ddisassoċja

Maltese

Alternative forms

• iddisassoċja (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
• disassoċja (rarer variant)

Etymology

Either from rare Italian disassociare or more probably a pseudo-Romance calque of English disassociate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ɪ)d.dɪ.sasˈsɔ.t͡ʃja/

Verb

ddisassoċja (imperfect jiddisassoċja, past participle ddisassoċjat) (reflexive)

1. to dissociate oneself from something [with ruħ]
   • 2020 November 3, “Siġġu inqas għall-PN? Ryan Mercieca jitfa' n-nomina għall-elezzjoni każwali fit-13-il distrett”, in Illum‎^[1]:

     Mercieca ħareġ mal-Partit Nazzjonalista fl-aħħar elezzjoni ġenerali, iżda l-Ħadd li għadda l-Partit Nazzjonalista ddisassoċja ruħu minnu hekk kif qed ikun investigat mill-kumitat tal-etika.

     Mercieca ran for the Nationalist Party in the last general election, but last Sunday the Nationalist Party dissociated itself from him, as he is being investigated by the ethics committee.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ddisassoċja
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ddisassoċjajt	ddisassoċjajt	ddisassoċja		ddisassoċjajna	ddisassoċjajtu	ddisassoċjaw
	f			ddisassoċjat
imperfect	m	niddisassoċja	tiddisassoċja	jiddisassoċja		niddisassoċjaw	tiddisassoċjaw	jiddisassoċjaw
	f			tiddisassoċja
imperative			ddisassoċja				ddisassoċjaw

Related terms

• assoċja
• assoċjazzjoni