dendel

Maltese

Root
d-n-d-l
5 terms

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare Iraqi Arabic دندل (dandal, “to hang, to dangle”). The Formal Arabic form is Arabic دَلْدَلَ (daldala, “to dangle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛn.dɛl/

Verb

dendel (imperfect jdendel, past participle mdendel, verbal noun dendil) (transitive)

  1. to hang; to hang up
  2. to kill by hanging; to hang
    Synonym: għallaq

Conjugation

Conjugation of dendel (Form Iq)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dendilt dendilt dendel dendilna dendiltu dendlu
f dendlet
imperfect m ndendel ddendel jdendel ndendlu ddendlu jdendlu
f ddendel
imperative dendel dendlu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dendiltx dendiltx dendelx dendilniex dendiltux dendlux
f dendlitx
imperfect m ndendelx ddendelx jdendelx ndendlux ddendlux jdendlux
f ddendelx
imperative ddendelx ddendlux
  • dendlibbli
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