kalċi

Borrowed from Sicilian càlici, from Latin calix.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.t͡ʃɪ/

kalċi m (plural kalċijiet)

1. chalice, goblet (any large drinking vessel with a stem)

   Synonym: qdieħ (archaic)

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Ġol-Ort taż-Żebbuġ”, in Fl-Arena:

     Mulejja,
     jekk ħaġa tista’ tkun,
     biegħed il-kalċi tal-imrar
     minn Malta ommna;
     agħmel
     li l-Maltin kollha
     ikunu ħaġa waħda;

     Lord,
     if anything is possible,
     remove the chalice of bitterness
     from our mother Malta;
     make
     all Maltese
     be as one;