qabbel

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Maltese

Root
q-b-l
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَبَّلَ (qabbala).

Pronunciation

Verb

qabbel (imperfect jqabbel, past participle mqabbel, verbal noun taqbil or tqabbil)

  1. (transitive, + ma’) to compare one thing to another (in order to contrast them and assess their respective similarities and differences)
    Għandna nqabblu l-valuri ta’ dis-sena ma’ dawk tas-sena l-oħra.
    We must compare this year’s values with those of last year.
  2. to rhyme, to versify
  3. to match
  4. to lease (especially fields)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of qabbel
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qabbilt qabbilt qabbel qabbilna qabbiltu qabblu
f qabblet
imperfect m nqabbel tqabbel jqabbel nqabblu tqabblu jqabblu
f tqabbel
imperative qabbel qabblu

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