Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Root
għ-ż-ż (cherishing)
7 terms

From Arabic عَزَّ (ʕazza).

Verb

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għażż (imperfect jgħożż, past participle magħżuż)

  1. to cherish; to appreciate
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of għażż
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m għażżejt għażżejt għażż għażżejna għażżejtu għażżew
f għażżet
imperfect m ngħożż tgħożż jgħożż ngħożżu tgħożżu jgħożżu
f tgħożż
imperative għożż għożżu
Alternative forms
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Etymology 2

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Root
għ-ż-ż (laziness)
4 terms

From Arabic عَجْز (ʕajz). The sense “laziness” is also found in several dialects. Compare further għaks (destitution, famine), which might be a doublet of this (with dissimilation, rather than assimilation as in għażż).

Noun

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għażż m

  1. laziness
  2. indifference