qabeż

Maltese

Root
q-b-ż
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَفَزَ (qafaza) with -b- from a development [fz] > [vz] > [bz] in some of the inflected forms (and in the related noun qabża). Compare the same development in beża’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔabɛs/

Verb

qabeż (imperfect jaqbeż, past participle maqbuż, verbal noun qbiż or (dated) qabż)

  1. to jump, to leap
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Naqbeż għal fuq saqajja u mbagħad Miss Camilleri teħodli b’idi mingħajr ma tħares lejja.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to jump over sth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of qabeż (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qbiżt qbiżt qabeż qbiżna qbiżtu qabżu
f qabżet
imperfect m naqbeż taqbeż jaqbeż naqbżu taqbżu jaqbżu
f taqbeż
imperative aqbeż aqbżu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qbiżtx qbiżtx qabiżx qbiżniex qbiżtux qabżux
f qabżitx
imperfect m naqbiżx taqbiżx jaqbiżx naqbżux taqbżux jaqbżux
f taqbiżx
imperative taqbiżx taqbżux
  • qabżet iċ-ċinga