sema'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sema"

Maltese

Root
s-m-għ
4 terms

Alternative forms

• sama’

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ma/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.maˤ/ (archaic)
• Homophone: sema (except archaically)

Verb

sema’ (imperfect jisma’, past participle mismugħ, verbal noun smigħ)

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

     U nissaħħar nisma’ dak it-tvenvin xħin tibda tiddwella mas-sikkina bil-ħila u l-ħeffa tal-aqwa gwerrier.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to listen (to)
3. to listen to (someone’s advice or admonition), to heed [with minn]

   Wissejthom, imma ma semgħux minni. ― I warned them, but they wouldn’t listen to me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sema’

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	smajt	smajt	sema’		smajna	smajtu	semgħu
	f			semgħet
imperfect	m	nisma’	tisma’	jisma’		nisimgħu	tisimgħu	jisimgħu
	f			tisma’
imperative			isma’				isimgħu