xebbah

Maltese
Root
x-b-h
5 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic شَبَّهَ‎ (šabbaha).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛb.baħ/

Verb

xebbah (imperfect jxebbah, past participle mxebbah)

  1. to liken, to compare (to declare a similarity between to things, be it actual or figurative)
    Xebbahhom mal-ilpup.
    He likened them to wolves.

Conjugation
  • The sound /ħ/ is kept in all conjugated forms. The spelling is h instead of ħ because this fortition has not been generalised throughout the root (compare xbieha /ˈʒbɪːja/).
    Conjugation of xebbah
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xebbaht xebbaht xebbah xebbahna xebbahtu xebbhu
f xebbhet
imperfect m nxebbah xxebbah jxebbah nxebbhu xxebbhu jxebbhu
f xxebbah
imperative xebbah xebbhu

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