sebaħ

Maltese

Root
s-b-ħ
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَبَحَ (ṣabaḥa), أَصْبَحَ (ʔaṣbaḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.baħ/

Verb

sebaħ (imperfect jisbaħ, verbal noun sebħ)

1. to dawn
2. to be up very early, to be (somewhere) in the early morning

   Fil-ħamsa ta’ filgħodu sbaħna fl-isptar.

   At five in the morning we were already at the hospital.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sebaħ
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sbaħt	sbaħt	sebaħ		sbaħna	sbaħtu	sebħu
	f			sebħet
imperfect	m	nisbaħ	tisbaħ	jisbaħ		nisbħu	tisbħu	jisbħu
	f			tisbaħ
imperative			isbaħ				isbħu