"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) 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], {{{17}}} [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], {{{18}}} [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], {{{19}}} [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], {{{21}}} [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], {{{22}}} [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], {{{23}}} [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], {{{17}}} [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], {{{18}}} [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], {{{20}}} [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], {{{21}}} [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], {{{22}}} [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], {{{23}}} [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], {{{24}}} [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], {{{25}}} [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], {{{26}}} [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], {{{28}}} [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], {{{29}}} [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], {{{30}}} [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], {{{24}}} [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], {{{25}}} [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], {{{27}}} [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], {{{28}}} [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], {{{29}}} [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], {{{30}}} [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], {{{31}}} [imperative, second-person, singular], {{{32}}} [imperative, plural, second-person], sieb [alternative]
  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: 18 18 5 9 40 9
  6. to be known as [with b’]
    Sense id: en-sab-mt-verb-HWzeky2x

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "{{{32}}}",
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      "tags": [
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "sieb",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              65,
              69
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:",
          "text": "Ja Sena Ġdida,\ngħalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek\nsew f’nofs il-lejl\nint sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu",
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          "find",
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        [
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to catch"
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          "catch",
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      "glosses": [
        "to find out, to realise"
      ],
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          "find out",
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        "to be known as"
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        "to be known as [with b’]"
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    {
      "ipa": "/saːp/"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "plural"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "second-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "{{{31}}}",
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    },
    {
      "form": "{{{32}}}",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sieb",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jsib",
        "2": "misjub"
      },
      "expansion": "sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              65,
              69
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:",
          "text": "Ja Sena Ġdida,\ngħalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek\nsew f’nofs il-lejl\nint sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to find"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to find",
        "to find (something or someone) useful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "useful",
          "useful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to catch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "catch",
          "catch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to look for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to find out, to realise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find out",
          "find out"
        ],
        [
          "realise",
          "realise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be known as"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": ":b'"
          },
          "expansion": "[with b’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "b’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "known",
          "known"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to be known as [with b’]"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/saːp/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sab"
}

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