qabeż

Maltese

Root
q-b-ż
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَفَزَ (qafaza) with -b- from a development [fz] > [vz] > [bz] in some of the inflected forms (and in the related noun qabża). Compare the same development in beża’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔabɛs/

Verb

qabeż (imperfect jaqbeż, past participle maqbuż, verbal noun qbiż or (dated) qabż)

1. to jump, to leap
   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Naqbeż għal fuq saqajja u mbagħad Miss Camilleri teħodli b’idi mingħajr ma tħares lejja.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to jump over sth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of qabeż
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	qbiżt	qbiżt	qabeż		qbiżna	qbiżtu	qabżu
	f			qabżet
imperfect	m	naqbeż	taqbeż	jaqbeż		naqbżu	taqbżu	jaqbżu
	f			taqbeż
imperative			aqbeż				aqbżu