biegħ

Maltese

Root
b-j-għ
5 terms

Alternative forms

  • bigħh
  • biħħ

Etymology

From Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪːħ/
  • Homophones: bigħ, bih
  • Rhymes: -ɪːħ

Verb

biegħ (imperfect jbigħ, past participle mibjugħ, verbal noun bejgħ)

  1. to sell
  2. (figuratively) to betray

Conjugation

  • Standard conjugation
Conjugation of biegħ (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m begħt begħt biegħ begħna begħtu biegħu
f biegħet
imperfect m nbigħ tbigħ jbigħ nbigħu tbigħu jbigħu
f tbigħ
imperative bigħ bigħu
  • Nonstandard colloquial conjugation
Conjugation of biegħ
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bigħhejt bigħhejt biegħ bigħhejna bigħhejtu bigħhew
f bigħhet
imperfect m nbigħ tbigħ jbigħ nbigħhu tbigħhu jbigħhu
f tbigħ
imperative bigħ bigħhu
  • Depending on idiolect, the two paradigms may also be intermixed such that the forms with bigħh- are used only in the first and second persons of the past.
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