għaża
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Maltese
[edit]Root |
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għ-ż-w |
3 terms |
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]għaża (imperfect jagħżi)
- (transitive) to comfort (someone) in times of mourning, to offer condolences, to console, to declare regret for someone's loss
Conjugation
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | għażejt | għażejt | għaża | għażejna | għażejtu | għażew | |
f | għażiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nagħżi | tagħżi | jagħżi | nagħżu | tagħżu | jagħżu | |
f | tagħżi | |||||||
imperative | agħżi | agħżu |
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]għaża f (plural għażwiet)
- a disused Maltese custom where neighbors cooked a meal for a grieving family, who refrained from cooking to avoid worsening the fire of purgatory
- il-għaża għalik. ― I wish you die.
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-ż-w
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese terms spelled with Għ
- Maltese transitive verbs
- Maltese form-I verbs
- Maltese final-weak form-I verbs
- Maltese final-weak verbs
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese feminine nouns
- Maltese terms with collocations