pproteġa

Maltese

Alternative forms

• ipproteġa (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
• pproteġġa (rarer byform)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian proteggere and/or Sicilian prutèggiri, from Latin protegere. The lacking gemination might be directly after the Latin or just a spontaneous simplification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ɪ)p.prɔˈtɛː.d͡ʒa/

Verb

pproteġa (imperfect jipproteġi, past participle protett or proteġut or pproteġut)

1. to protect

Conjugation

Conjugation of pproteġa
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	pproteġejt	pproteġejt	pproteġa		pproteġejna	pproteġejtu	pproteġew
	f			pproteġiet
imperfect	m	nipproteġi	tipproteġi	jipproteġi		nipproteġu	tipproteġu	jipproteġu
	f			tipproteġi
imperative			pproteġi				pproteġu

Related terms

• protezzjoni