mewwet

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Maltese

Root
m-w-t
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَوَّتَ (mawwata).

Pronunciation

Verb

mewwet (imperfect jmewwet, past participle mmewwet, verbal noun timwit)

  1. to cause death
  2. to kill
    • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:
      Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
      wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
      żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
      u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!
      Destroy, kill those vines,
      the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
      keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
      without bread, without light, without peace!
  3. to discourage, to dishearten
  4. to numb

Conjugation

Conjugation of mewwet (Form II)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m mewwitt mewwitt mewwet mewwitna mewwittu mewtu
f mewtet
imperfect m mmewwet tmewwet jmewwet mmewtu tmewtu jmewtu
f tmewwet
imperative mewwet mewtu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m mewwittx mewwittx mewwitx mewwitniex mewwittux mewtux
f mewtitx
imperfect m mmewwitx tmewwitx jmewwitx mmewtux tmewtux jmewtux
f tmewwitx
imperative tmewwitx tmewtux
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