fesfes
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Maltese
[edit]Root |
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f-s-f-s |
1 term |
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]fesfes (imperfect jfesfes)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of fesfes | ||||||||
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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 |