ġab
Maltese
Alternative forms
- ġieb
Etymology
From common dialectal Arabic جاب (jāb), from a univerbation of جاءَ بِ (jāʾa bi-, literally “to come with”), equivalent to Maltese ġie + b'. The vowel -a- is irregular; the expected form is the less common variant ġieb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaːp/
Conjugation
conjugation of ġab
| singular | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person m | 3rd person f | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| jien(a) | int(i) | hu(wa) | hi(ja) | aħna | intom | huma | |||
| perfect | ġibt | ġibt | ġab | ġabet | ġibna | ġibtu | ġabu | ||
| imperfect | nġib | ġġib | jġib | ġġib | nġibu | ġġibu | jġibu | ||
| imperative | ġib | ġibu | |||||||
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