nissel
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| n-s-l |
| 3 terms |
Etymology edit
Intensive and factitive of Arabic نَسَلَ (nasala).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nissel (imperfect jnissel, past participle mnissel, verbal noun tinsil or tnissil)
- (intransitive) to procreate, to have children, offspring
- Synonym: tammar
- (transitive) to breed (animals)
- Synonym: għammar
- (transitive) to bring forth, generate, derive
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of nissel | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | nissilt | nissilt | nissel | nissilna | nissiltu | nisslu | |
| f | nisslet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nnissel | tnissel | jnissel | nnisslu | tnisslu | jnisslu | |
| f | tnissel | |||||||
| imperative | nissel | nisslu | ||||||