għama
Maltese
Root |
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għ-m-j |
3 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː.ma/
- IPA(key): /ˈaˤː.ma/ (archaic)
- Homophone: agħma
- Rhymes: -aːma, -aˤːma
Etymology 1
From Arabic عَمًى (ʕaman, “blindness”). Originally a masculine, but feminine in Maltese due to the final -a and hence distinguishable from the adjective (etymology 3 below).
Verb
għama (imperfect jagħmi, past participle mogħmi)
- (also figuratively) to blind, to make someone blind
Conjugation
Conjugation of għama | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | għamejt | għamejt | għama | għamejna | għamejtu | għamew | |
f | għamiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nagħmi | tagħmi | jagħmi | nagħmu | tagħmu | jagħmu | |
f | tagħmi | |||||||
imperative | agħmi | agħmu |
Etymology 3
See the lemma.
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