għolla

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”)

Related terms

• għola
• għoli

See also

• refa'