"dab" meaning in Maltese

See dab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /daːp/
Etymology: From Arabic ذَابَ (ḏāba). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|ذَابَ}} Arabic ذَابَ (ḏāba) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jdub|vn=dewbien|vn2=dwib|vn3=dwieb}} dab (imperfect jdub, verbal noun dewbien or dwib or dwieb) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|dobt|dobt|dab|dabet|dobna|dobtu|dabu|ndub|ddub|jdub|ddub|ndubu|ddubu|jdubu|dub|dubu}} Forms: jdub [imperfect], dewbien [noun-from-verb], dwib [noun-from-verb], dwieb [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], dobt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], dobt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], dab [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], dobna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], dobtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], dabu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], dobt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], dobt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], dabet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], dobna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], dobtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], dabu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], ndub [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], ddub [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jdub [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], ndubu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], ddubu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jdubu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], ndub [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], ddub [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], ddub [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], ndubu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], ddubu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jdubu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], dub [imperative, second-person, singular], dubu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to melt (become liquid, especially through warmth) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dab-mt-verb-GKskI0J~
  2. to disappear Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dab-mt-verb-xj8PofFt
  3. to become emaciated Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dab-mt-verb-b3BL0QGO
  4. to show tender feelings Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dab-mt-verb-yTlBuDSw Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 12 26 6 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dieb

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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