għama

Maltese

Root
għ-m-j
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ma/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaˤː.ma/ (archaic)
• Homophone: agħma
• Rhymes: -aːma, -aˤːma

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَمًى (ʕaman, “blindness”). Originally a masculine, but feminine in Maltese due to the final -a and hence distinguishable from the adjective (etymology 3 below).

Noun

għama f

1. blindness

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā, “to blind”).

Verb

għama (imperfect jagħmi, past participle mogħmi)

1. (also figuratively) to blind, to make someone blind

Conjugation

Conjugation of għama
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	għamejt	għamejt	għama		għamejna	għamejtu	għamew
	f			għamiet
imperfect	m	nagħmi	tagħmi	jagħmi		nagħmu	tagħmu	jagħmu
	f			tagħmi
imperative			agħmi				agħmu

Etymology 3

See the lemma.

Adjective

għama

1. Misspelling of agħma (“blind”).