għamel

Maltese

Root
għ-m-l
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaː.mɛl/
IPA^(key): /ˈaˤː.mɛl/ (archaic)
Homophone: agħmel

Verb

għamel (imperfect jagħmel, past participle magħmul, verbal noun għamil)

to do, to make
Synonym: (obsolete) fagħal

Il-mastrudaxxa qed tagħmel sodda. ― The carpenter is making a bed.
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:
  Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
  u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
  ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
  qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to make (somebody do something)
Synonym: ġiegħel
to happen
to organise
Synonyms: tella’, organizza

Il-kappillan se jagħmel ħarġa għat-tfal.
The parish priest is going to organise an outing for children.
to spend (time)
Għamilna sena Ljubljana u sena oħra Madrid.
We spent one year in Ljubljana and another year in Madrid.
to leak, to spring
to perform
to play (act in a performance) [with -ha ‘dummy object’ and ta’]
Tagħmilha t’inġiniera f’dal-film.
She is playing the role of an engineer in this movie.
to like very much [with għal ‘something’]
Tagħmel għall-imqarrun. ― She likes macaroni very much.
to place, to put
Synonyms: qiegħed, poġġa, xeħet, tefa’

Agħmlu hemm. ― Put it there.
to bear fruit
Ix-xogħol qed jagħmel ħafna frott. ― The labour is bearing fruit.
to cultivate
to wet [with f’]
to consider, to believe
- 1986, Salvatore Frendo De Mannarino, chapter VIII, in Barunissa Maltija, page 51:
  [...] l-istorja ta’ xi gwerrier li ommu u niesu kienu għamlu mejjet [...]
  [...] the story of a warrior whose mother and people considered him to be dead [...]
to do (something) [with ma’ or għal ‘for someone’]
Ma tapprezzax dak kollu li għamilt miegħek.
You don’t appreciate everything I did for you.
to fall under [with ma’]
Iż-Żurrieq jagħmel mal-ħames distrett elettorali.
Żurrieq falls under the fifth electoral district.
to attack [with għal]
Synonyms: attakka, ħebb

Ix-xufier ħareġ mill-karozza u għamel għall-passiġġier.
The driver got out of the car and attacked the passenger.
to imitate [with bħal]
Għala qed tagħmel bħali? ― Why are you imitating me?
to do a favour or wrong [with lil]
Għamilna pjaċir lill-ġenituri tagħna. ― We did our parents a favour.
to pretend [with -ha ‘dummy object’ and tabirruħ]
Għamilha tabirruħu marid. ― He pretended to be sick.
to make it [with -ha ‘dummy object’]
Għamilha! ― He made it!

Conjugation

Conjugation of **għamel**
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	għamilt	għamilt	għamel	għamilna	għamiltu	għamlu
perfect	f	għamilt	għamilt	għamlet	għamilna	għamiltu	għamlu
imperfect	m	nagħmel	tagħmel	jagħmel	nagħmlu	tagħmlu	jagħmlu
imperfect	f	nagħmel	tagħmel	tagħmel	nagħmlu	tagħmlu	jagħmlu
imperative			agħmel			agħmlu