staġna
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Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism, compare Sicilian stagnari, Italian stagnare, English stagnate. The /d͡ʒ/ might have arisen from contamination of Sicilian stagghiari (“to stagnate”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]staġna (imperfect jistaġna, past participle staġnat, verbal noun staġnar)
- to stagnate
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of staġna | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | staġnajt | staġnajt | staġna | staġnajna | staġnajtu | staġnaw | |
f | staġnat | |||||||
imperfect | m | nistaġna | tistaġna | jistaġna | nistaġnaw | tistaġnaw | jistaġnaw | |
f | tistaġna | |||||||
imperative | staġna | staġnaw |