xita
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See also: xi̱taꞌ
Maltese
[edit]Root |
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x-t-w |
4 terms |
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
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From Arabic شِتَاء (šitāʔ, “winter, rainy season, rain”).
Noun
[edit]xita f
- rain
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 7:12:
- U baqgħet nieżla x-xita fuq l-art għal erbgħin jum u erbgħin lejl.
- New International Version translation: And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]xita (imperfect jixti, past participle mixti)
- to rain
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of xita | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | xtejt | xtejt | xita | xtejna | xtejtu | xtew | |
f | xtiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nixti | tixti | jixti | nixtu | tixtu | jixtu | |
f | tixti | |||||||
imperative | ixti | ixtu |
Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root x-t-w
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese feminine nouns
- Maltese terms with quotations
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese form-I verbs
- Maltese final-weak form-I verbs
- Maltese final-weak verbs