staġna

Maltese

Etymology

Internationalism, compare Sicilian stagnari, Italian stagnare, English stagnate. The /d͡ʒ/ might have arisen from contamination of Sicilian stagghiari (“to stagnate”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstad͡ʒ.na/

Verb

staġna (imperfect jistaġna, past participle staġnat, verbal noun staġnar)

1. to stagnate

Conjugation

Conjugation of staġna

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	staġnajt	staġnajt	staġna		staġnajna	staġnajtu	staġnaw
	f			staġnat
imperfect	m	nistaġna	tistaġna	jistaġna		nistaġnaw	tistaġnaw	jistaġnaw
	f			tistaġna
imperative			staġna				staġnaw