biegħ

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Maltese

Root
b-j-għ
5 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɪːħ/
Homophones: bigħ, bih
Rhymes: -ɪːħ

Verb

biegħ (imperfect jbigħ, past participle mibjugħ, verbal noun bejgħ)

to sell
(figuratively) to betray

Conjugation

Standard conjugation

Conjugation of **biegħ** (Form I)
positive forms
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	begħt	begħt	biegħ	begħna	begħtu	biegħu
perfect	f	begħt	begħt	biegħet	begħna	begħtu	biegħu
imperfect	m	nbigħ	tbigħ	jbigħ	nbigħu	tbigħu	jbigħu
imperfect	f	nbigħ	tbigħ	tbigħ	nbigħu	tbigħu	jbigħu
imperative			bigħ			bigħu

Nonstandard colloquial conjugation

Conjugation of **biegħ**
positive forms
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	bigħhejt	bigħhejt	biegħ	bigħhejna	bigħhejtu	bigħhew
perfect	f	bigħhejt	bigħhejt	bigħhet	bigħhejna	bigħhejtu	bigħhew
imperfect	m	nbigħ	tbigħ	jbigħ	nbigħhu	tbigħhu	jbigħhu
imperfect	f	nbigħ	tbigħ	tbigħ	nbigħhu	tbigħhu	jbigħhu
imperative			bigħ			bigħhu

Depending on idiolect, the two paradigms may also be intermixed such that the forms with bigħh- are used only in the first and second persons of the past.

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