kuġin

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian cucinu, cuginu and/or Italian cugino, both from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈd͡ʒiːn/

Noun

kuġin m (plural kuġini, feminine kuġina)

  1. male cousin
    Ingħatat dispensa mill-knisja u żżewġet kuġinuha.
    She got a dispensation from the church and married her cousin.

Usage notes
  • As above, the stem is often extended to kuġinu- before pronominal suffixes, though forms like kuġinha are also correct.

Inflection
    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 singular plural
m f
1st person kuġini kuġinna
2nd person kuġinek kuġinukom, kuġinkom
3rd person kuġinu kuġinuha, kuġinha kuġinuhom, kuġinhom
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