fesfes
Maltese edit
Root |
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f-s-f-s |
1 term |
Etymology edit
From Arabic وَسْوَسَ (waswasa). The replacement of /w/ with voiceless /f/ is onomatopoeic; moreover it simplifies the formation of the conjugated forms since forms like weswsu would have to be contracted (compare werwer).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fesfes (imperfect jfesfes)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fesfes | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | fesfist | fesfist | fesfes | fesfisna | fesfistu | fesfsu | |
f | fesfset | |||||||
imperfect | m | nfesfes | tfesfes | jfesfes | nfesfsu | tfesfsu | jfesfsu | |
f | tfesfes | |||||||
imperative | fesfes | fesfsu |