neżża'

Maltese

Root
n-ż-għ
4 terms

Alternative forms

• nażża’

Etymology

From Arabic نَزَّعَ (nazzaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛz.za/
• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛz.zaˤ/ (archaic)

Verb

neżża’ (imperfect jneżża’, past participle mneżża’, verbal noun tinżigħ)

1. to strip, rid somebody of; to take (something) away from somebody

   Neżżgħuh mid-dinjità tiegħu. ― They stripped him of his dignity.

2. to remove someone (from their office)

Conjugation

Conjugation of neżża’

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	neżżajt	neżżajt	neżża’		neżżajna	neżżajtu	neżżgħu
	f			neżżgħet
imperfect	m	nneżża’	tneżża’	jneżża’		nneżżgħu	tneżżgħu	jneżżgħu
	f			tneżża’
imperative			neżża’				neżżgħu