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Maltese
Etymology
Factitive second stem of Arabic رَزَنَ (razana, “to be steady, firm, still”).
Pronunciation
Verb
rażżan (imperfect jrażżan, past participle mrażżan, verbal noun tirżin or trażżin)
- to restrain, control
“Rajt, ma rajtx”performed by Tony Camilleri:Dak ir-raġel li kien tah il-ħjiel
Qal: B’idejja x’mort għamilt!
Kważi jien dal-povru raġel qtilt,
Għax ilsieni twil u ma bqajtx sieket.
Ngħix fil-piena ħajti jiena,
Għax ilsieni ma rażżantx.- That man who had given him the hint
Said: What have I done with my own hands!
It’s as though I myself killed that poor man,
Because my tongue is long and I didn’t keep quiet.
I’ll live my life in misery
Because I didn’t restrain my tongue.
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
ja Sena Ġdida?
Ah! biegħed minna
il-għelt, il-ġlied,
id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
ġibilna l-għaqda,
ġibilna s-sliem,
ġibilna l-ħelsien!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation