għama
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| għ-m-j |
| 3 terms |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic عَمًى (ʕaman, “blindness”). Originally a masculine, but feminine in Maltese due to the final -a and hence distinguishable from the adjective (etymology 3 below).
Noun edit
għama f
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā, “to blind”).
Verb edit
għama (imperfect jagħmi, past participle mogħmi)
- (also figuratively) to blind, to make someone blind
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of għama | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | għamejt | għamejt | għama | għamejna | għamejtu | għamew | |
| f | għamiet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nagħmi | tagħmi | jagħmi | nagħmu | tagħmu | jagħmu | |
| f | tagħmi | |||||||
| imperative | agħmi | agħmu | ||||||
Etymology 3 edit
See the lemma.
Adjective edit
għama
- Misspelling of agħma (“blind”).