għolla
Maltese
editRoot |
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għ-l-j (height) |
6 terms |
Etymology
editFrom Arabic عَلَّى (ʕallā, “to raise”). The sense “raise the price of” was transferred from għalla, from the originally unrelated Arabic غَلَّى (ḡallā).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgħolla (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
editConjugation 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
editCategories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-l-j (height)
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese terms spelled with Għ
- Maltese form-II verbs
- Maltese final-weak form-II verbs
- Maltese final-weak verbs