jambi
See also: Jambi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jambi
Declension edit
Inflection of jambi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | jambi | jambit | ||
genitive | jambin | jambien | ||
partitive | jambia | jambeja | ||
illative | jambiin | jambeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | jambi | jambit | ||
accusative | nom. | jambi | jambit | |
gen. | jambin | |||
genitive | jambin | jambien | ||
partitive | jambia | jambeja | ||
inessive | jambissa | jambeissa | ||
elative | jambista | jambeista | ||
illative | jambiin | jambeihin | ||
adessive | jambilla | jambeilla | ||
ablative | jambilta | jambeilta | ||
allative | jambille | jambeille | ||
essive | jambina | jambeina | ||
translative | jambiksi | jambeiksi | ||
abessive | jambitta | jambeitta | ||
instructive | — | jambein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “jambi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
In all likelihood from a contraction of jagħmel bi, from the imperfect tense of Arabic عَمِلَ بِ (ʕamila bi, “to do with”), as in “What are you going to do with that?” Similar contractions compare in jaf (“to know”) and ġab (“to bring”). Another theory derives it from Arabic أَبَّ (ʔabba, “to wish, desire”), but this is less likely both phonetically and semantically.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
jambi (imperfect only)
- (in certain constructions, always with x’) to need, to use for some purpose
- Synonym: għandu bżonn
- Dan il-ktieb x’jambuh?
- What do they need this book for?
- M’għandix x’nambi iktar.
- There’s nothing else I need.
Conjugation edit
- The verb is defective and has no perfect forms. The perfect tense can be expressed with kien + imperfect, though this is rare.
Conjugation of jambi | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | kont nambi | kont tambi | kien jambi | konna nambu | kontu tambu | kienu jambu | |
f | kienet tambi | |||||||
imperfect | m | nambi | tambi | jambi | nambu | tambu | jambu | |
f | tambi | |||||||
imperative | — | — |