"seta'" meaning in Maltese

See seta' in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛ.ta/, /ˈsɛ.taˤ/
Rhymes: -ɛta, (archaic) -ɛtaˤ Etymology: From Arabic اِسْطَاعَ (isṭāʕa, “to be able”), a contraction of اِسْتَطَاعَ (istaṭāʕa, “to be able”), reanalyzed in Maltese as a Form 1 verb of a root s-t-għ. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|اِسْطَاعَ|t=to be able}} Arabic اِسْطَاعَ (isṭāʕa, “to be able”) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jista'|mistgħi||setgħa}} seta’ (imperfect jista’, past participle mistgħi, verbal noun setgħa) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|stajt|stajt|seta'|setgħet|stajna|stajtu|setgħu|nista'|tista'|jista'|tista'|nistgħu|tistgħu|jistgħu|ista'|istgħu}} Forms: seta’ [canonical], jista’ [imperfect], mistgħi [participle, past], setgħa [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], stajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], stajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], seta’ [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], stajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], stajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], setgħu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], stajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], stajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], setgħet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], stajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], stajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], setgħu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nista’ [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tista’ [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jista’ [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nistgħu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tistgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jistgħu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nista’ [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tista’ [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tista’ [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nistgħu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tistgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jistgħu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ista’ [imperative, second-person, singular], istgħu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. (modal) can, be able Tags: modal
    Sense id: en-seta'-mt-verb-yMvz2vio Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29
  2. to be well off
    Sense id: en-seta'-mt-verb-a2R7Jjvl Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sata’ 
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          "english": "I can recommend you a good restaurant.",
          "text": "Nista’ nirrikmandalek ristorant tajjeb."
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          "english": "Can you help me?",
          "text": "Tista’ tgħinni?"
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        {
          "english": "I can't help you.",
          "text": "Ma nistax (i)ngħinek."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi\ngħax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.\ngħax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek\nu dalgħodu stenbaħt\nb’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel\nu d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.",
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          "ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.",
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          "ref": "1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:",
          "text": "Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha\nmart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;\nu f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’\nkif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛ.ta/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛ.taˤ/"
    },
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      "homophone": "setgħa"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "english": "I can recommend you a good restaurant.",
          "text": "Nista’ nirrikmandalek ristorant tajjeb."
        },
        {
          "english": "Can you help me?",
          "text": "Tista’ tgħinni?"
        },
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          "english": "I can't help you.",
          "text": "Ma nistax (i)ngħinek."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi\ngħax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.\ngħax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek\nu dalgħodu stenbaħt\nb’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel\nu d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:",
          "text": "Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha\nmart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;\nu f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’\nkif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "can, be able"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "can",
          "can"
        ],
        [
          "be able",
          "able"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(modal) can, be able"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "modal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be well off"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "well off",
          "well off"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛ.ta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛ.taˤ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "setgħa"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛta"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(archaic) -ɛtaˤ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sata’"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seta'"
}

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