seta'
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "seta"
Maltese
[edit]Root |
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s-t-għ |
5 terms |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic اِسْطَاعَ (isṭāʕa, “to be able”), a contraction of اِسْتَطَاعَ (istaṭāʕa, “to be able”), reanalyzed in Maltese as a Form 1 verb of a root s-t-għ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]seta’ (imperfect jista’, past participle mistgħi, verbal noun setgħa)
- (modal) can, be able
- Nista’ nirrikmandalek ristorant tajjeb. ― I can recommend you a good restaurant.
- Tista’ tgħinni? ― Can you help me?
- Ma nistax (i)ngħinek. ― I can't help you.
- 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:
- kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi
għax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.
għax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek
u dalgħodu stenbaħt
b’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel
u d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
- Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:
- Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to be well off
Conjugation
[edit]Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root s-t-għ
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms with homophones
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɛta
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɛta/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɛtaˤ
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɛtaˤ/2 syllables
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese terms with usage examples
- Maltese terms with quotations
- Maltese form-I verbs
- Maltese sound form-I verbs
- Maltese sound verbs