rażżan

Maltese

Root
r-ż-n
2 terms

Etymology

Factitive second stem of Arabic رَزَنَ (razana, “to be steady, firm, still”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraz.zan/

Verb

rażżan (imperfect jrażżan, past participle mrażżan, verbal noun tirżin or trażżin)

1. to restrain, control
   • “Rajt, ma rajtx”‎^[1]performed by Tony Camilleri:

     Dak ir-raġel li kien tah il-ħjiel
     Qal: B’idejja x’mort għamilt!
     Kważi jien dal-povru raġel qtilt,
     Għax ilsieni twil u ma bqajtx sieket.
     Ngħix fil-piena ħajti jiena,
     Għax ilsieni ma rażżantx.

     That man who had given him the hint
     Said: What have I done with my own hands!
     It’s as though I myself killed that poor man,
     Because my tongue is long and I didn’t keep quiet.
     I’ll live my life in misery
     Because I didn’t restrain my tongue.

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
     ja Sena Ġdida?
     Ah! biegħed minna
     il-għelt, il-ġlied,
     id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
     rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
     rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
     ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
     ġibilna l-għaqda,
     ġibilna s-sliem,
     ġibilna l-ħelsien!

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Conjugation

Conjugation of rażżan
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rażżant	rażżant	rażżan		rażżanna	rażżantu	rażżnu
	f			rażżnet
imperfect	m	nrażżan	trażżan	jrażżan		nrażżnu	trażżnu	jrażżnu
	f			trażżan
imperative			rażżan				rażżnu