ġiegħel
Maltese
Alternative forms
- ġagħal
Etymology
From Arabic جَعَلَ (jaʿala), reanalysed as a III. stem. Compare the variant ġagħal above, which is the formally regular outcome, but is nevertheless conjugated as a III. stem (jġagħal rather than *jiġgħal).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪːjɛl/
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪˤːɛˤl/ (archaic)
Verb
ġiegħel (imperfect jġiegħel, past participle mġiegħel)
- to make (someone do something)
- Synonym: għamel
- to force; to compel
- Synonym: sforza
Conjugation
conjugation of ġiegħel
| 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 | ġegħilt | ġegħilt | ġiegħel | ġiegħlet | ġegħilna | ġegħiltu | ġiegħlu | ||
| imperfect | nġiegħel | ġġiegħel | jġiegħel | ġġiegħel | nġiegħlu | ġġiegħlu | jġiegħlu | ||
| imperative | ġiegħel | ġiegħlu | |||||||