xeba'

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Maltese

Root
x-b-għ
9 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ba/
IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.baˤ/ (archaic)

Etymology 1

From Arabic شَبِعَ (šabiʕa).

Alternative forms

xaba’

Verb

xeba’ (imperfect jixba’, verbal noun xeba’)

to be satiated, to be full, to have enough food
- 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
  Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
  li dejjem ta’ kull sena
  titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
  u kull April tinbena,
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to be fed up, to have enough

Conjugation

Conjugation of xeba’
		singular				plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	xbajt	xbajt	xeba’		xbajna	xbajtu	xebgħu
perfect	f	xbajt	xbajt	xebgħet		xbajna	xbajtu	xebgħu
imperfect	m	nixba’	tixba’	jixba’		nixbgħu	tixbgħu	jixbgħu
imperfect	f	nixba’	tixba’	tixba’		nixbgħu	tixbgħu	jixbgħu
imperative			ixba’				ixbgħu

Etymology 2

From Arabic شِبَع (šibaʕ), شِبْع (šibʕ).

Verb

xeba’ m (instance noun xebgħa)

verbal noun of xeba’
Alternative form: xaba’

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