kuġin
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Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sicilian cucinu, cuginu and/or Italian cugino, both from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kuġin m (plural kuġini, feminine kuġina)
- male cousin
- Ingħatat dispensa mill-knisja u żżewġet kuġinuha.
- She got a dispensation from the church and married her cousin.
Usage notes
[edit]- As above, the stem is often extended to kuġinu- before pronominal suffixes, though forms like kuġinha are also correct.
Inflection
[edit]| Inflected forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | kuġini | kuġinna | |
| 2nd person | kuġinek | kuġinukom, kuġinkom | |
| 3rd person | kuġinu | kuġinuha, kuġinha | kuġinuhom, kuġinhom |
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