tela'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tela"

Maltese

Root
t-l-għ
23 terms

Alternative forms

• tala’

Etymology

From Arabic طَلَعَ (ṭalaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.la/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.laˤ/ (archaic)

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Verb

tela’ (imperfect jitla’, past participle mitlugħ, active participle tiela’, verbal noun tlugħ or tligħ)

1. to ascend; to rise; to soar; to climb up (move to a higher position)

   Synonym: għola

   Antonym: niżel

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

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to be under construction
3. to be leavened
4. to be elected
5. to be promoted
6. to go somewhere

Conjugation

Conjugation of tela’

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	tlajt	tlajt	tela’		tlajna	tlajtu	telgħu
	f			telgħet
imperfect	m	nitla’	titla’	jitla’		nitilgħu	titilgħu	jitilgħu
	f			titla’
imperative			itla’				itilgħu