għajjen
Appearance
Maltese
[edit]Root |
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għ-j-n (eye) |
2 terms |
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic عَيَّنَ (ʕayyana) and/or عايَنَ (ʕāyana). Both would have merged in Maltese.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]għajjen (imperfect jgħajjen, past participle mgħajjen)
- to curse by means of the evil eye
- Kienu jgħidu li dik il-povra xiħa tgħajjen lin-nies.
- They used to say that poor old woman cast the evil eye on people.
Conjugation
[edit]Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-j-n (eye)
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese terms spelled with Għ
- Maltese terms with usage examples
- Maltese form-II verbs
- Maltese hollow form-II verbs
- Maltese hollow verbs