beża'
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Maltese
[edit]Root |
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b-ż-għ |
14 terms |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic فَزَعَ (fazaʕa) with b- from a development [fz] > [vz] > [bz] in some of the inflected forms (as also in qabeż). Compare Moroccan Arabic فزع (fzaʕ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beża’ (imperfect jibża’, past participle mibżugħ, verbal noun biża’ or (obsolete) bżigħ)
- to fear, to be afraid
- 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
- Kulħadd jibża’ u ħadd ma jabbuża jmissu!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Kappella tal-Paċi”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:
- Ejja ‘l hawn, la tibżax minni,
bil-katina ma norbtokx;
norbtok biss bl-għeruq ta’ qalbi,
f’ħajti kollha ma nħollokx.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to care for [with għal]
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of beża’ | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | bżajt | bżajt | beża’ | bżajna | bżajtu | beżgħu | |
f | beżgħet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nibża’ | tibża’ | jibża’ | nibżgħu | tibżgħu | jibżgħu | |
f | tibża’ | |||||||
imperative | ibża’ | ibżgħu |