tqil

Maltese

Root
t-q-l
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ثَقِيل (ṯaqīl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʔiːl/
  • Audio (Gozo):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Adjective

tqil (feminine singular tqila, plural tqal, comparative itqal)

  1. heavy (of great weight)
    Antonym: ħafif
  2. hard; difficult
    Synonym: diffiċli
    Antonyms: ħafif, faċli
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pika”, in Fl-Arena:
      Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ
      kienet tqila bis-sħiħ,
      u Marzu Marzellu
      fetaħ ir-rixtellu,
      u tax-xita fir-raxx
      parpar baxx baxx.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. pregnant (with child)
    Synonym: ħobla

Senhaja De Srair

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tqil/

Adjective

tqil (feminine tqila, masculine plural tqalin, Tifinagh spelling ⵜⵇⵉⵍ)

  1. alternative form of ṭqil

Declension

Inflection of tqil
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
free state tqil tqalin tqila tqalin
construct state — — — —

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties : phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL
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