xebba'

Maltese

Root
x-b-għ
9 terms

Alternative forms

• xabba’

Etymology

From Arabic شَبَّعَ (šabbaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛb.ba/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛb.baˤ/ (archaic)
• Homophone: xebba (except archaically)

Verb

xebba’ (imperfect jxebba’, past participle mxebba’, verbal noun tixbigħ)

1. to satiate; to give somebody enough of (especially food)
2. to get on someone's nerves

Conjugation

Conjugation of xebba’

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	xebbajt	xebbajt	xebba’		xebbajna	xebbajtu	xebbgħu
	f			xebbgħet
imperfect	m	nxebba’	xxebba’	jxebba’		nxebbgħu	xxebbgħu	jxebbgħu
	f			xxebba’
imperative			xebba’				xebbgħu