qala'

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.la/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.laˤ/ (archaic)
• Homophone: qalgħa
• Rhymes: -ala, -alaˤ

Etymology 1

Root
q-l-għ
3 terms

From Arabic قَلَعَ (qalaʕa, “to pull out, rip off, uproot”). The sense “to vomit” perhaps reinforced by the fact that the verb (with its initial uvular and final pharyngeal) would have been somewhat onomatopoeic of retching; compare unrelated but phonetically similar Arabic قاءَ (qāʔa, “to vomit”).

Verb

qala’ (imperfect jaqla’, past participle maqlugħ, verbal noun qligħ)

1. (transitive) to pull out; to extract
2. (transitive) to earn (money)
3. (intransitive) to vomit

Conjugation

Conjugation of qala’

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	qlajt	qlajt	qala’	qlajna	qlajtu	qalgħu
	f			qalgħet
imperfect	m	naqla’	taqla’	jaqla’	naqilgħu	taqilgħu	jaqilgħu
	f			taqla’
imperative			aqla’			aqilgħu

Etymology 2

From Arabic قِلْع (qilʕ, “sail”).

Noun

qala’ m (plural qlugħ)

1. sail (of a ship)

   Alternative form: qlugħ

Usage notes

• The original plural qlugħ, reinterpreted as a singular, is now commoner.

Derived terms

• qala’ latin
• qala’ tal-arbulett
• qala’ tal-imdaqqsa
• qala’ tal-imdud
• qala’ tal-imgħallma
• qala’ tal-istrall tal-arblu tal-parrukkett
• qala’ tal-kontra pappafik
• qala’ tal-majjistra
• qala’ tal-pappafik
• qala’ tal-pappafik ta’ fuq
• qala’ tal-pappafik t’isfel
• qala’ tal-parrukkett ta’ fuq
• qala’ tal-parrukkett t’isfel
• qala’ tal-pinnur t’isfel tal-mezzana
• qala’ tal-poppa
• qala’ tal-qafas
• qala’ tal-qafas tal-imdaqqsa
• qala’ tal-quddimin
• qala’ tan-nofs
• qala’ tat-tarkett (qala’ it-tarkett)
• qala’ tat-trinkett
• qala’ ta’ fuq tal-gabja
• qala’ ta’ fuqnett tal-majjistra
• qala’ ta’ ħalli jmur
• qala’ t’isfel tal-gabja
• qala’ t’isfel tal-pappafik tal-majjistra
• qala’ widnejn il-fenek
• qlugħ taż-żwati