niżel

Maltese

Root
n-ż-l
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَزَلَ (nazala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪ.zɛl/

Verb

niżel (imperfect jinżel, active participle nieżel, verbal noun nżul or nżil)

1. to descend, to go down

   Antonym: tela’

   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to depreciate, to devaluate
3. to be registered
4. to follow an argument

Conjugation

Conjugation of niżel
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	nżilt	nżilt	niżel		nżilna	nżiltu	niżlu
	f			niżlet
imperfect	m	ninżel	tinżel	jinżel		ninżlu	tinżlu	jinżlu
	f			tinżel
imperative			inżel				inżlu