teba'
Maltese
Alternative forms
- taba', tebagħ
Etymology
From Arabic طَبَعَ (ṭabaʿa, “to print, seal, brand, coin”). The sense “to print” cannot be inherited, but must have developed independently from Arabic based on the older senses.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛba/
Verb
teba' (imperfect jitba', past participle mitbugħ)
- (dated, literary) to print
- Synonym: stampa
Conjugation
conjugation of teba'
| singular | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | tbajt | tbajt | teba' | tebgħet | tbajna | tbajtu | tebgħu | ||
| imperfect | nitba' | titba' | jitba' | titba' | nitbgħu | titbgħu | jitbgħu | ||
| imperative | itba' | itbgħu | |||||||
Related terms
- matbgħa
- tebba', tabba'
- tebbiegħ