ssikka
Maltese
editAlternative forms
edit- issikka (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Sicilian siccari, from Latin siccare.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editssikka (imperfect jissikka, past participle ssikkat or sikkat, verbal noun ssikkar or sikkar)
- to tighten (a law, measure)
- 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:
- f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
tat-terrakotta - ’kk tmisshom,
isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha -
għoddha qalftitni fatat.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to pressurise, press, badger
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Luqa 3:12-13:
- Resqu wkoll xi pubblikani biex jitgħammdu u qalulu: “Mgħallem, x’għandna nagħmlu aħna?”. U huwa weġibhom: “Tissikkaw lil ħadd biex jagħtikom taxxi iżjed milli jmisskom tieħdu”.
- King James Version translation: Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. (Literally: “Don’t press anybody to give you more taxes than you are supposed to take.”)
Conjugation
editConjugation of ssikka | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | ssikkajt | ssikkajt | ssikka | ssikkajna | ssikkajtu | ssikkaw | |
f | ssikkat | |||||||
imperfect | m | nissikka | tissikka | jissikka | nissikkaw | tissikkaw | jissikkaw | |
f | tissikka | |||||||
imperative | ssikka | ssikkaw |