żebagħ

Maltese

Alternative forms

żeba' (equally common)

Etymology

From Arabic صَبَغَ‎ (ṣabaḡa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.baħ/

Verb

żebagħ (imperfect jiżbogħ, past participle miżbugħ)

to paint, colour, varnish

Conjugation

The sound /ħ/ is kept throughout the conjugation. The spelling is għ instead of ħ because this devoicing has not been generalised throughout the root (compare the variant above).

conjugation of żebagħ

	singular					plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person m	3^rd person f		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)		aħna	intom	huma
perfect	żbagħt	żbagħt	żebagħ	żebgħet		żbagħna	żbagħtu	żebgħu

imperfect	niżbogħ	tiżbogħ	jiżbogħ	tiżbogħ		niżbgħu	tiżbgħu	jiżbgħu

imperative		iżbogħ					izbgħu

Related terms

żebgħa

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