abborrixxa

Maltese

Alternative forms

• abborra

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian abborrire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.bɔrˈrɪʃ.ʃa/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪʃʃa

Verb

abborrixxa (imperfect jabborrixxi, past participle abborrit, verbal noun abborrir)

1. to abhor, to detest

Conjugation

• The traditional rule is that the syllable -ixx- is lost before stressed endings; that is in the past tense, before -x, and before a pronominal suffix. The contemporary tendency is to either keep -ixx- in all forms or avoid it in all forms (see abborra above).

Conjugation of abborrixxa
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	abborrejt	abborrejt	abborrixxa		abborrejna	abborrejtu	abborrew
	f			abborriet
imperfect	m	nabborrixxi	tabborrixxi	jabborrixxi		nabborrixxu	tabborrixxu	jabborrixxu
	f			tabborrixxi
imperative			abborrixxi				abborrixxu

Conjugation of abborrixxa
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	abborrixxejt	abborrixxejt	abborrixxa		abborrixxejna	abborrixxejtu	abborrixxew
	f			abborrixxiet
imperfect	m	nabborrixxi	tabborrixxi	jabborrixxi		nabborrixxu	tabborrixxu	jabborrixxu
	f			tabborrixxi
imperative			abborrixxi				abborrixxu

Related terms

• abborriment