Maltese

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Root
n-g-ż
1 term

Etymology

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Intensive/frequentative of Arabic نَكَزَ (nakaza, to drive, prod, spur). Generalisation of /ɡ/ from assimilation to the following /z/ as in gideb, gidem.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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niggeż (imperfect jniggeż, past participle mniggeż, active participle tingiż)

  1. to sting, prick, prod
  2. to spur, to prod in order to agitate

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of niggeż
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m niggiżt niggiżt niggeż niggiżna niggiżtu niggżu
f niggżet
imperfect m nniggeż tniggeż jniggeż nniggżu tniggżu jniggżu
f tniggeż
imperative niggeż niggżu