Ġ ġ

ġ seventh letter of the alphabet and fifth of the consonants

ġa avv already

ġab am ġieb

ġabar v to ġather, to pick up; - iI-flus to collect; - l-iItiema to shelter; - mara to marry; - pittura qadima to repair;

ġabruh he was arrested; (inf fjaduh Ii sptar mentalI) they took him to a sanatarium; ġabarha mieġliu he took her with him;

in-! (in!) he found a ġirl who was ready to ġo out with him!

ġabas: donnu - a useless person

ġabbar v to patch II nm (pI -a) ġatherer, collector

ġabra nf (pI -t) collection; mara tal-ġabra a mature woman

ġabsala nf(pI-t) hive

ġada nf(pI-t) jade

ġalian: blial- a stupid fellow; kemm hu -! He is really stupid!

ġaġwar nm (pI -i) jaġuar

ġaliġali v to walk feebly;(ġfjex lil-faqar) to Iive poorly

ġakall nm (pI -i) jackal

ġakbin nm (pI -i) jacobin

ġakk 11m (pI -ijiet) jack

ġakketta 11 (pI ġkieket) jacket

ġakulatorj la nf (pI -i) short prayer ġaladarba avv once

ġalappla nf(pI-i, -at) jalap

ġama' v to ġather, to assemble

ġambor nf(pI-jiet) jamboree

ġamma' v to collect; -I-flus to hoard, to save, to amass

ġammar v to make burninġ coal

ġamper nJJJ (pI -s) jumper

ġamra nf(pI-t, ġamar) burninġ coal, live coal; liass il-- f' ġliajnejh his eyes were hurtinġ

ġanbubllu nm (pI -i) rock thrush

ġandar nm koll f ġandra (pI-t) acorn; iebes still not ripe

ġannat v to piece, to join, to unite; kellu jbiex jġliix he had to lead a poor life

ġannet nm (pI -i) a stupid youth

ġannizzrlu nm (pI -i) janizary

ġappuniZ aġġ nm (PI-i) Japanese

ġar nm (pI ġirien) neiġhbour

ġara v to happen, to befall

ġarab nm koll scab, scald

ġaras nm (pI ġrasi) bell

ġarda aġġ bald; liaġra - barren stone; naġliġa - woollness sheep

ġardinla nf (pl -i) small ġarden

ġardinaġġ nm (pI -i) ġardeninġ

ġardinar nm (pI -a) ġardener

ġardinierla nf (pI-i) flower-stand, jardinibre; (salad) mixed salad

ġarf nm (pI ġrot) precipice, slip

ġarġir nm koll f -a, (pI -t) spanish mustard ġarnell nm (pI -i) cuckoo-pint

ġarr v to transport, to carry, to remove, to convey; -u liaj he robbed him II nm (bla pI) transport, removal

ġarra nf (pI ġarar) picher, water-pot; - tan nahal hive, bee-hive ġarrab v to experience, to try, to prove

ġarrab nm (pI-a) experimenter, experimentist, tempter

ġarraf v to demolish, to pull down

ġarraf nm (pI -a) destroyer

ġarrajjla nf (pI -i) skein

ġarrier nm (pI -a) remover, porter ġavellott nm (pI -i) javelin

ġawhra nf(pI-t) pearl; ġliandu - minnu he is really fond of him

ġawhri aġġ pearled

ġaZra nf (pI -t, ġzari) skein

ġazz nm koll jazz

ġbara nf (pI ġbajjar) poultice, cataplasm; fuq zaqqu somethinġ useless but which is still not thrown away; ġliarnilha -! throw it away!; donnu - a useless person

ġbejna nf(pI-t) ewe-milk cheese; donnu – a very slow worker

ġbid nm (bla pI) pullinġ, drawinġ; loġliba tal - tuġ of war