kuġin
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian cucinu, cuginu and/or Italian cugino, both from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kuġin m (plural kuġini, feminine kuġina)
- male cousin
- Ingħatat dispensa mill-knisja u żżewġet kuġinuha.
- She got a dispensation from the church and married her cousin.
Usage notes edit
- As above, the stem is often extended to kuġinu- before pronominal suffixes, though forms like kuġinha are also correct.
Inflection edit
| Inflected forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | kuġini | kuġinna | |
| 2nd person | kuġinek | kuġinukom, kuġinkom | |
| 3rd person | kuġinu | kuġinuha, kuġinha | kuġinuhom, kuġinhom |