Málta

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See also: malta, Malta, Maltā, mälta, and Maltą

Hungarian[edit]

 Málta on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaːltɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Mál‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Proper noun[edit]

Málta

  1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
  2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
    Synonym: (official name) Máltai Köztársaság

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Málta
accusative Máltát
dative Máltának
instrumental Máltával
causal-final Máltáért
translative Máltává
terminative Máltáig
essive-formal Máltaként
essive-modal
inessive Máltában
superessive Máltán
adessive Máltánál
illative Máltába
sublative Máltára
allative Máltához
elative Máltából
delative Máltáról
ablative Máltától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Máltáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Máltáéi
Possessive forms of Málta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Máltám
2nd person sing. Máltád
3rd person sing. Máltája
1st person plural Máltánk
2nd person plural Máltátok
3rd person plural Máltájuk

Derived terms[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek, possibly from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), q.v.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːl̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Proper noun[edit]

Málta m (genitive Mhálta)

  1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe; official name: Poblacht Mhálta)
  2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Málta Mhálta not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • Malta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • Entries containing “Malta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Northern Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmaːlːta/

Proper noun[edit]

Málta

  1. Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
  2. Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland