rkoppa

Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic رُكْبَة (rukba). The modern Maltese form with metathesis, gemination and devoicing is a backformation from the plural (or original dual). From the expected *rokba, it would yield *rukbtejn, where the triple consonant cluster was simplified to *rkubtejn. Compare the same in mnifsejn (instead of *minfsejn), plural of minfes (“nostril”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ɪ)rˈkɔp.pa/

Noun

rkoppa f (dual rkupptejn or rkopptejn, plural rkupptejn or rkopptejn or rkopop)

  1. (anatomy) knee
    It-tubu tal-irkoppa għandu żewġ toqob li jillimitaw il-moviment tar-riġel.
    The knee tube has two lugs which limit the movement of the lower leg.

Inflection

Inflection of rkoppa
singular plural
m f
singular 1st person rkoppti rkoppitna
2nd person rkopptek rkoppitkom
3rd person rkopptu rkoppitha rkoppithom
plural 1st person rkopptejja rkopptejna
2nd person rkopptejk rkopptejkom
3rd person rkopptejh rkopptejha rkopptejhom
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