ġab
See also: gab
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| ġ-j-b |
| 6 terms |
Alternative forms
Etymology
From common dialectal Arabic جَاب (jāb), from a univerbation of جاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”). By surface analysis, ġie + b'. The vowel -a- is irregular; the expected form is the less common variant ġieb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaːp/
Verb
ġab (imperfect jġib, past participle miġjub, verbal noun ġejbien)
- to bring, to carry
- to procure, to cause
- to fetch (a price), to sell for
- to form, to give shape (to something)
- to work out, to form, to calculate; to guess, to succeed
- to turn, to change (something)
- to translate
- to render (something) [+b']
- to publish, to make public (in newspapers); to expose to people's gossip
- to imagine
- to esteem
- (reflexive) to behave
- (reflexive) to grow
- to cause sexual orgasm
Conjugation
| Conjugation of ġab | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | ġibt | ġibt | ġab | ġibna | ġibtu | ġabu | |
| f | ġabet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nġib | ġġib | jġib | nġibu | ġġibu | jġibu | |
| f | ġġib | |||||||
| imperative | ġib | ġibu | ||||||
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