xita
See also: xi̱taꞌ
Maltese edit
Root |
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x-t-w |
4 terms |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʔ, “winter, rainy season, rain”).
Noun edit
xita f
- rain
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 7:12:
- U baqgħet nieżla x-xita fuq l-art għal erbgħin jum u erbgħin lejl.
- New International Version translation: And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
xita (imperfect jixti, past participle mixti)
- to rain
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of xita | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | xtejt | xtejt | xita | xtejna | xtejtu | xtew | |
f | xtiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nixti | tixti | jixti | nixtu | tixtu | jixtu | |
f | tixti | |||||||
imperative | ixti | ixtu |