qalb

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔalp/
• Rhymes: -alp

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

   • 2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2^nd edition, Malta: Ede Books:

     Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok
     lewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,
     bl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,
     u xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
     ja Sena Ġdida?
     Ah! biegħed minna
     il-għelt, il-ġlied,
     id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
     rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
     rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
     ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
     ġibilna l-għaqda,
     ġibilna s-sliem,
     ġibilna l-ħelsien!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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.

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   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
     li dejjem ta’ kull sena
     titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
     u kull April tinbena,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflection of qalb

		singular		plural
		m	f
singular	1st person	qalbi		qalbna
	2nd person	qalbek		qalbkom
	3rd person	qalbu	qalbha	qalbhom
plural	1st person	qlubi		qlubna
	2nd person	qlubek		qlubkom
	3rd person	qlubu	qlubha	qlubhom

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Arabic قَلْبَ (qalba).

Preposition

qalb

1. amongst

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek	قلب
	Yangi Imlo	قەلب
Cyrillic		қалб
Latin		qalb

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈqælb/
• Hyphenation: qalb

Noun

qalb (plural qalblar)

1. heart

   Synonym: yurak

Declension

Declension of qalb

	singular	plural
nominative	qalb	qalblar
genitive	qalbning	qalblarning
dative	qalbga	qalblarga
definite accusative	qalbni	qalblarni
locative	qalbda	qalblarda
ablative	qalbdan	qalblardan
similative	qalbdek	qalblardek

Possessive forms of qalb

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	qalbim	qalblarim
genitive	qalbimning	qalblarimning
dative	qalbimga	qalblarimga
definite accusative	qalbimni	qalblarimni
locative	qalbimda	qalblarimda
ablative	qalbimdan	qalblarimdan
similative	qalbimdek	qalblarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	qalbing	qalblaring
genitive	qalbingning	qalblaringning
dative	qalbingga	qalblaringga
definite accusative	qalbingni	qalblaringni
locative	qalbingda	qalblaringda
ablative	qalbingdan	qalblaringdan
similative	qalbingdek	qalblaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	qalbi	qalblari
genitive	qalbining	qalblarining
dative	qalbiga	qalblariga
definite accusative	qalbini	qalblarini
locative	qalbida	qalblarida
ablative	qalbidan	qalblaridan
similative	qalbidek	qalblaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	qalbimiz	qalblarimiz
genitive	qalbimizning	qalblarimizning
dative	qalbimizga	qalblarimizga
definite accusative	qalbimizni	qalblarimizni
locative	qalbimizda	qalblarimizda
ablative	qalbimizdan	qalblarimizdan
similative	qalbimizdek	qalblarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	qalbingiz	qalblaringiz
genitive	qalbingizning	qalblaringizning
dative	qalbingizga	qalblaringizga
definite accusative	qalbingizni	qalblaringizni
locative	qalbingizda	qalblaringizda
ablative	qalbingizdan	qalblaringizdan
similative	qalbingizdek	qalblaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	qalbi	qalblari
genitive	qalbining	qalblarining
dative	qalbiga	qalblariga
definite accusative	qalbini	qalblarini
locative	qalbida	qalblarida
ablative	qalbidan	qalblaridan
similative	qalbidek	qalblaridek

Further reading

• “qalb“ in izoh.uz