arrikkixxa
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian arricchìri and/or Italian arricchire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar.rɪkˈkɪʃ.ʃa/
Verb
arrikkixxa (imperfect jarrikkixxa, past participle arrikkit)
- (chiefly figurative) to enrich
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 arrikka above).
| Conjugation of arrikkixxa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | arrikkejt | arrikkejt | arrikkixxa | arrikkejna | arrikkejtu | arrikkew | |
| f | arrikkiet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | narrikkixxi | tarrikkixxi | jarrikkixxi | narrikkixxu | tarrikkixxu | jarrikkixxu | |
| f | tarrikkixxi | |||||||
| imperative | arrikkixxi | arrikkixxu | ||||||
| Conjugation of arrikkixxa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | arrikkixxejt | arrikkixxejt | arrikkixxa | arrikkixxejna | arrikkixxejtu | arrikkixxew | |
| f | arrikkixxiet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | narrikkixxi | tarrikkixxi | jarrikkixxi | narrikkixxu | tarrikkixxu | jarrikkixxu | |
| f | tarrikkixxi | |||||||
| imperative | arrikkixxi | arrikkixxu | ||||||
Related terms
- rikk
- rikkezza