bbumbardja

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • ibbumbardja (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
  • bbumbarda, bbombardja, bbombarda (rarer byforms)

Etymology

From a Sicilian *bumbardiari, confluence of bumbiari and bumbardari. Compare older Italian bombardiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ɪ)b.bumˈbar.dja/

Verb

bbumbardja (imperfect jibbumbardja, past participle bbumbardjat or bumbardjat, verbal noun bbumbardjar or bumbardjar)

  1. to bomb, bombard, shell

Conjugation

Conjugation of bbumbardja (i-type unadapted loan)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bbumbardjajt bbumbardjajt bbumbardja bbumbardjajna bbumbardjajtu bbumbardjaw
f bbumbardjat
imperfect m nibbumbardja tibbumbardja jibbumbardja nibbumbardjaw tibbumbardjaw jibbumbardjaw
f tibbumbardja
imperative bbumbardja bbumbardjaw
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bbumbardjajtx bbumbardjajtx bbumbardja bbumbardjajniex bbumbardjajtux bbumbardjawx
f bbumbardjatx
imperfect m nibbumbardjax tibbumbardjax jibbumbardjax nibbumbardjawx tibbumbardjawx jibbumbardjawx
f tibbumbardjax
imperative tibbumbardjax tibbumbardjawx