gideb – Maltese verb conjugation

Maltese verb forms of gideb

Past participle: migdub

Noun from verb: gideb
Verb Classification:
  • Form: I
Hyphenation:

Perfect

Sg.1gdibt
Sg.2gdibt
Sg.3mgideb
Sg.3fgidbet
Pl.1gdibna
Pl.2gdibtu
Pl.3gidbu

Imperfect

Sg.1nigdeb
Sg.2tigdeb
Sg.3mjigdeb
Sg.3ftigdeb
Pl.1nigdbu
Pl.2tigdbu
Pl.3jigdbu

Imperative

Singularigdeb
Pluraligdbu

Verbs conjugated like gideb

af, afda, alza, amar, amba, badbad, bagħad, bagħat, bagħbas, bagħtar, baħat, baħbaħ, baħnan, bahrad, bahraġ, bakar, balbal, balja, balka, bambal

Etymology

From Arabic كَذَبَ (kaḏaba). The shift [kd] → [ɡd] is a regular assimilation, but the [ɡ] was then irregularly generalised throughout the root. See: Arabic 'كَذَبَ'.

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