bellah

Maltese

Etymology

Factitive second stem derived from iblah (“stupid”), from Arabic أَبْلَه‎ (ʾablah).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.laħ/

Verb

bellah (imperfect jbellah, past participle mbellah)

  1. to amaze, astound
    Synonym: għaġġeb

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 belha /ˈbɛla/, bluha /ˈbluːwa/).
conjugation of bellah
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
jien(a) int(i) hu(wa) hi(ja) aħna intom huma
perfect bellaht bellaht bellah bellhet bellahna bellahtu bellhu
imperfect nbellah tbellah jbellah tbellah nbellhu tbellhu jbellhu
imperative bellah bellhu
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