qabel
Maltese edit
Root |
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q-b-l |
8 terms |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Preposition edit
qabel
Usage notes edit
- Unlike the Arabic etymon, not used for “ago”, for which ilu.
Inflection edit
Inflected forms of qabel | |||||
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Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
m | f | ||||
1st person | qabli | qabilna | |||
2nd person | qablek | qabilkom | |||
3rd person | qablu | qabilha | qabilhom |
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
qabel (imperfect jaqbel, past participle maqbul, verbal noun qbil)
- (with ma’) to agree with; to assent to
- Ma naqbilx magħha, imma għandha dritt tgħid li trid.
- I don’t agree with her, but she has a right to say what she wants.
- (with ma’) to agree with; to be in line with; to match
- (obsolete) to precede
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of qabel | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | qbilt | qbilt | qabel | qbilna | qbiltu | qablu | |
f | qablet | |||||||
imperfect | m | naqbel | taqbel | jaqbel | naqblu | taqblu | jaqblu | |
f | taqbel | |||||||
imperative | aqbel | aqblu |