bellah

Maltese

Root
b-l-h
5 terms

Etymology

Factitive second stem derived from iblah (“stupid”), from Arabic أَبْلَه (ʔablah).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.laħ/

Verb

bellah (imperfect jbellah, past participle mbellah)

1. to amaze, astound

   Synonym: għaġġeb

Conjugation

• The sound /ħ/ is kept in all conjugated forms. The spelling is h instead of ħ because this fortition has not been generalised throughout the root (compare belha /ˈbɛ.la/, bluha /ˈbluː.wa/).

Conjugation of bellah
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	bellaht	bellaht	bellah		bellahna	bellahtu	bellhu
	f			bellhet
imperfect	m	nbellah	tbellah	jbellah		nbellhu	tbellhu	jbellhu
	f			tbellah
imperative			bellah				bellhu