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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic غَابَ (ḡāba).
Pronunciation
Verb
għeb (imperfect jgħib, past participle megħjub or (colloquial) mgħib, verbal noun għejbien)
- to disappear
Il-qamar jidher bil-lejl u jgħib bin-nhar.- The moon appears at night and disappears in the daytime.
Il-mara li għebet ġimagħtejn ilu, nsabet mejta f’għar.- The woman who disappeared two weeks ago, has been found dead in a cave.
Conjugation