qabeż

Maltese edit

Root
q-b-ż
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic قَفَزَ (qafaza) with -b- from a development [fz] > [vz] > [bz] in some of the inflected forms (and in the related noun qabża). Compare the same development in beża’.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈʔabɛs/

Verb edit

qabeż (imperfect jaqbeż, past participle maqbuż, verbal noun qbiż or (dated) qabż)

to jump, to leap
to jump over sth.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of qabeż
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	qbiżt	qbiżt	qabeż	qbiżna	qbiżtu	qabżu
perfect	f	qbiżt	qbiżt	qabżet	qbiżna	qbiżtu	qabżu
imperfect	m	naqbeż	taqbeż	jaqbeż	naqbżu	taqbżu	jaqbżu
imperfect	f	naqbeż	taqbeż	taqbeż	naqbżu	taqbżu	jaqbżu
imperative			aqbeż			aqbżu