għolla

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːl.la/

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

Conjugation
conjugation of għolla
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
jien(a) int(i) hu(wa) hi(ja) aħna intom huma
perfect għollejt għollejt għolla għolliet għollejna għollejtu għollew
imperfect ngħolli tgħolli jgħolli tgħolli ngħollu tgħollu jgħollu
imperative għolli għollu

Alternative forms
  • għalla (dated; only for “raise the price of”)

See also
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