qalb

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔalp/

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَلْب (qalb). The feminine gender in Maltese is unusual since the Arabic etymon is masculine, its form is that of a masculine, and even the Romance equivalents (Sicilian cori, Italian cuore) are masculine. One might suspect influence by the semantically related ras (“head”) and ruħ (“soul”), which are feminine; but this is mere conjecture.

Noun

qalb f (plural qlub)

1. (also anatomy) heart

   Synonym: qalba

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	qalbi		qalbna
2nd person	qalbek		qalbkom
3rd person	qalbu	qalbha	qalbhom

Derived terms

• qalb minfuda b’sejf in-niket
• qalbieni
• qalbu sewda

 

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَلْبَ (qalba).

Preposition

qalb

1. amongst

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

Noun

qalb (plural qalblar)

1. heart