jesa'
Maltese
Etymology
From the imperfect of Arabic وَسِعَ (wasiʿa, “to be wide, be able to hold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛsa/
Adjective
jesa' (imperfect only)
- to have a capacity of; to be able to hold; to be able to accommodate
Conjugation
- In contemporary Maltese, this verb is defective and has no perfect forms. The latter can be replaced with forms of kien + imperfect.
conjugation of jesa'
singular | plural | ||||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person m | 3rd person f | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
jien(a) | int(i) | hu(wa) | hi(ja) | aħna | intom | huma | |||
perfect | kont nesa' | kont tesa' | kien jesa' | kienet tesa' | konna nesgħu | kontu tesgħu | kienu jesgħu | ||
imperfect | nesa' | tesa' | jesa' | tesa' | nesgħu | tesgħu | jesgħu | ||
imperative | esa' | esgħu |
Related terms
- wesgħa
- wessa'
- wiesa'
- wisa'