feġġ

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Maltese

Etymology

Probably from Arabic فَجَأَ (fajaʔa, “to appear suddenly”). The phonetic form is slightly irregular (we would expect *feġa), but the development of the noun فَجْأة (fajʔa) into Maltese feġġa appears very plausible.

Alternatively perhaps from فَجَّ (fajja) with the original meaning “to cleave, open”, which makes sense for example when feġġ is used of blood or tears that erupt from the body. Compare also English break out (“to emerge suddenly”), German anbrechen (“to begin”), etc.

Pronunciation

Verb

feġġ (imperfect jfiġġ, verbal noun feġġ)

  1. to appear (suddenly)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of feġġ
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m feġġejt feġġejt feġġ feġġejna feġġejtu feġġew
f feġġet
imperfect m nfiġġ tfiġġ jfiġġ nfiġġu tfiġġu jfiġġu
f tfiġġ
imperative fiġġ fiġġu

Noun

feġġ m (instance noun feġġa)

  1. verbal noun of feġġ: appearance, appearing, especially when sudden or brief

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