għela
Maltese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editRoot |
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għ-l-j (boiling) |
2 terms |
From Arabic غَلَى (ḡalā), يَغْلِي (yaḡlī, “to boil”).
Verb
editgħela (imperfect jagħli)
- (intransitive, of a liquid) to boil; to be boiled
- Synonym: tgħalla
- (intransitive, of a person) to be bitter; to feel bitterness
Conjugation
editConjugation of għela | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | għelejt | għelejt | għela | għelejna | għelejtu | għelew | |
f | għeliet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nagħli | tagħli | jagħli | nagħlu | tagħlu | jagħlu | |
f | tagħli | |||||||
imperative | agħli | agħlu |
Etymology 2
editRoot |
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għ-l-j (expensiveness) |
3 terms |
From Arabic غَلَا (ḡalā), يَغْلُو (yaḡlū, “to rise in price”).
Verb
editgħela (imperfect jagħli)
Usage notes
edit- This sense is now usually covered by the originally unrelated but phonetically similar verb għola.
Conjugation
editConjugation of għela | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | għelejt | għelejt | għela | għelejna | għelejtu | għelew | |
f | għeliet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nagħli | tagħli | jagħli | nagħlu | tagħlu | jagħlu | |
f | tagħli | |||||||
imperative | agħli | agħlu |
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 intransitive verbs
- Maltese form-I verbs
- Maltese final-weak form-I verbs
- Maltese final-weak verbs
- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-l-j (expensiveness)
- Maltese dated terms