xebah

Maltese

Alternative forms

xebaħ (unofficial, but common)

Etymology

From Arabic شَبِهَ‎ (šabiha), أَشْبَهَ‎ (ʾašbaha).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛbaħ/

Verb

xebah (imperfect jixbah)

to resemble; to be similar to

Conjugation

The perfect tense is highly archaic and not part of contemporary standard Maltese. It is replaced with kien + imperfect.

conjugation of xebah

	singular					plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person m	3^rd person f		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)		aħna	intom	huma
perfect	xbaht	xbaht	xebah	xebhet		xbahna	xbahtu	xebhu

imperfect	nixbah	tixbah	jixbah	tixbah		nixbhu	tixbhu	jixbhu

imperative		ixbah					ixbhu

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