abborrixxa
Maltese
Alternative forms
- abborra
Etymology
From Italian abborrire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.bɔrˈrɪʃ.ʃa/
- Rhymes: -ɪʃʃa
Verb
abborrixxa (imperfect jabborrixxi, past participle abborrit, verbal noun abborrir)
- to abhor, to detest
Conjugation
- The traditional rule is that the syllable -ixx- is lost before stressed endings; that is in the past tense, before -x, and before a pronominal suffix. The contemporary tendency is to either keep -ixx- in all forms or avoid it in all forms (see abborra above).
| Conjugation of abborrixxa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | abborrejt | abborrejt | abborrixxa | abborrejna | abborrejtu | abborrew | |
| f | abborriet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nabborrixxi | tabborrixxi | jabborrixxi | nabborrixxu | tabborrixxu | jabborrixxu | |
| f | tabborrixxi | |||||||
| imperative | abborrixxi | abborrixxu | ||||||
| Conjugation of abborrixxa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | abborrixxejt | abborrixxejt | abborrixxa | abborrixxejna | abborrixxejtu | abborrixxew | |
| f | abborrixxiet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nabborrixxi | tabborrixxi | jabborrixxi | nabborrixxu | tabborrixxu | jabborrixxu | |
| f | tabborrixxi | |||||||
| imperative | abborrixxi | abborrixxu | ||||||
Related terms
- abborriment