mewwet

Maltese

Root
m-w-t
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَوَّتَ (mawwata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛw.wɛt/

Verb

mewwet (imperfect jmewwet, past participle mmewwet, verbal noun timwit)

1. to cause death
2. to kill
   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

     Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
     wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
     żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
     u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!

     Destroy, kill those vines,
     the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
     keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
     without bread, without light, without peace!

3. to discourage, to dishearten
4. to numb

Conjugation

Conjugation of mewwet

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	mewwitt	mewwitt	mewwet		mewwitna	mewwittu	mewtu
	f			mewtet
imperfect	m	mmewwet	tmewwet	jmewwet		mmewtu	tmewtu	jmewtu
	f			tmewwet
imperative			mewwet				mewtu