għagħa
Maltese edit
Root |
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għ-għ-j |
1 term |
Etymology edit
From Arabic غَاغَة (ḡāḡa, “mob, crowd”). The word is an extreme example of how the loss/vowelisation of għ has weakened the phonetic shapes of many words in Maltese. One might think that għagħa would subsequently have come out of use, but it remains common.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
għagħa m or f
Usage notes edit
- Originally and still often feminine, but because of the now monosyllabic pronunciation it may also be construed as a masculine.
Verb edit
għagħa (imperfect jgħagħi)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of għagħa | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | għagħejt | għagħejt | għagħa | għagħejna | għagħejtu | għagħew | |
f | għagħiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | ngħagħi | tgħagħi | jgħagħi | ngħagħu | tgħagħu | jgħagħu | |
f | tgħagħi | |||||||
imperative | għagħi | għagħu |
Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-għ-j
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 1-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Maltese terms spelled with Għ
- Maltese feminine nouns
- Maltese nouns with multiple genders
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese terms with obsolete senses
- Maltese form-III verbs
- Maltese final-weak form-III verbs
- Maltese final-weak verbs