keċċa
Maltese
editRoot |
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k-ċ-j |
4 terms |
Etymology
editBorrowed from Sicilian cacciari (“to chase, hunt”), from Latin captiare, captare, derived from capere. The fact that the first syllable has undergone imala speaks in favour of an early borrowing. Cognate to English capture
Pronunciation
editVerb
editkeċċa (imperfect jkeċċi, past participle mkeċċi or (obsolete) mkoċċi, verbal noun tkeċċija or tekċija)
Conjugation
editConjugation of keċċa | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | keċċejt | keċċejt | keċċa | keċċejna | keċċejtu | keċċew | |
f | keċċiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nkeċċi | tkeċċi | jkeċċi | nkeċċu | tkeċċu | jkeċċu | |
f | tkeċċi | |||||||
imperative | keċċi | keċċu |
Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root k-ċ-j
- Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian
- Maltese terms derived from Sicilian
- Maltese terms derived from Latin
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese form-II verbs
- Maltese final-weak form-II verbs
- Maltese final-weak verbs