"għajjen" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈaː.jɛn/, /ˈaj.jɛn/, /ˈaˤːj.jɛn/
Etymology: From Arabic عَيَّنَ (ʕayyana) and/or عايَنَ (ʕāyana). Both would have merged in Maltese. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|عَيَّنَ}} Arabic عَيَّنَ (ʕayyana), {{m|ar|عايَنَ}} عايَنَ (ʕāyana) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jgħajjen|mgħajjen}} għajjen (imperfect jgħajjen, past participle mgħajjen) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|għajjint|għajjint|għajjen|għajnet|għajjinna|għajjintu|għajnu|ngħajjen|tgħajjen|jgħajjen|tgħajjen|ngħajnu|tgħajnu|jgħajnu|għajjen|għajnu}} Forms: jgħajjen [imperfect], mgħajjen [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], għajjint [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], għajjint [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], għajjen [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], għajjinna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], għajjintu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], għajnu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], għajjint [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], għajjint [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], għajnet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], għajjinna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], għajjintu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], għajnu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], ngħajjen [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tgħajjen [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jgħajjen [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], ngħajnu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tgħajnu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jgħajnu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], ngħajjen [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tgħajjen [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tgħajjen [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], ngħajnu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tgħajnu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jgħajnu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], għajjen [imperative, second-person, singular], għajnu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to curse by means of the evil eye
    Sense id: en-għajjen-mt-verb-lo1Yhr5x Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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