għolla
Maltese edit
Root |
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għ-l-j (height) |
6 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic عَلَّى (ʕallā, “to raise”). The sense “raise the price of” was transferred from għalla, from the originally unrelated Arabic غَلَّى (ḡallā).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
għolla (imperfect jgħolli, past participle mgħolli)
- to raise; to lift (move something to a higher position)
- Synonym: tella’
- to raise (an amount, rate, tax, etc.)
- to raise the price of; to make something more expensive
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of għolla | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | għollejt | għollejt | għolla | għollejna | għollejtu | għollew | |
f | għolliet | |||||||
imperfect | m | ngħolli | tgħolli | jgħolli | ngħollu | tgħollu | jgħollu | |
f | tgħolli | |||||||
imperative | għolli | għollu |
See also edit
Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-l-j (height)
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 2-syllable words
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- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese terms spelled with Għ
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- Maltese final-weak verbs