lanġas

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See also: langas, längas, and långas

Maltese

Root
l-n-ġ-s
3 terms

Etymology 1

From a nasalised variant of Arabic الإجّاص (al-ʔijjāṣ), from إجّاص (ʔijjāṣ) with fused definite article اَل (al-). Compare Algerian Arabic لنجاص (lanjāṣ), Moroccan Arabic لنجاص (langāṣ) or نجاص (ngāṣ), and South Levantine Arabic إنجاص (injāṣ).

Pronunciation

Noun

lanġas m (collective, singulative lanġasa, paucal lanġasiet)

  1. pear, pears
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Derived from lanġasa.

Pronunciation

Verb

lanġas (imperfect jlanġas, past participle mlanġas)

  1. to rain heavily
Conjugation
    Conjugation of lanġas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m lanġast lanġast lanġas lanġasna lanġastu lanġsu
f lanġset
imperfect m nlanġas tlanġas jlanġas nlanġsu tlanġsu jlanġsu
f tlanġas
imperative lanġas lanġsu
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