twal

Maltese

Root
t-w-l
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twaːl/

Verb

twal (imperfect jitwal, past participle mutwal)

1. to become long, tall

Conjugation

Conjugation of twal
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	twalt	twalt	twal		twalna	twaltu	twalu
	f			twalet
imperfect	m	nitwal	titwal	jitwal		nitwalu	titwalu	jitwalu
	f			titwal
imperative			twal				twalu

Adjective

twal pl

1. plural of twil

Scots

Scots numbers ^(edit)

←  11	12
Cardinal: twal     Ordinal: twalt

Alternative forms

• twel, twol
• tuelf, twelf (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Scots twelf, from Early Scots twelf, from Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Numeral

twal

1. twelve

References

• “twal, num. adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
• “twelf, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.