għamel

Maltese

Root
għ-m-l
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.mɛl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaˤː.mɛl/ (archaic)
• Homophone: agħmel

Verb

għamel (imperfect jagħmel, past participle magħmul, verbal noun għamil)

1. to do, to make

   Synonym: (obsolete) fagħal

   Il-mastrudaxxa qed tagħmel sodda. ― The carpenter is making a bed.

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:

     Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
     u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
     ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
     qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to make (somebody do something)

   Synonym: ġiegħel

3. to happen
4. to organise

   Synonyms: tella’, organizza

   Il-kappillan se jagħmel ħarġa għat-tfal.

   The parish priest is going to organise an outing for children.

5. to spend (time)

   Għamilna sena Ljubljana u sena oħra Madrid.

   We spent one year in Ljubljana and another year in Madrid.

6. to leak, to spring
7. to perform
8. to play (act in a performance) [with -ha ‘dummy object’ and ta’]

   Tagħmilha t’inġiniera f’dal-film.

   She is playing the role of an engineer in this movie.

9. to like very much [with għal ‘something’]

   Tagħmel għall-imqarrun. ― She likes macaroni very much.

10. to place, to put

    Synonyms: qiegħed, poġġa, xeħet, tefa’

    Agħmlu hemm. ― Put it there.

11. to bear fruit

    Ix-xogħol qed jagħmel ħafna frott. ― The labour is bearing fruit.

12. to cultivate
13. to wet [with f’]
14. to consider, to believe
    • 1986, Salvatore Frendo De Mannarino, chapter VIII, in Barunissa Maltija, page 51:

      [...] l-istorja ta’ xi gwerrier li ommu u niesu kienu għamlu mejjet [...]

      [...] the story of a warrior whose mother and people considered him to be dead [...]

15. to do (something) [with ma’ or għal ‘for someone’]

    Ma tapprezzax dak kollu li għamilt miegħek.

    You don’t appreciate everything I did for you.

16. to fall under [with ma’]

    Iż-Żurrieq jagħmel mal-ħames distrett elettorali.

    Żurrieq falls under the fifth electoral district.

17. to attack [with għal]

    Synonyms: attakka, ħebb

    Ix-xufier ħareġ mill-karozza u għamel għall-passiġġier.

    The driver got out of the car and attacked the passenger.

18. to imitate [with bħal]

    Għala qed tagħmel bħali? ― Why are you imitating me?

19. to do a favour or wrong [with lil]

    Għamilna pjaċir lill-ġenituri tagħna. ― We did our parents a favour.

20. to pretend [with -ha ‘dummy object’ and tabirruħ]

    Għamilha tabirruħu marid. ― He pretended to be sick.

21. to make it [with -ha ‘dummy object’]

    Għamilha! ― He made it!

Conjugation

Conjugation of għamel
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	għamilt	għamilt	għamel		għamilna	għamiltu	għamlu
	f			għamlet
imperfect	m	nagħmel	tagħmel	jagħmel		nagħmlu	tagħmlu	jagħmlu
	f			tagħmel
imperative			agħmel				agħmlu