sewwa

Maltese

Root
s-w-j
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.wa/

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ, “evenness, smoothness”).

Alternative forms

• sew

Noun

sewwa m or f

1. truth

   Synonym: verità

2. that which is true and just; the right thing

   Synonym: dritt

Adverb

sewwa

1. correctly
2. very much
3. precisely
4. just, only

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَوَّى (sawwā, “to make even, to smoothen”).

Verb

sewwa (imperfect jsewwi, past participle msewwi, verbal noun tiswija)

1. to mend, to solve (a problem, difficulty)
2. to repair, to restore (something damaged, a loss)

   Synonym: rripara

3. to castrate
4. to season

Conjugation

Conjugation of sewwa

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sewwejt	sewwejt	sewwa		sewwejna	sewwejtu	sewwew
	f			sewwiet
imperfect	m	nsewwi	ssewwi	jsewwi		nsewwu	ssewwu	jsewwu
	f			ssewwi
imperative			sewwi				sewwu