ġab

See also: gab

Maltese

Root
ġ-j-b
7 terms

Alternative forms

• ġieb

Etymology

From common dialectal Arabic جَاب (jāb), from a univerbation of جاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”). By surface analysis, ġie +‎ b’. The vowel -a- is irregular; the expected form is the less common variant ġieb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːp/

Verb

ġab (imperfect jġib, past participle miġjub, verbal noun ġejbien)

1. to bring, to carry
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
     ja Sena Ġdida?
     Ah! biegħed minna
     il-għelt, il-ġlied,
     id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
     rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
     rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
     ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
     ġibilna l-għaqda,
     ġibilna s-sliem,
     ġibilna l-ħelsien!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to procure, to cause
3. to fetch (a price), to sell for
4. to form, to give shape (to something)
5. to work out, to form, to calculate; to guess, to succeed
6. to turn, to change (something)
7. to translate
8. to render [with b’ ‘something’]
9. to publish, to make public (in newspapers); to expose to people's gossip
10. to imagine
11. to esteem
12. (reflexive) to behave
13. (reflexive) to grow
14. to cause sexual orgasm

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġab
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ġibt	ġibt	ġab		ġibna	ġibtu	ġabu
	f			ġabet
imperfect	m	nġib	ġġib	jġib		nġibu	ġġibu	jġibu
	f			ġġib
imperative			ġib				ġibu