stagħna

Maltese

Root
għ-n-j
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتَغْنَى (istaḡnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaː.na/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈstaˤː.na/ (archaic)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈstaɣ.na/ (archaic, rural)
• Rhymes: -aːna, -aˤːna, -aɣna

Verb

stagħna (imperfect jistagħna)

1. to become rich

   Antonyms: ftaqar, tfaqqar

2. to enrich oneself
   • 1998, Anton Buttigieg, “Lill-Qamar”, in Żibeġ u Boċċi:

     Stagħnejt, ja Qamar,
     dal-lejl bil-poeżija
     tar-realtà.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stagħna
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	stagħnejt	stagħnejt	stagħna		stagħnejna	stagħnejtu	stagħnew
	f			stagħniet
imperfect	m	nistagħna	tistagħna	jistagħna		nistagħnew	tistagħnew	jistagħnew
	f			tistagħna
imperative			stagħna				stagħnew