Qq
ق
q twenty
first letter of the alphabet, sixteenth of the consonants and third of the
gutturals
qabad vto
take, to hold, to keep; (issekwestra)
to seize,
to confiscate; (beda) to begin; (11a
n-nar)
to kindle, to take
fire; (fehem) to perceive,
to
understand; (g11ameII-g11eruq)to
take
root; - bis-snien to catch with the teeth; - fib to assault, to assail; -
il-kelmato take
one at
his word; -fil-waqt to surprise, to
catch; -
ix-xogholtobegintowork;-I-art
to come
to shore; -ha fuq -' he started to
speak
about -; -fih he punched him; (beda
jal1dem)
he started to work;
- tal-linjahe
caught
the bus; - mieghu he started to tease
him <\
qabar nm
(ploqbra) grave; tomb; blata ta' 1--
grave-stone,
tomb-stone; - imbajjad a hypocrite;
sa
jibaghtu 1-- he inflicts him great
pains
qabbad v
to tie, to bind, to fasten; (gieg11ellil
min
jg11addi minn) to
cause to undertake;
(impjega)
to employ; (ipprovoka)
to provoke;
- in-nar
to light fire; - it-triq to put in
the way,
to direct
qabbadi agg
combustible, inflammable
qabbel v
to adapt, to fit; (xi nagam'onra) to
compare,
to match; (ikkonfronta) to confront;
(irrima)
to rhyme; (kera jew
ta biIkera)
to let
out a ground
qabbez v
to make one jump; (gnadda) to surpass
sb in an
unfair way; min qabbzu? who
told him
to get involved?
qabbiel nm
(pI -a) he that compares, resembles;
(dak
lijirrima) rhymer
qabbieli agg
comparable
qabbiez nm
(pI-a) jumper, leaper
qabbieza:mara
-a tart
qabbieZi agg
quick, active, brisk
qabda nf(pI-t)
capture; (ponn) handful; fihit
is quite
big; bil-- a lot
qabel v
to accord; (f'xi somma, ecc) to tally;
(kien anjar gnalih) to suit; (irrima)
to be in
rhyme;
hemm jaqbel up there the wind is
more
strong; fejnjaqbel qabbel make business
where it
pays back
qabel avv
before, first; - il-waqt before the
time; -
mabefore that; -xejn first of all
qabez vto
bound, to leap; (11alla barra) to omit,
to leave
out; (J-g11eneb) to get sour; -fuqu
he tried
to stop him from speaking; -fuqha
(in/) he wanted to make love with her;
qabZitlukelmahe
saidwhathewasnot supposed
to say; -
gJialihhe stood by him;
qabla nf(pI
qwiebel) midwife
qabru nm
(pI qwabar) crab; Iura blial - he is
getting
worse
qabs nm
(pI qbies) fagot, faggot
qabz:
-liadid irrelevant words
qabia nf(pI-t)
leap, jump, bound; qabez -he
dived
into the water; qabez - sai-Zejtun
(ecc) he
just went to Zejtun (etc) for a few
minutes
qaccatvto
prune;(mabaqaxjaqtajto blunt;
(qala'
mill-qiegn) to
uproot, to eradicate; -
'il barra
to expel, to drive out
qada nf
(bla pI) the sentence of court;
(sfortuna)
misery, misfortune;
(id-destin)
fate,
destiny; donnu 1-- miegJiek you are
very
unfortunate; narrahjigik -be damned!
qadd nm
(pI qdud) waist; fuq -u courageous,
daring;
fuq -u courageously; qam fuq - he
stood up
qaddam vto
advance; (hemei) to hew with an
adze
qaddeb v
to whip
qadded v
to dry up; (raqqaq) to make lean, to
emanciate;
(iamm jistenna) to detain, to
keep
waiting
qaddej nm
(pI -ja) servant,waiter
qaddem v
to make old
qaddes v
to sanctify, to saint, to canonize;
(iccelebra
I-quddiesa) to
celebrate mass
qaddiefnm
(pI-a) rower, puller, boatman
qaddies nm
(pI -a) officiatingpriest
qaddis agg
nm (pI -in) holy, saint, religious;
bil--
password; mimli sa -u fulI to the brim;
minn -u
his mannerisms; -u helde jghid he
thinks
that is the proper way; tab fuq -u he
gave him
a sound beating
qaddisin
ara qaddis; bil-- he has friends who
are in
power
qadef v
to row; -ghal sidru to work hard, to
toil;
-ghal rasu he worked egoistically
qadfa nf
(pI -t) rowing,row
qadi nm
(PIa pI) service; qisu - he always
looks and
scans around
qadib nm
(pI qodbien) branch, bough;(stikka
igJjjra)
rod, switch, wand
qadim agg
old, ancient; il-- zomm mieghu
things
made the old way last more
qadja nf
(pI -t) business, affair, service, errand.
,
qaduma nf(pl
-tIqdajjem) adz, adze
qafas nm
(P/oqsfa) cage, aviary; - tas-sider
thorax,
chest; -'ta' bastiment carcass, car- case
qafel v
to lock, to hasp, to shut up; (buttuna)
to
button;(cintorin) to buckle;(Jazz)to tie;
qa1luh
they took him to pison; (fi sptar taImoM)
they took
him to a sanatarium
qafiznm
(pI qof:ia)half a barre;
qa1lanf
(pI -tIqfieli) lace, string
qagJiad v
to stand, to stop, to stay; (ikkuntenta)
to
please; (nalla) to consent, to admit, to
allow; (intefa'
bilqiegnda) to sit down;
(baqa')
to remain, to
abide; - bilwieqfa to
stand up;
- fuq il-bajd to incubate; - ilmejda
to sit
dow at table; -ghalih to live
alone;
-gharkobbtejh to kneel (down); -
ma' to
cohabit, to dwell together; mur
oqghod
bih! he is such a nuisance!; -
b'seba'
ghajnejn fuqu he watched on him
closely;
ejja oqghod! inter come to see us
whenever
you want; (b'mod ironiku) that
is very
intelligent of you!; liallieha toqghod
he did no
touch it again for some time
qaghda nf(pI-t)
position, posture; (post tarresidenza)
abode,
residence, stay
qaghwara
ara qawwara
qaghweg ara
kaghweg
qaliba nf(pI
qliab)prostitute,whore;(pegg)a
promisciuous
woman
qaliliab v
to prostitute
qaliqali v
to hack
qajd nm
(pI qjud/qjad) fetter, shackle;-ta' 1-
idejn
manacle
qajjar v
to dry up
qajjel v
to open
qaU
qajjem v
to lift up; (miIJ-irqad) to wake up
(sesswalment)
to rouse; (manifestazzjoni
to
excite, to incite
qajla nf(pI-t)
rest; bil-- slowly, gently; bil--
il--
softly softly
qajsum nm
koll f -a (pI-at) lavander Cotton
qajzlunm
(pI -ijiet) smalI pig
qal v to
say, to telI, to talk; fehem (mexa, ecc
inghid!
he realIy understood (walked, etc)
stajt
m'ghidtux yes, you're very right; 18
x'naf
inghid? you know what?; - bib hI
spoke
badly about him; nghid jien, ikoll
nghid in
my opinion; ghidli x'int tiekol
tixrob
that food/drink is realIy good; ghllJ
tghid you
know; IiI min tghid? he does no
listen to
you; kellu xi jghid he had an argu
ment with
sb; min kellujghidlu? who coul(
forsee
what was going to happen?; f'kemn
ill
nghidlek in a few moments; nghidu alini
for
instance
qala nf(pl
-t) inlet, cove, armlet
qala' v
to pulI off, to draw off; (ivvomta) t(
vomit, to
spew; - miIl-a.I1to pull up; .
minghand
to acquire, to gain; -mill-gJierc
to root
up; -minn talit I-art to unbury; .
minn xi
mkien to remove; -qllijja' to lie; .
sinna to
draw a tooth; jaqlaghha u jikolhl
he does
not earn much
qala' nm
(pI qlugh) sail; - tal-gabjathemair
top sail;
- tal-kontrapappafikthemain top
the
gallant royal; - tal-Iatin latin sail; -tal
majjistra
the main sail; - tal-mezzanathl
mizen; -
tal-pappafikthe main top galIan
sail; -
tal-quddimin the fore sail; - tat
trinkett
the fore sail; - tat-trinkett the fon
sail; -
tal-parrukkett the fore top gallan
sail; -
r-rili fil-- the wind is in his favour
qalb nf
(pI qlub) heart; -liaZinalxierfaevil
hearted;
-iebsalliadra flint hearted, cruel - sewda heavy hearted, sad; -u tajbalf'idu
tad-deheb/taz-zoldeor
a good-hearted man
-u
ghamlet tilde he realIy had a fright; -1
liebritu
he had a premonition; -u zghira .
sensible
man; fetali - he spoke with some
one about
his problems; tatu 1-- he wantel
to; fuq
-u against his wishes; bil--, ghal-l
happily;
qataghlu -u he discouraged him
gJiamel
il--, qawwa -u he stood up; (bid
dwejjaq)
he grew sad;
tghidli -i I'm feel
ing that;
bil-- it-tajba without causing mud
trouble;
fil--ta' -u deep in his heart; liarge
-u he realIy
cried; misslu -u he touched
qrempuc
qrempue nm koll f -a (pI-at) esculent
bird's
foot
qrib avv near, by
qris nm (bla pI) pinching
qroll
nm koll f -a (pI -at) coral; ahmar ii-
very red
qrolli agg coralline
qronf01
nm koll f -a (pI-at) carnation; clove
pink, clove-gillyflower; musmartal-;. clove
qroqqa nf(pl
qrejjaq) brood-hen; donnha - a
women
who stays in a place for a long time;
(mara
Ii tidliak mix-xejn) a
woman who
laughs
excessively
qrubija
nf(pl-t) consanguinity, kindred
qrun
ara qarn: jaf il-- kollha he knows all the
defects; liareg -u he stood up;
raqqad -u
he retired into
quietness; kixef iI-- he re vealed
some facts
qrusa
nf(bla pI) sharpness, acidity, bitterness
qsar v to grow short
qsim nf(bla pI) division
qsurija nf (bla pI) shortness
qtates:
ara qattus; erba' - a few people;
jinnamra daqs iI-- he loves flirting
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qtigli
nm (bla pI) cutting; (deCiijom) decision;
(interruzzjom) interruption
qill nm (bla pI) murder
qtugli nm (bla pI) cutting
qubbajt nm koll f -a (bla pI) nougat
quceata nf(pI-tIqeaeet) summit, top quccied nm koII f
-a (pI -t) lice
quddiem
prep, a vv before, in the presence; '1
- forward
quddiemi agg anterior, foremost
quddiesa nf(pl-t) mass
qurdien
nm koll f -a (PI -at) tick
qurdiena
ara qurdien; mimli daqs - he ate a
lot of food
quiqajza ara qaiqajia
q.v.
nm (bla pI) q.v. (quod vide), which see
quez nm (bla pI) nastiness, dirtiness
queu agg dirty, filthy, nasty
qzuZi agg nauseous, disgusting
qzuZija
nf (pI -t) nastiness; (diionestil) dis
honesty, immorality, indecency
QWERTY
nf (bla pI) QWERTY, standard
typewriter keyboard