salla

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) prayer, salat
 * 2)  religious holiday

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) fathom (unit of length)

Etymology
From. In this sense it was replaced in Maltese with, a loan translation of 🇨🇬.

In order to understand the semantic development, it would have to be known whether the association with Islamic prayer has been inherited through the centuries. If so, this could well explain the origin of the negative sense “to blaspheme” among the staunchly Catholic Maltese. However, that association may simply be due to a modern learned practice after the Arabic cognate verb.

Verb

 * 1) to praise God
 * 2) to perform the Islamic obligatory prayer
 * 3) to blaspheme

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) embrace, hug
 * 2)  fathom (unit of measure)
 * 3) armful

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) dart, javelin
 * 2) arrow
 * 3) stake, splinter,
 * 4) porcupine quill

Declension
When the noun is masculine, the nominative, vocative and accusative have a different set of forms:

Noun

 * 1) porcupine

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) girlfriend, lover

Etymology
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