qabbel

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Maltese

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Root
q-b-l
8 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic قَبَّلَ (qabbala).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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qabbel (imperfect jqabbel, past participle mqabbel, verbal noun taqbil or tqabbil)

  1. (transitive, + ma’) to compare one thing to another (in order to contrast them and assess their respective similarities and differences)
    Għandna nqabblu l-valuri ta’ dis-sena ma’ dawk tas-sena l-oħra.
    We must compare this year’s values with those of last year.
  2. to rhyme, to versify
  3. to match
  4. to lease (especially fields)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of qabbel
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qabbilt qabbilt qabbel qabbilna qabbiltu qabblu
f qabblet
imperfect m nqabbel tqabbel jqabbel nqabblu tqabblu jqabblu
f tqabbel
imperative qabbel qabblu

See also

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