ggverna

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • iggverna (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian guvirnari and/or Italian governare, both from Latin gubernare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ɪ)ɡˈɡvɛr.na/

Verb

ggverna (imperfect jiggverna, past participle ggvernat or gvernat, verbal noun ggvernar or gvernar)

  1. to govern, to rule by law
  2. to give orders

Conjugation

Conjugation of ggverna (i-type unadapted loan)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ggvernajt ggvernajt ggverna ggvernajna ggvernajtu ggvernaw
f ggvernat
imperfect m niggverna tiggverna jiggverna niggvernaw tiggvernaw jiggvernaw
f tiggverna
imperative ggverna ggvernaw
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ggvernajtx ggvernajtx ggverna ggvernajniex ggvernajtux ggvernawx
f ggvernatx
imperfect m niggvernax tiggvernax jiggvernax niggvernawx tiggvernawx jiggvernawx
f tiggvernax
imperative tiggvernax tiggvernawx

See also