pprojbixxa

Maltese

Alternative forms

• ipprojbixxa (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
• pprojba (variant)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian proibire. Displaced native mana’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ɪ)p.prɔjˈbɪʃ.ʃa/

Verb

pprojbixxa (imperfect jipprojbixxi, past participle projbit)

1. to forbid; to ban; to prohibit

Conjugation

• The traditional rule is that the syllable -ixx- is lost before stressed endings; that is in the past tense, before -x, and before a pronominal suffix. The contemporary tendency is to either keep -ixx- in all forms or avoid it in all forms (see pprojba above).

Conjugation of pprojbixxa

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	pprojbejt	pprojbejt	pprojbixxa		pprojbejna	pprojbejtu	pprojbew
	f			pprojbiet
imperfect	m	nipprojbixxi	tipprojbixxi	jipprojbixxi		nipprojbixxu	tipprojbixxu	jipprojbixxu
	f			tipprojbixxi
imperative			pprojbixxi				pprojbixxu

Conjugation of pprojbixxa

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	pprojbixxejt	pprojbixxejt	pprojbixxa		pprojbixxejna	pprojbixxejtu	pprojbixxew
	f			pprojbixxiet
imperfect	m	nipprojbixxi	tipprojbixxi	jipprojbixxi		nipprojbixxu	tipprojbixxu	jipprojbixxu
	f			tipprojbixxi
imperative			pprojbixxi				pprojbixxu

Related terms

• projbizzjoni