Málta

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

Hungarian

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

Proper noun

Málta

  1. Malta (a country and archipelago in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
  2. Malta (The largest island of the Maltese archipelago of Malta)
    Synonym: (official name) Máltai Köztársaság

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Melite, which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈‎ (mlṭ, “refuge”), or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːl̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Proper noun

Málta m (genitive Mhálta)

  1. Malta (a country and archipelago in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea; official name: Poblacht Mhálta)
  2. Malta (The largest island of the Maltese archipelago of Malta)

Derived terms
  • Máltach (“Maltese”, adjective)
  • Máltach m (“Maltese person”)
  • Máltais f (“the Maltese language”)
  • Ord Mhálta m (“Order of Malta”)

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “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

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmaːlːta/

Proper noun

Málta

  1. Malta (a country and archipelago in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
  2. Malta (The largest island of the Maltese archipelago of Malta)

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