Maltese

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Root
x-b-għ
9 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic شَبِعَ (šabiʕa).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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xeba’ (imperfect jixba’, verbal noun xeba’)

  1. to be satiated, to be full, to have enough food
  2. to be fed up, to have enough
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of xeba’
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xbajt xbajt xeba’ xbajna xbajtu xebgħu
f xebgħet
imperfect m nixba’ tixba’ jixba’ nixbgħu tixbgħu jixbgħu
f tixba’
imperative ixba’ ixbgħu

Etymology 2

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From Arabic شِبَع (šibaʕ), شِبْع (šibʕ).

Verb

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xeba’ m (instance noun xebgħa)

  1. verbal noun of xeba’
    Alternative form: xaba’