Maltese

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Root
n-ż-l
9 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic نَزَلَ (nazala).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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niżel (imperfect jinżel, active participle nieżel, verbal noun nżul or nżil)

  1. to descend, to go down
    Antonym: tela’
    • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to depreciate, to devaluate
  3. to be registered
  4. to follow an argument

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of niżel
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m nżilt nżilt niżel nżilna nżiltu niżlu
f niżlet
imperfect m ninżel tinżel jinżel ninżlu tinżlu jinżlu
f tinżel
imperative inżel inżlu