qabeż

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Maltese

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Root
q-b-ż
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic قَفَزَ (qafaza) with -b- from a development [fz] > [vz] > [bz] in some of the inflected forms (and in the related noun qabża). Compare the same development in beża’.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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qabeż (imperfect jaqbeż, past participle maqbuż, verbal noun qbiż or (dated) qabż)

  1. to jump, to leap
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Naqbeż għal fuq saqajja u mbagħad Miss Camilleri teħodli b’idi mingħajr ma tħares lejja.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to jump over sth.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of qabeż
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qbiżt qbiżt qabeż qbiżna qbiżtu qabżu
f qabżet
imperfect m naqbeż taqbeż jaqbeż naqbżu taqbżu jaqbżu
f taqbeż
imperative aqbeż aqbżu