"sab" meaning in Maltese

See sab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /saːp/
Etymology: From Arabic أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba). Compare Moroccan Arabic صاب (ṣāb). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|أَصَابَ}} Arabic أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba), {{cog|ary|صاب|tr=ṣāb}} Moroccan Arabic صاب (ṣāb) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jsib|misjub}} sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|sibt|sibt|sab|sabet|sibna|sibtu|sabu|nsib|ssib|jsib|ssib|nsibu|ssibu|jsibu|sib|sibu}} Forms: jsib [imperfect], misjub [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], sibt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], sibt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], sab [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], sibna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], sibtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], sabu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], sibt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], sibt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], sabet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], sibna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], sibtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], sabu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nsib [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], ssib [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jsib [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nsibu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], ssibu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jsibu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nsib [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], ssib [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], ssib [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nsibu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], ssibu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jsibu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], sib [imperative, second-person, singular], sibu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to find
    Sense id: en-sab-mt-verb-dN8zHEYd
  2. to find
    to find (something or someone) useful
    Sense id: en-sab-mt-verb-XUrHAHwp
  3. to catch
    Sense id: en-sab-mt-verb-~neHFCn2
  4. to look for
    Sense id: en-sab-mt-verb-3yMFEON8
  5. to find out, to realise
    Sense id: en-sab-mt-verb-2CzmhOe7 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 9 33 4 6 41 7
  6. to be known as [+ b’ (object)]
    Sense id: en-sab-mt-verb-K2tlTVOJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sieb

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}

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