Dd د

d fourth letter of the alphabet and third of the consonants

dan, dana pron this

dab داب v to melt; dab wara xi ħadd - he really fell in love with someone

dabbar دبّر v to ulcerate; (patta għal) to remedy, to repair; (irranga) to mend;

dabbarha دبّرها - he earned a good sum of money

II nill (pI -a) mender

dabra nf (pI -t) ulcer, pimple, abscess, car buncle

dadla nf(pl -i, -at) dice

dafar v to braid

dafra nf (pI -t, dfarl) tress, knot, garland; tewm bunch of garħc; - xagħar tress dagla nf(pl-i) dagger, poniard

dagerrotip nill (pI -i) daguerre dagerrotipija nf(bla pI) daguerreotype, early kind of photography

dagħa دعا v to blaspheme, to curse;

ma tarax tidgħi ما تراش تدعي - pitch dark

II nill (bla pI) blasphemy;

dagħa jfarrak il-gebel دعا يفرّك الجبل - a lot of blasphemy

dagħj nill (pI -ja) swearer, blasphemer

dagħbien nf (pI dgħaben) hurricane, whirl, boisterous wind; (fetħa) cleft, crevice

dagħdagħ دغدغ v to rage, to cause great violence or intensity

dagħdigħ nill (pI -at) rage, great anger

dagħmi agggloomy, dark

dagħmien agg dun

dagħwa دعوى nf (pl dagħwat) swear, blasphemy, curse; ikrah - very ugly;

għandu dagħwa fuqu he is so unlucky!

dahar ضهر nill (pI dhur) back; (Notice Tripoħ accent)

dahru mal-ħajt cornered;

kollox fuq dahru - he will be held responsible for everything;

qala' dahru - he really got tired;

minn wara dahru - behind his back;

dahar ma' - touching;

minn fuq dahru - at his expense;

tah dahru he - ignored him

daħak ضحك v to laugħ;

daħak bi daħak - to cheat;

daħak lu he did not reprove him;

daħak bil-qalb - he had a good laugħ

daħal v to enter; - fih innifsu he meditated; iI-hin it is getting late; - id-dar he entered his fiancee's house (for the first time); x'jidhollu u johroglu? what does he care?; - 'il gewwa things compħcated themselves further;

daħal fil-ħamsin (sittin, ecc) he's in his fifties (sixties, etc)

daIiħak vto make one laugħ II nill (pI-a) jester

daħħal v to introduce, to enter; (iI-flus ecc) to

gain; -hom he earned some good money II nill (pI -a) introducer

daħħan v to fumigate, to smoke II nill (pI -a) smoker

daħka nf(pI daIik) laugħ, smile laugħter; daIik fil-wii:c an obvious deception; affarljiet taddaħk not serious problems; qasmu bid-daħk he killed him with laugħter

daħkan agg pprei laugħing, smiħng

daħla nf(pl-t) entry, entrance, inlet, aperture daħna nf(pI-t) smoke, fume

dajn nill f -a (pI -at) deer

dajna nf (pI -t) shell, conch

dak pron he, that; - u l-ieħor all the people;

Ii għandu that's his only defect

dakar nill (pI dkur) nautilus

dakkar nf(pl-a) caprificator

dakra nf(pI-t) caprification

dalam v to grow dark

dalħin a vv now, at present

daħ a vv frequently, very often

daljla nf (pI -i, -at) dahħa

dallam v to darken, to obscure, to benigħt dallejl a vv tonigħt

dalma nf(pl-t) darkness, obscurity dalmatikla nf(pl-i) dalmatic

dalwaqt avv soon, at once

dam v to delay

damla nf(pI-i) lady

damask nill (pl-ijiet) damask

damaskat agg damasked

damdam v to sound, to resound

damdim nill f -a (pI -at) resonance, resound damerin nill (pI -i) beau, dandy

damigelħa nf(pl-i) maid of honour II nm (pI -at) demijohn

damm v to gather, to string, to thread; - iIqoton to seperate cotton from the cocoon

damma nf(pl-t) collection, compilation

dukessla nf (PI -i) duchess.

dukkar nrn f -a (pI -t) wild fig

duleb nrn (pI dwieleb) bolter

dulur nrn (pI -i) sorrow; qisha d-D-i a very worried wornan

Dumnikan nrn (pI -i) Domenican

dundjan nrn (pI -i) turkey

dupħkat aid; pp dupħcate

dupħkatur nrn (pI -i) dupħcator dupħkazzjoni nf(pI-jiet) dupħcation duqqajs nrn koll f -a (pI-t) hive, bee hive duqqajsa nf (pI -t) queen bee

dura nf (pI -t) hut !

durbies nrn (pI driebes) ħon; dieb bħal - he ran as fast as a ħon

durrajsa nf(pI-t) corn bunting; - bajda snow bunting; - qastnija rustic bunting; - qerqnija ħttle bunting; - rasha sewda black-headed bunting;

- safra yellow b\lnting; - tan-nord lapland bunting

dussies nrn (pI -ijiet) spindle dutrina ara dottrina

duttur nrn (PI-i) doctor; dak - a haugħty person

duwa nf (PI -t) medicine; - tal-Madalena a helpful balsam

duwal nrn (pI -i) dual

duwaħZmlu nrn (pI -i) duaħsm

dvemla nf (pI -i) chop-house; għamel -a he put things upside down

dwal v to grow brigħt, to ħgħten, to brigħten dwanla nf (pI -i) customs; id- -a customs house

dwanier nrn (pI -i) customs agent

dwar n (PI ta'dawr) about

dwar avv about, near about

dwejjaq n (pI ta' diqa) sadness

dwejra nf(pI-t) small house, cottage dwell nrn (pI -ijiet) duel

dwellant agg pprei duelħng

dwelħst nrn (pI -i) duelħst

dwett nrn (pI -i) duet; fihom - they really get on well together