faqqas

Maltese

Root
f-q-s
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَقَّسَ (faqqasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʔ.ʔas/

Verb

faqqas (imperfect jfaqqas, past participle mfaqqas, verbal noun tifqis or tfaqqis)

1. (transitive) to hatch
2. (transitive) to cut off the top of an egg
3. (transitive, of plants) to bud
4. (transitive) to shake off
5. (intransitive) to multiple, to proliferate
6. (intransitive) to appear suddenly
7. (intransitive) to back out

Conjugation

Conjugation of faqqas
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	faqqast	faqqast	faqqas		faqqasna	faqqastu	faqqsu
	f			faqqset
imperfect	m	nfaqqas	tfaqqas	jfaqqas		nfaqqsu	tfaqqsu	jfaqqsu
	f			tfaqqas
imperative			faqqas				faqqsu