xeba'

Maltese

Root
x-b-għ
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ba/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.baˤ/ (archaic)

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَبِعَ (šabiʕa).

Alternative forms

• xaba’

Verb

xeba’ (imperfect jixba’, verbal noun xeba’)

1. to be satiated, to be full, to have enough food
   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
     li dejjem ta’ kull sena
     titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
     u kull April tinbena,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to be fed up, to have enough

Conjugation

Conjugation of xeba’

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	xbajt	xbajt	xeba’		xbajna	xbajtu	xebgħu
	f			xebgħet
imperfect	m	nixba’	tixba’	jixba’		nixbgħu	tixbgħu	jixbgħu
	f			tixba’
imperative			ixba’				ixbgħu

Etymology 2

From Arabic شِبَع (šibaʕ), شِبْع (šibʕ).

Verb

xeba’ m (instance noun xebgħa)

1. verbal noun of xeba’

   Alternative form: xaba’