dejjem

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Maltese

Root
d-w-m
15 terms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَائِم (dāʔim).

Adverb

dejjem

  1. always
    • 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 5:
      Dan minħabba l-interess li dejjem wera għat-tagħlim ferm qabel il-Griegi u r-Rumani.
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    • 2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 6:
      Sadattant, mal-medda tas-snin dan l-antagoniżmu anti-Semitiku baqa’ dejjem jiżdied, anki fost il-Ġermaniżi.
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    • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
      Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
      li dejjem ta’ kull sena
      titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
      u kull April tinbena,
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Etymology 2

Verb

dejjem (imperfect jdejjem, past participle mdejjem, verbal noun tidjim)

  1. to perpetuate
Conjugation
Conjugation of dejjem
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dejjimt dejjimt dejjem dejjimna dejjimtu dejmu
f dejmet
imperfect m ndejjem ddejjem jdejjem ndejmu ddejmu jdejmu
f ddejjem
imperative dejjem dejmu