Xx

x twenty eighth letter of the alphabet and twenty second of the consonants;

(filmatematika) x, an unknown quantity

x' ,xi pron what?; x'taf what do you know?;

x'jimpurtak what is it to you?

xaba' v to satiate oneself; - minn to be weary

or tired of

xaba' nm (bla pI) satiety; bix-- in abundance;

bla - insatiable, insatiate

xabba' v to satiate; (kellu bosta) to abound, to

be plentiful; (sar imxabba' b') to weary, to

poster

xabbat v to cause to creep up, to cause to

scrable up

xabla nf (pI xwabel) sable, sword; (xorta ta'

nuta) scabband-fish

xablott nm (pI -i) dagger, dirk

xablo nm (pI -ojiet) frill

xadin nm (pI -i) monkey, ape; (fig wiened Ii jimita) an imitator; (bniedem ikrah) an ugly

person

xafra nf(pI xfafar) blade

xagliar nm koll f -a (pI -at) hair; daqs kemm

gliandu - frasu a lot; qatta' xagliru he really cried; - abjad an old man; imdendel f'xaglira he is about to lose everything; taqta' xaglira fl-ilma it really has a good blade

xagliat nm (pI -iet) caterpillar

xagliba nf(pI -t) whispering, murmur xaglira nf(pI -t) heath, moor, barren land; (art

catta u watja) a plain/level surface xagliri agg heathy, barren; (ANA 1) capillary xaglitar nm koll St John's wort

xaglitri agg sterile

xahar nm (pI xhur) month

xaliam nm f -a (pI -at) lard, fat; - tad-dam

tallow; qisu - fkarta a lingering person

xalili v to be niggardly

xaliliali v to sift very closely

xaliliam v to grease; (gnamel il-korruzzjom)

to bribe, to oil one's hand

xaliMm nm (pI -a) greaser; (min jagnmel

korruzzjom) briber

xaliliat v to bereave

xalima agg slow, lingering

xalimet I-art nm (bla pI) skink

xalita nf (pI -t) dearth, scarcity

xalix nm koII f -a (pI -at) shivers of stone xalixali v to appease, to assuge

xalixieli nm (pI -a) he who makes one sleep xalixieli nm koll f -a (pI -at) opium poppy xalixielii agg somniferous, soporific xalixili nm (bla pI) sleepness, drowsiness xajtan v to invoke the devil in swearing xalar nm (bla pI) diversion, amusement

xalatla nf (pI -i) recreation; (tal-festa) feast

merrymaking; gliamellkellu - he really had a good time

xalatur nm (pI -i) spendthrift, reveller

xall nm (pI -ijiet) shawl

xalupla nf(pI -i) shallop

xama' nm koll wax; - vergm bee's wax; qattar

ix-- fuq xi liadd he took advantage of; abjad daqs ix-- about to faint; qisu tax-- very beautiful/fragrant

xambekk nm (pI -ijiet) xebec(k)

xamm v to smell; (deherlu b'xi naga) to have

a presentiment of, to get wind of; -u he perceived him; - xi naga tinten he perceived a nasty affair

xamm nm (bla pI) the act of smelling xamma nf(pI -at) hint, presentiment; gliandu

xi - he perceived a conspiration

xammar v to tuck up; malajr - he was ready

to fight; - u erfa' ready for work; - u gliaddi

save the compliments

xammem v to cause one to smell

xammiem nm (pI -a) smeller

xammiema nf (pI -t) scent vessel; nadifa

spick and span

xampanjla nf(pI -i) champagne

xandar v to divulge, to publish, to broadcast xand6.r nm (pI -a) divulger, publisher xandir nm f -a (pI -at) broadcasting, publication

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(xan(t)kura nf koll ground pine

xanxe': gliala - in a careless/carefree way

xaqfa nf(pl -t) chamber pot; ikrah daqs - very

ugly

xaqIeb v to throw down, to overturn

xaqIib nm f -a (pI -at) the reversing of, throw

ing down, the overturning

xaqIiba nf(pI -t) declivity

xaqIieb nm (pI -a) he who overturns

xaqq v to cut, to incise; (qasam) to cleave, to

slit or split; - il-gliaraq to sweat, to perspire

xaqq nm (pI xquq) crevice, slit, creft, rift,

fissure; - tas-satra rhagades; - it-tama/ta'

dawl a ray of hope

xaqqaq vto cut, to make an incision in; (niseg)

to weave cloth

xaqqufa nf(pl -t) shard

xaqra agg ruddy

xaradla nf(pl -i) charade

xarba nf (pI -t) drinking bout, drought

xarbiteIli nmpI implements

xarja nf (pI -t) brawl, squabble, quarrel;

gliamel - to brawl, to squabble

xarpa nf (pI -t) sash, scarf

xarrab vto macerate, to steep, to soak, to wet;

-Iu idejh he corrupted him; -hielu he gave

him a sound beating

xarrab nm (pI -a) he who soaks

xarraf v to harden

xarrax v to make whey

xatba nf (pI -Uxtabi) harrow, drag, rake;

(grada) gate; garr ix-- he did only hard work

xatra nf(plxtur) disparity

xatt nm (plxtut) shore, sea coast, strand; - ta'

xmara bank; max-xatt ix-xmara along the

sea shore

xattab v to harrow

xattib nm (pI -a) harrower

xattar v to make unequal

xawwat v to scorch, to singe, to scald

xagliat nm (pI xaglitiet) caterpillar

xbejba nf (pI -t) lady

xbieha nf(plxbihat) image, resemblance, like

ness

xbiek nm (pI -ijiet) fowling net

xbin nm (pI xbejjen) godfather

xbubi agg virgin, verginal

xbubija nf (bla pI) adolescence, youth;

(virginitiJ) virginity .

xdedija nf(bla pI) costiveness, constipation

xdid agg costive; (onxon) thick; (xnin) nig

gard

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xehda

xdidi agg costive, astringent

xdieq am Xedaq; kiel b'zewgt i- he did two

jobs simultaneously

xebb agg unmarried, single

xebb nm (pI xbieb) youth

xebb nm kolJ alum; - il-gmiel rock alum

xebba nf(pI -t) maid, girl, virgin

xebba agg nubile, marriageable

xebbeh v to compare, to liken; (imita) to copy,

to imitate

xebbek v to weave nets, to mesh; (fetan ix

xbiekl) to lay or spread nets; (qabbad) to

entangle

xebbieh nm (pI -a) he who compares or

equals; (pittur) portrait-painter, portraitist

xebbiehi agg comparable

xebbiek nm (pI -a) net maker

xebeh v to resemble, to be like to

xebglia nf(pI -t) satiety; (abbundanza) abun

dance, plenty; (daqqa) blow; tab - kIiemhe

shouted at him; qala' - xi liaga he beat him

something; waliliallu - he gave him a sound

beating .

xebglian agg satiated, satisfied; (gneja) tired,

weared

xebh nm (bla pI) resemblance, likeness; liadu

mix-- he recognized him through his resem

blance with sb else

xeblek v to twist, to twine

xebIik nm (bla pI) twining, twisting

xedaq nm (plxdieq) jaw, maxilla; tax-- max

illary

xedd v to studdle; (libbes) to dress, to clothe;

(mela) to render costive; (sannan) to

corrobate, to strengthen; (Jibes) to dress

oneself; (ibbies) to become hard

xedd nm (bla pI) dressing, dress

xedda nf (pI -t) constipation, costiveness;

(websa) hardness

xefaq nm (pI xefqat) horizon

xeffer v to sharpen, to whet

xegliel v to kindle, to light, to illuminate; (noloq I-gnagna) to raise or stir up a rebel

lion; (inqabad) to take fire; (irrabja) to grow

warm, to boil with anger; (qam) to rebel, to

rise (against)

xegliil nm (bla pI) occupation, employment

xeglita nf(pl -t) aridity, siccity, draught, dry

ness

xeha v to desire, to wish

xehba agg grey

xehda nf(pI -t) comb, honeycomb

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