qalb
Maltese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
qalb f (plural qlub)
Inflection edit
| Inflected forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | qalbi | qalbna | |
| 2nd person | qalbek | qalbkom | |
| 3rd person | qalbu | qalbha | qalbhom |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Preposition edit
qalb
Uzbek edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
qalb (plural qalblar)