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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic جَمَّدَ (jammada). The contemporary senses follow the semantic development of ġmied (“soot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ġemmed (imperfect jġemmed, past participle mġemmed, verbal noun tiġmid)
- (intransitive) to emit soot, to be sooty
- Il-fuklar qadim iġemmed ħafna. ― The old hearth emits a lot of soot.
- (transitive) to cover (something) in soot
- (by extension) to blacken, to give a dark discoloration to
- Synonym: sewwed
- (transitive) to congeal (something), to make thick, viscous
- Synonym: għaqqad
- (transitive) to cheat
Conjugation