għolla

Maltese
Root
għ-l-j (height)
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧عَلَّى⁩ (ʕallā, “to raise”). The sense “raise the price of” was transferred from għalla, from the originally unrelated Arabic ⁧غَلَّى⁩ (ḡallā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːl.la/
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔˤːl.la/ (archaic)

Verb

għolla (imperfect jgħolli, past participle mgħolli)

  1. to raise; to lift (move something to a higher position)
    Synonym: tella’
  2. to raise (an amount, rate, tax, etc.)
  3. to raise the price of; to make something more expensive
    Synonym: (dated) għalla
    Antonym: raħħas

Conjugation
    Conjugation of għolla
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m għollejt għollejt għolla għollejna għollejtu għollew
f għolliet
imperfect m ngħolli tgħolli jgħolli ngħollu tgħollu jgħollu
f tgħolli
imperative għolli għollu

See also
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