"sella" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛl.la/
Etymology: From Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”, also “to pray for somebody, to bless”). Regarding the e-vocalism and the verbal noun tislija there may have been a merger with Arabic سَلَّى (sallā, “to amuse, entertain, comfort”). See the doublet salla for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|صَلَّى|t=to pray”, also “to pray for somebody, to bless}} Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”, also “to pray for somebody, to bless”), {{m+|ar|سَلَّى|t=to amuse, entertain, comfort}} Arabic سَلَّى (sallā, “to amuse, entertain, comfort”) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jselli|vn=tislija}} sella (imperfect jselli, verbal noun tislija) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|sellejt|sellejt|sella|selliet|sellejna|sellejtu|sellew|nselli|sselli|jselli|sselli|nsellu|ssellu|jsellu|selli|sellu}} Forms: jselli [imperfect], tislija [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], sellejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], sellejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], sella [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], sellejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], sellejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], sellew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], sellejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], sellejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], selliet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], sellejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], sellejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], sellew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nselli [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], sselli [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jselli [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nsellu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], ssellu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jsellu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nselli [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], sselli [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], sselli [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nsellu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], ssellu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jsellu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], selli [imperative, second-person, singular], sellu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. (intransitive, + għal) to greet Tags: intransitive Synonyms: sellem
    Sense id: en-sella-mt-verb-1Fpb09D4 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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