xebbah

Maltese

Root
x-b-h
5 terms

Alternative forms

xebbaħ (unofficial, but common)

Etymology

From Arabic شَبَّهَ (šabbaha).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛb.baħ/
Audio (Gozo) (file)

Verb

xebbah (imperfect jxebbah, past participle mxebbah)

to liken, to compare (to declare a similarity between to things, be it actual or figurative)
Xebbahhom mal-ilpup.
He likened them to wolves.

Conjugation

The sound /ħ/ is kept in all conjugated forms. The spelling is h instead of ħ because this fortition has not been generalised throughout the root (compare xbieha /ˈʒbɪːja/).

Conjugation of xebbah
		singular				plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	xebbaht	xebbaht	xebbah		xebbahna	xebbahtu	xebbhu
perfect	f	xebbaht	xebbaht	xebbhet		xebbahna	xebbahtu	xebbhu
imperfect	m	nxebbah	xxebbah	jxebbah		nxebbhu	xxebbhu	jxebbhu
imperfect	f	nxebbah	xxebbah	xxebbah		nxebbhu	xxebbhu	jxebbhu
imperative			xebbah				xebbhu

Derived terms

ma’ min rajtek xebbahtek

See also

qabbel

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