Tt ت

 

twenty fourth letter of the alphabet and nine­teenth of the consonants

 

ta nm (bIa pI) da, dad(dy), father, papa II vto give, to present; (offra) to bid, to offer; ­bil-harta to cuff; _ I-kelma to promise, to give one's word; -Isien to revile, to insult; - r-rih to allow too much liberty; ma jaghtikx Ii you find it difficult to; x'tab? what's the matter with him?; -h kemm felah he gave him a sound beating; -tu gewwa he is really worried about it; -ha ghax-xorb (eee) he started to lead a life of drinking

(etc); x'ghandi ntik? how much do I owe' you?

ta' prep of

tabla nf(pI-i) plaster

taba' v ara tebagh

tabakk nm koll f -a (pI -at) tobacco; - ta' 1­

imnieher snuff

tabakkar nm(pI-a) tabacconist

tabakkierla nf(pI-i) snuff-box

tabbab v to medicate, to heal, to cure

tabba' v to maculate, to stain, to pollute tabellla nf (pI -i) table, list

tabemakIlu nm (pI -i) tabernacle

tabib nm (pltobba) physician, doctor tabilhaqq avv certainly, surely, truly, indeed tabsinla nf (pI -i) bed-pan

tabllo nm (pI -ojiet) tableux

tabtil nm f -a (pI -at) emptying, removal;

(waqfa) vacation, rest

tablii nm (pI -ujiet) taboo

tabxa nf(pI-t) trouble, entanglement

tacc nm (pI-i) small nail, tack, spring; - ta' 1­

iskarpan brad; - taI-qronfol clove

tadam nm koll f -a (pI -t) tomato

tafa' v to push, to shove, to urge forward;

   (waddab) to cast, to throw, to hurl

tafal nm koll ftafla (pI taflat) clay taffa v to quench, to mitigate; (lionoq) to ex­

tinguish taffaj nm (pI -ja) mitigator tafja nf(pI-t) extinction or quenching of fire/

 

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heat; (sturdament) swoon tafli agg clayey, full of clay taftan nm (bIa pI) taffetta

tagen nm (pI twagen) frying pan

tagham v to-feed, to nourish

taghbija nf (pI -t) burden, load, charge

taghbir nm f -a (pI -at) trial of the equilib­

rium or weights; (iI-miIi bit-trab) dust cov­ering; (tliaftir liati!) light digging taghbix nm f -a (pI -at) dazzling, stunning taghdib nm f -a (pI-at) punition, punishment;

(rabja) anger, wrath

taghdid nm f -a (pI -at) enumeration

taghOO nm f -a (pI -at) drowsiness; (tfawwir

ta' xmara, eee) innundation; (sma) drunk­enness

taghdis nm f -a (pI-at) immersion, plunging,

   dipping; (ingann) cheat, deceit

taghfig nm f -a (pI -at) squeezing, pressing,

crushing taghfis nm f -a (pI -at) squeezing, pressure taghgib nm f -a (pI -at) astonishment;

        (esagerazzjom) exaggeration, amplification

taghgil nm f -a (pI -at) haste, speed,

solicitation

taghgiznm f -a (pI -at) ageing

taghha pron poss her, hers

taghhom pron poss their, theirs

taghjib nm (bIa pI) aping, mimicking; (liabl) concealment; (iniuI ix-xemx) the setting down of the sun

tagbjin nm f -a (pI -at) bewitchment, fasci­

   nation; (staghgib Iejn) gazing, staring

tagbjir nm f -a (pI -at) reviling, insulting;

   (daIma) cloudiness

tagbkir nm f -a (pI-at) viscosity, clamminess,

stickness

tagbkis nm f -a (pI -at) oppression, vexation tagbkom pron poss your, yours

taghlib nm f -a (pI -at) attenuation

taghlija nf(pI-t) raising, elevation

tagblil nm f-a (pI-at) disease, distemper; (bil­frott) fructification; (biI-wild) procreation

 

taghlim nm f -a (pI-at) teaching; (sinjaJ) sign­

   ing, sign

taghliq nm f -a (pI -at) hanging; (twaliliid)

the act of uniting or joining together tagblit nm f -a (pI -at) mistake, error taghma nf(pI-t) woof, weft

taghmid nm f -a (pI-at) christening, baptism;

   (ta' I-ghajnejn) blindfolding

taghmir nm f -a (pI-at) coabitation; (tat-tiben)

   the making up in sheaves; (ghodda, eCe) as­

sets

taghmira nf(pI-t) assortment, furniture taghmix nm f -a (pI -at) dazzling

taghmiz nm f -a (pI -at) twinkle, twink taghna pron poss our, ours; minn - very affa­

ble

taghniq nm f -a (pI -at) embrace, cuddling taghniqa nf(pI-t) cud_"e, embrace, hug taghqid nm f -a (pI -at) knotting; (iffriiar)

freezing, congelation

taghqil nm f -a (pI -at) the act of taming taghqir nm f -a (PI -at) ulceration

taghrif nm f -a (pI -at) notification, decleration; (illuminazzjom) revelation, di­vine inspiration

taghrim nm f -a (pI-at) heaping; (liallas) dis­bursement; (Mala kumpens) indemnifi­cation

taghriq nm f -a (pI -at) 'drowning, submer­

sion taghris nm f -a (pI -at) bethrotal

taghrix nm f -a (pI -at) observing; (daIma) cloudiness; (taghrix) titillation, tickling taghsid nm f -a (pI -at) kneading; (taliwira)

mixture

taghsil nm f -a (pI -at) sweeting with honey taghtib nm f -a (pI -at) maiming

taghtin nm f -a (pI -at) bruise, bruising taghtir nm f -a (pI -at) stumbling

taghwid nm f -a (pI -at)' repetition, reply taghwig nm f -a (pI-at) crookedness; (taliwid)

intrigue

tagbwirn nm f -a (pI -at) swimming, act of

swimming

taghxiq nm f -a (pI -at) delectation, pleasure taghxir nm f -a (pI-at) tithing

taghxix nm f -a (pI -at) nestling

taghziz nm f-a (pI-at) pressing/gnashing (of

teeth)

tahan v to grind, to mill, to pound

tahar v to reproach, to scold; (irrabja) to rage, to rave

 

tahriq

 

tahbib nm f -a (pI -at) the act of making

   friends; (intimita) intimacy

tabbil nm f -a (pI -at) entanglement,

   embroiling; (kunfuijom) confusion, disor­

der; tahbil il-mohh problems tahbir nm f -a (pI -at) annunciation tahbit nm f -a (pI-at) beating; (storbju) noise;

(inkwiet) toil, trouble; (rabja) fury, rage; ­tal,bieb knocking; - ta' I-idejn applause, clapping; - taI-qalb palpitation, heart throb­   bing

tahdil nm f -a (pI -at) numbness

tahdin nm f -a (pI -at) embrace, embracing

tahoo nm f -a (pI -at) being or getting green tahdit nm f -a (pI -at) discourse, speech; (narrazzjom) narration, account, relation; ­fuq ghemil sabib. panegyric, eulogy; - fuq    il-mewt funeral oration, necrology

tahfif nm f -a (pI -at) lightening

taIifir nm f -a (pI-at) digging, ditching, exca­

vating

tahgig nm f -a (PI -at) kindling

tahgir nm f -a (pI -at) lapidation, stoning tahhan nm (PI -a) miller

tahhar v to circumcise

tahhat v to subject, to subjugate; (naqqas) to

   depress

tahjil nm f -a (pI -at) immagination, idea,

   fancy

tahjir nm f -a (pI -at) desire, inclination;

(ghaiIa) choice

tabkik nm f -a (pI -at) scratching, grating tahlil nm f -a (pI -at) robbing

tahlis nm f -a (pI -at) combing

tahlit nm f -a (pI -at) mingle, mixture, com­

pound

tahlita nf(pI-t) blend

tahmig nm f -a (pI -at) foulness, nastiness tagbmiI nm f -a (pI-at) polishing; (tolleranza)

tollerance

tahmil: - is-snin a cheap thing

tahmir nm f -a (pI -at) blushing, blush tahna nf (pI -t) grinding, milling

tahnin nm f -a (pI -at) lullaby

tahqiq nm f -a (pI -at) verification

tahrib nm f -a (pI-at) desolation, devastation,

ruin; (liarba) putting to flight

tahrif nm f -a (pI -at) recital of fables tahrig nm f -a (pI -at) training, practice tahrik nm f -a (PI -at) motion, movement tahrika nf(pI-t) citation, summons

tahriq nm f -a (PI -at) running of water