feġġ
Appearance
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Arabic فَجَأَ (fajaʔa, “to appear suddenly”). The phonetic form is slightly irregular (we would expect *feġa), but the development of the noun فَجْأة (fajʔa) into Maltese feġġa appears very plausible.
Alternatively perhaps from فَجَّ (fajja) with the original meaning “to cleave, open”, which makes sense for example when feġġ is used of blood or tears that erupt from the body. Compare also English break out (“to emerge suddenly”), German anbrechen (“to begin”), etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]feġġ (imperfect jfiġġ, verbal noun feġġ)
Conjugation
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | feġġejt | feġġejt | feġġ | feġġejna | feġġejtu | feġġew | |
f | feġġet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nfiġġ | tfiġġ | jfiġġ | nfiġġu | tfiġġu | jfiġġu | |
f | tfiġġ | |||||||
imperative | fiġġ | fiġġu |
Noun
[edit]feġġ m (instance noun feġġa)
- verbal noun of feġġ: appearance, appearing, especially when sudden or brief
Derived terms
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- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 1-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɛt͡ʃ
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɛt͡ʃ/1 syllable
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese form-I verbs
- Maltese geminate form-I verbs
- Maltese geminate verbs
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Maltese verbal nouns