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fesfes

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Maltese

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Root
f-s-f-s
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic وَسْوَسَ (waswasa). The replacement of /w/ with voiceless /f/ is onomatopoeic; moreover it simplifies the formation of the conjugated forms since forms like weswsu would have to be contracted (compare werwer).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fesfes (imperfect jfesfes)

  1. to whisper
  2. to hiss

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fesfes
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m fesfist fesfist fesfes fesfisna fesfistu fesfsu
f fesfset
imperfect m nfesfes tfesfes jfesfes nfesfsu tfesfsu jfesfsu
f tfesfes
imperative fesfes fesfsu