kkastiga

Maltese

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian castigare, from Latin castigare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ɪ)k.kasˈtiː.ɡa/

Verb

kkastiga (imperfect jikkastiga, past participle kkastigat or kastigat, verbal noun kkastigar or kastigar)

  1. to punish
    Synonym: (archaic) għaddeb
  2. to oppress

Conjugation

Conjugation of kkastiga (i-type unadapted loan)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m kkastigajt kkastigajt kkastiga kkastigajna kkastigajtu kkastigaw
f kkastigat
imperfect m nikkastiga tikkastiga jikkastiga nikkastigaw tikkastigaw jikkastigaw
f tikkastiga
imperative kkastiga kkastigaw
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m kkastigajtx kkastigajtx kkastiga kkastigajniex kkastigajtux kkastigawx
f kkastigatx
imperfect m nikkastigax tikkastigax jikkastigax nikkastigawx tikkastigawx jikkastigawx
f tikkastigax
imperative tikkastigax tikkastigawx