ndiehes

Maltese

Root
d-h-s
2 terms

Alternative forms

• indiehes (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
• ndehes (dated)
• ndess (obsolete)

Etymology

The contemporary form is an analogical alteration of ndehes, but this is perhaps itself an alteration of ndess. Then further from Arabic اِنْدَسَّ (indassa, “to enter”, also “to visit in secret or in order to gossip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ɪ)nˈdɪː.jɛs/

Verb

ndiehes (imperfect jindiehes)

1. (with f’) to seek access (to some group or field), especially through flattery and the like
2. (with ma’) to curry favour, to seek contact (with some person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ndiehes
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ndehist	ndehist	ndiehes		ndehisna	ndehistu	ndiehsu
	f			ndiehset
imperfect	m	nindiehes	tindiehes	jindiehes		nindiehsu	tindiehsu	jindiehsu
	f			tindiehes
imperative			ndiehes				ndiehsu