għela

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.la/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɛˤː.la/ (archaic)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɣɛ.la/ (archaic, rural)

From Arabic غَلَى‎ (ḡalā), يَغْلِي‎ (yaḡlī, “to boil”).

għela (imperfect jagħli)

1. (intransitive, of a liquid) to boil; to be boiled

   Synonym: tgħalla

2. (intransitive, of a person) to be bitter; to feel bitterness

From Arabic غَلَا‎ (ḡalā), يَغْلُو‎ (yaḡlū, “to rise in price”).

għela (imperfect jagħli)

1. (dated) to rise in price; to become expensive

• This sense is now usually covered by the originally unrelated but phonetically similar verb għola.