"beka" meaning in Maltese

See beka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛ.ka/
Rhymes: -ɛka Etymology: From Arabic بَكَى (bakā). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|بَكَى}} Arabic بَكَى (bakā) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jibki|mibki|bieki|biki}} beka (imperfect jibki, past participle mibki, active participle bieki, verbal noun biki) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|bkejt|bkejt|beka|bkiet|bkejna|bkejtu|bkew|nibki|tibki|jibki|tibki|nibku|tibku|jibku|ibki|ibku}} Forms: jibki [imperfect], mibki [participle, past], bieki [active, participle], biki [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], bkejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bkejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], beka [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], bkejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bkejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], bkew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], bkejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bkejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], bkiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], bkejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bkejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], bkew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nibki [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibki [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jibki [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nibku [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibku [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jibku [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nibki [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibki [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tibki [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nibku [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibku [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jibku [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ibki [imperative, second-person, singular], ibku [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. (intransitive) to cry Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-beka-mt-verb-pVY01nWW Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (transitive) to mourn Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beka-mt-verb-0a2rtMg0 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈbɛ.ka/"
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    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
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    {
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}

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