biegħ

Maltese

Root
b-j-għ
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪːħ/
• Homophones: bigħ, bih
• Rhymes: -ɪːħ

Verb

biegħ (imperfect jbigħ, past participle mibjugħ, verbal noun bejgħ)

1. to sell
2. (figuratively) to betray

Conjugation

• Standard conjugation

Conjugation of biegħ
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	begħt	begħt	biegħ		begħna	begħtu	biegħu
	f			biegħet
imperfect	m	nbigħ	tbigħ	jbigħ		nbigħu	tbigħu	jbigħu
	f			tbigħ
imperative			bigħ				bigħu

• Nonstandard colloquial conjugation

Conjugation of biegħ
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	bigħhejt	bigħhejt	biegħ		bigħhejna	bigħhejtu	bigħhew
	f			bigħhet
imperfect	m	nbigħ	tbigħ	jbigħ		nbigħhu	tbigħhu	jbigħhu
	f			tbigħ
imperative			bigħ				bigħhu

• Depending on idiolect, the two paradigms may also be intermixed such that the forms with bigħh- are used only in the first and second persons of the past.