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

positive forms
		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
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sewwejtx	sewwejtx	sewwiex	sewwejniex	sewwejtux	sewwewx
	f			sewwietx
imperfect	m	nsewwix	ssewwix	jsewwix	nsewwux	ssewwux	jsewwux
	f			ssewwix
imperative			tsewwix			tsewwux