għażż

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːs/
  • IPA(key): /aˤːs/ (archaic)
  • Homophone: għass

Etymology 1

Root
għ-ż-ż (cherishing)
7 terms

From Arabic عَزَّ (ʕazza).

Verb

għażż (imperfect jgħożż, past participle magħżuż)

  1. to cherish; to appreciate
Conjugation
    Conjugation of għażż
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m għażżejt għażżejt għażż għażżejna għażżejtu għażżew
f għażżet
imperfect m ngħożż tgħożż jgħożż ngħożżu tgħożżu jgħożżu
f tgħożż
imperative għożż għożżu
Alternative forms
  • għożż

Etymology 2

Root
għ-ż-ż (laziness)
4 terms

From Arabic عَجْز (ʕajz). The sense “laziness” is also found in several dialects. Compare further għaks (destitution, famine), which might be a doublet of this (with dissimilation, rather than assimilation as in għażż).

Noun

għażż m

  1. laziness
  2. indifference
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