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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic شَعَلَ (šaʕala, “to light”). The same verb is used for “to turn on a machine” in several languages. In Maltese it may be a calque of Italian accendere, but compare also Moroccan Arabic شعل (šʕal), French allumer, Spanish encender (all “to light” and “to turn on”).
Pronunciation
Verb
xegħel (imperfect jixgħel, past participle mixgħul, verbal noun xegħil)
- to light (a candle etc.)
- Qed nixgħel ix-xemgħa. ― I’m lighting the candle.
- to turn on (a device)
- Se tixgħel il-laptop. ― She will turn on the laptop.
- (intransitive) to burst out in anger
- Synonyms: sibel, rrabja, tgħaddab
- Xgħelt xħin semmejtlek lil oħtok. ― You burst out in anger when I mentioned your sister.
Conjugation