"ġab" meaning in Maltese

See ġab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒaːp/
Etymology: From common dialectal Arabic جَاب (jāb), from a univerbation of جاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”). By surface analysis, ġie + b’. The vowel -a- is irregular; the expected form is the less common variant ġieb. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|جَاب}} Arabic جَاب (jāb), {{surf|mt|ġie|b'}} By surface analysis, ġie + b’ Head templates: {{mt-verb|jġib|miġjub||ġejbien}} ġab (imperfect jġib, past participle miġjub, verbal noun ġejbien) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|ġibt|ġibt|ġab|ġabet|ġibna|ġibtu|ġabu|nġib|ġġib|jġib|ġġib|nġibu|ġġibu|jġibu|ġib|ġibu}} Forms: jġib [imperfect], miġjub [participle, past], ġejbien [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], ġibt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], ġibt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], ġab [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], ġibna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], ġibtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], ġabu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], ġibt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], ġibt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], ġabet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], ġibna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], ġibtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], ġabu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nġib [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], ġġib [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jġib [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nġibu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], ġġibu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jġibu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nġib [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], ġġib [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], ġġib [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nġibu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], ġġibu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jġibu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ġib [imperative, second-person, singular], ġibu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to bring, to carry
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-Lm8SOBBP
  2. to procure, to cause
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-EURCfSe4
  3. to fetch (a price), to sell for
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-VsSE5T0D
  4. to form, to give shape (to something)
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-qBdovIJc
  5. to work out, to form, to calculate; to guess, to succeed
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-xAtVNHNc Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 5 4 7 6 27 2 7 11 8 9 3 2 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 8 7 6 16 3 11 10 7 7 4 3 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 8 7 5 25 4 6 6 5 7 6 4 4 10
  6. to turn, to change (something)
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-wC8H1XYC
  7. to translate
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-VRxNHmW7
  8. to render [with b’ ‘something’]
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-oSD9Nzln
  9. to publish, to make public (in newspapers); to expose to people's gossip
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-Oo73xm9k
  10. to imagine
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-K8WqZT3c
  11. to esteem
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-0Lta08fy
  12. (reflexive) to behave Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-hFt7Blc7
  13. (reflexive) to grow Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-Qwswp5iE
  14. to cause sexual orgasm
    Sense id: en-ġab-mt-verb-DxXvjlY8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ġieb

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:",
          "text": "X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.\nja Sena Ġdida?\nAh! biegħed minna\nil-għelt, il-ġlied,\nid-demm bejn l-aħwa;\nrażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,\nrattab l-irjus u l-qlub,\nġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,\nġibilna l-għaqda,\nġibilna s-sliem,\nġibilna l-ħelsien!",
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        }
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        "to bring, to carry"
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        "to fetch (a price), to sell for"
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          "sell",
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        [
          "for",
          "for"
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      "glosses": [
        "to form, to give shape (to something)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
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          "shape"
        ]
      ]
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        "to turn, to change (something)"
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          "translate"
        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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    {
      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
        [
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to esteem"
      ],
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      ]
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      "categories": [],
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        "to grow"
      ],
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        [
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cause sexual orgasm"
      ],
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        [
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          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
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        ],
        [
          "orgasm",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒaːp/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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}
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    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
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        "imperfect"
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    {
      "form": "miġjub",
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      "form": "ġejbien",
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
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        "perfect",
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    },
    {
      "form": "nġib",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġġib",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jġib",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nġibu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġġibu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jġibu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nġib",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġġib",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġġib",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nġibu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġġibu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jġibu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġib",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġibu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jġib",
        "2": "miġjub",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ġejbien"
      },
      "expansion": "ġab (imperfect jġib, past participle miġjub, verbal noun ġejbien)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġibt",
        "10": "jġib",
        "11": "ġġib",
        "12": "nġibu",
        "13": "ġġibu",
        "14": "jġibu",
        "15": "ġib",
        "16": "ġibu",
        "2": "ġibt",
        "3": "ġab",
        "4": "ġabet",
        "5": "ġibna",
        "6": "ġibtu",
        "7": "ġabu",
        "8": "nġib",
        "9": "ġġib"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:",
          "text": "X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.\nja Sena Ġdida?\nAh! biegħed minna\nil-għelt, il-ġlied,\nid-demm bejn l-aħwa;\nrażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,\nrattab l-irjus u l-qlub,\nġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,\nġibilna l-għaqda,\nġibilna s-sliem,\nġibilna l-ħelsien!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bring, to carry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ],
        [
          "carry",
          "carry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to procure, to cause"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "procure",
          "procure"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fetch (a price), to sell for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fetch",
          "fetch"
        ],
        [
          "sell",
          "sell"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to form, to give shape (to something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to work out, to form, to calculate; to guess, to succeed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work out",
          "work out"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "calculate",
          "calculate"
        ],
        [
          "guess",
          "guess"
        ],
        [
          "succeed",
          "succeed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to turn, to change (something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to translate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "translate",
          "translate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to render"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":b'<something>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with b’ ‘something’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "b’",
              "‘something’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "render",
          "render"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to render [with b’ ‘something’]"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to publish, to make public (in newspapers); to expose to people's gossip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "publish",
          "publish"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "expose",
          "expose"
        ],
        [
          "gossip",
          "gossip"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to imagine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imagine",
          "imagine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to esteem"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "esteem",
          "esteem"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to behave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "behave",
          "behave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to behave"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to grow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cause sexual orgasm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ],
        [
          "orgasm",
          "orgasm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒaːp/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ġieb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ġab"
}

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