Maltese edit

Root
s-b-ħ
9 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic صَبَحَ (ṣabaḥa), أَصْبَحَ (ʔaṣbaḥa).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sebaħ (imperfect jisbaħ, verbal noun sebħ)

  1. to dawn
  2. to be up very early, to be (somewhere) in the early morning
    Fil-ħamsa ta’ filgħodu sbaħna fl-isptar.
    At five in the morning we were already at the hospital.

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of sebaħ
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sbaħt sbaħt sebaħ sbaħna sbaħtu sebħu
f sebħet
imperfect m nisbaħ tisbaħ jisbaħ nisbħu tisbħu jisbħu
f tisbaħ
imperative isbaħ isbħu