Usage notes
[edit]- This sense is now usually covered by the originally unrelated but phonetically similar verb għolla.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of għalla | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | għallejt | għallejt | għalla | għallejna | għallejtu | għallew | |
f | għalliet | |||||||
imperfect | m | ngħalli | tgħalli | jgħalli | ngħallu | tgħallu | jgħallu | |
f | tgħalli | |||||||
imperative | għalli | għallu |
Etymology 3
[edit]Root |
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għ-l-l (harvesting) |
2 terms |
Noun
[edit]għalla f (dual għalltejn, plural għalliet)
Noun
[edit]Categories:
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-l-j (boiling)
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese terms spelled with Għ
- Maltese transitive verbs
- Maltese form-II verbs
- Maltese final-weak form-II verbs
- Maltese final-weak verbs
- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-l-j (expensiveness)
- Maltese dated terms
- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-l-l (harvesting)
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese feminine nouns