għakkes
Maltese
[edit]Root |
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għ-k-s |
4 terms |
Etymology
[edit]The basic sense of the Maltese root is “being weak, feeble, deprived”, which is most readily derived from Arabic عَجْز (ʕajz) and its root; compare għaks (“oppression, destitution, famine”). Phonetically this is plausible since Arabic ج (j) becomes Maltese g in several words, especially in the vicinity of sibilants (compare gżira). Word-finally the sequence [ɡz] is devoiced to [ks] and this devoicing may have been generalised (equally a common phenomenon). On the other hand, the phonetically even closer Arabic عَكَسَ (ʕakasa) also shows meanings that are connectable with the Maltese form, namely “to tie a camel's neck to its forelegs”, “to let it starve in this position”, “to press to the ground”, “to prevent, restrain”. Presumably, both roots influenced each other.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]għakkes (imperfect jgħakkes)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of għakkes | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | għakkist | għakkist | għakkes | għakkisna | għakkistu | għakksu | |
f | għakkset | |||||||
imperfect | m | ngħakkes | tgħakkes | jgħakkes | ngħakksu | tgħakksu | jgħakksu | |
f | tgħakkes | |||||||
imperative | għakkes | għakksu |