rattab
Maltese
editRoot |
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r-t-b |
4 terms |
Etymology
editFrom Arabic رَطَّبَ (raṭṭaba).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrattab (imperfect jrattab, past participle mrattab)
- to soften
- 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!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
editConjugation of rattab | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | rattabt | rattabt | rattab | rattabna | rattabtu | rattbu | |
f | rattbet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nrattab | trattab | jrattab | nrattbu | trattbu | jrattbu | |
f | trattab | |||||||
imperative | rattab | rattbu |