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Il-buttuni jeħduk f’partijiet differenti tal-artiklu mingħajr ma jkollok għalfejn tniżżel ’l isfel. Jekk tagħfas, fost l-oħrajn, nom, verb jew aġġettiv, tara t-tifsiriet tal-kelma bil-Malti u kliem li tista’ tuża bl-Ingliż għal dik it-tifsira.

The menu chips take you to different parts of the entry without having to scroll down. If you click, among others, nom, verb or aġġettiv, you will see the meanings of the word in Maltese and equivalents in English.

• Il-buttuni tal-menù verb, familja u nisel jeħduk f’partijiet differenti tal-artiklu mingħajr ma jkollok għalfejn tniżżel ’l isfel.
• It-titlu bil-blu hu l-kelma ewlenija u l-informazzjoni kollha fl-artiklu hija dwarha. Jekk tagħfas is-simbolu tal-ħoss ta’ ħdejha, tisma’ l-kelma.
• Il-kelma maqsuma f’sillabi: hemm tikka li tifred sillaba minn oħra u s-sillaba fejn jaqa’ l-aċċent hi mmarkata b’tipa skura.
• Il-kelma miktuba kif tinstema’, bl-Alfabett Fonetiku Internazzjonali (IPA).
• Deskrizzjoni grammatikali tal-kelma.
• Forom oħra tal-istess kelma skont il-bżonn. Pereżempju għall-verbi jingħata l-imperfett; għan-nomi jingħata l-plural, eċċ.

• The menu chips, such as verb, familja and nisel take you to different parts of the dictionary article without having to scroll down.
• The headword is marked in bold, blue type, and all the information in the entry refers to it. If you click the sound symbol next to it, you can listen to the pronunciation.
• The word is divided into syllables: a dot separates one syllable from another, and the stressed syllable is marked in bold.
• The word is written as it is pronounced, using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
• A grammatical description of the word.
• Other forms of the same word, as appropriate. For example, for verbs the imperfect form is given; for nouns, the plural is given, etc.

• Modi oħra kif tinkiteb il-kelma.

• Other ways the word can be spelled.

• Kelma użata kemm bħala nom kif ukoll bħala verb. Jekk tagħfas il-buttuni l-ħodor ta’ fuq nett, issib informazzjoni dwar investa bħala nom filwaqt li jekk tagħfas il-buttuni ċ-ċelesti, issib informazzjoni dwar investa bħala verb.
• Forma oħra ta’ investa bħala nom hija l-plural investi.

• This word is used both as a noun and as a verb. If you click the green chips at the top, you will find information about investa as a noun. If you click the blue chips, you will find information about investa as a verb.
• Another form of investa as a noun is the plural investi.

• Forma oħra ta’ investa bħala verb hija l-imperfett jinvesti.

• Another form of investa as a verb is the imperfect jinvesti.

• Kull sens ġdid jibda b’numru. Imbagħad tingħata spjegazzjoni bil-Malti u, eżatt taħtha, kelma jew frażi li tista’ tintuża fl-istess sens bl-Ingliż. Wara jingħata eżempju bil-kelma f’dak is-sens bil-Malti u traduzzjoni tal-istess eżempju bl-Ingliż. Din l-istruttura tgħodd ukoll għat-taqsima tal-frażijiet, fejn insibu frażijiet marbutin mal-kelma ordnati skont l-alfabett.

• Each new sense starts with a number. This is followed by an explanation in Maltese and, directly beneath it, a word or phrase that can be used with the same meaning in English. An example illustrating that sense is then given in Maltese, together with an English translation of the same example. This structure also applies to the phrases section, where phrases linked to the headword are listed in alphabetical order.

• Eżatt qabel it-taqsima dwar sens, jista’ jkun hemm informazzjoni li tgħodd għal dak is-sens partikolari. Pereżempju hawn hu indikat li fil-kuntest ekkleżjastiku l-plural huwa bolli (mhux bolol).

• Immediately before the senses, there may be information relevant to a particular sense. For example, here it is indicated that in an ecclesiastical context, the plural is bolli rather than bolol.

• Hawn issib informazzjoni dwar l-għerq u kliem ieħor tal-istess familja. B’għerq nifhmu l-bażi li fuqha tinbena l-kelma, li tista’ tkun tliet konsonanti jew erbgħa, bħal K-T-B (kiteb, kittieb) jew Ħ-N-Ż-R (ħanżir, tħanżer), inkella parti mill-kelma li tidher fil-kliem, bħal STUD (student, studja) jew INVEST (investa, investiment). Xi kliem ikollu kemm għerq konsonantali u kemm għerq sillabiku, bħal F-N-K (fenek) u FENK (fenkata).
• Jekk tagħfas fuq kelma mill-istess familja, tmur tara l-artiklu dwarha.
• Hawn tingħata informazzjoni dwar minn liema lingwa ġejja l-kelma jew kif issawret fil-Malti.

• Here you will find information about the root and other words from the same family. By għerq we mean the base on which the word is formed. This may consist of three or four consonants, such as K-T-B (kiteb, kittieb) or Ħ-N-Ż-R (ħanżir, tħanżer), or a recognisable word base, such as STUD (student, studja) or INVEST (investa, investiment). Some words have both a consonantal root and a syllabic root, such as F-N-K (fenek) and FENK (fenkata).
• If you click on a word from the same family, you will be taken to its entry.
• Here you will find information about the origin of the word, including the language it comes from or how it was formed in Maltese.