fedhehi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَضَحَ (faḍaḥa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fedhehi (infinitive kufedhehi)

1. to disgrace, to dishonour, to shame someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fedhehi
Positive present -nafedhehi Subjunctive -fedhehi Negative -fedhehi Imperative singular fedhehi
Infinitives
Positive kufedhehi Negative kutofedhehi
Imperatives
Singular fedhehi Plural fedhehini
Tensed forms
Habitual hufedhehi Positive past positive subject concord + -lifedhehi Negative past negative subject concord + -kufedhehi
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafedhehi) Singular Plural 1st person ninafedhehi/nafedhehi tunafedhehi 2nd person unafedhehi mnafedhehi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafedhehi wanafedhehi other classes positive subject concord + -nafedhehi
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fedhehi) Singular Plural 1st person sifedhehi hatufedhehi 2nd person hufedhehi hamfedhehi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafedhehi hawafedhehi other classes negative subject concord + -fedhehi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafedhehi Negative future negative subject concord + -tafedhehi
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fedhehi) Singular Plural 1st person nifedhehi tufedhehi 2nd person ufedhehi mfedhehi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afedhehi wafedhehi other classes positive subject concord + -fedhehi
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifedhehi Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefedhehi Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefedhehi Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifedhehi Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifedhehi
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afedhehi) Singular Plural 1st person nafedhehi twafedhehi 2nd person wafedhehi mwafedhehi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afedhehi wafedhehi m-mi(III/IV) wafedhehi yafedhehi ji-ma(V/VI) lafedhehi yafedhehi ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafedhehi vyafedhehi n(IX/X) yafedhehi zafedhehi u(XI) wafedhehi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafedhehi pa(XVI) pafedhehi mu(XVIII) mwafedhehi
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefedhehi "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafedhehi "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafedhehi "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifedhehi "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofedhehi Consecutive kafedhehi / positive subject concord + -kafedhehi Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafedhehi
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifedhehi -tufedhehi 2nd person -kufedhehi -wafedhehi/-kufedhehini/-wafedhehini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfedhehi -wafedhehi m-mi(III/IV) -ufedhehi -ifedhehi ji-ma(V/VI) -lifedhehi -yafedhehi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifedhehi -vifedhehi n(IX/X) -ifedhehi -zifedhehi u(XI) -ufedhehi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufedhehi pa(XVI) -pafedhehi mu(XVIII) -mufedhehi Reflexive -jifedhehi
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fedhehi- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fedhehiye -fedhehio m-mi(III/IV) -fedhehio -fedhehiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -fedhehilo -fedhehiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fedhehicho -fedhehivyo n(IX/X) -fedhehiyo -fedhehizo u(XI) -fedhehio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fedhehiko pa(XVI) -fedhehipo mu(XVIII) -fedhehimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fedhehi) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefedhehi -ofedhehi m-mi(III/IV) -ofedhehi -yofedhehi ji-ma(V/VI) -lofedhehi -yofedhehi ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofedhehi -vyofedhehi n(IX/X) -yofedhehi -zofedhehi u(XI) -ofedhehi see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofedhehi pa(XVI) -pofedhehi mu(XVIII) -mofedhehi
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -fedhehesha

Related terms

• fedheha (“shame, disgrace; scandal”)