qalb

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔalp/

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَلْب (qalb). The feminine gender in Maltese is unusual since the Arabic etymon is masculine, its form is that of a masculine, and even the Romance equivalents (Sicilian cori, Italian cuore) are masculine. One might suspect influence by the semantically related ras (“head”) and ruħ (“soul”), which are feminine; but this is mere conjecture.

Noun

qalb f (plural qlub)

(also anatomy) heart
Synonym: qalba
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:
  X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
  ja Sena Ġdida?
  Ah! biegħed minna
  il-għelt, il-ġlied,
  id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
  rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
  rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
  ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
  ġibilna l-għaqda,
  ġibilna s-sliem,
  ġibilna l-ħelsien!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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)
- 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
  Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
  li dejjem ta’ kull sena
  titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
  u kull April tinbena,
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	m	f	plural
1^st person	qalbi		qalbna
2^nd person	qalbek		qalbkom
3^rd person	qalbu	qalbha	qalbhom

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَلْبَ (qalba).

Preposition

qalb

amongst

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

Noun

qalb (plural qalblar)

heart