"xebbah" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɛb.baħ/
Etymology: From Arabic شَبَّهَ (šabbaha). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|شَبَّهَ}} Arabic شَبَّهَ (šabbaha) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jxebbah|pp=mxebbah}} xebbah (imperfect jxebbah, past participle mxebbah) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|xebbaht|xebbaht|xebbah|xebbhet|xebbahna|xebbahtu|xebbhu|nxebbah|xxebbah|jxebbah|xxebbah|nxebbhu|xxebbhu|jxebbhu|xebbah|xebbhu}} Forms: jxebbah [imperfect], mxebbah [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], xebbaht [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], xebbaht [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], xebbah [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], xebbahna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], xebbahtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], xebbhu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], xebbaht [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], xebbaht [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], xebbhet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], xebbahna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], xebbahtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], xebbhu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nxebbah [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], xxebbah [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jxebbah [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nxebbhu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], xxebbhu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jxebbhu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nxebbah [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], xxebbah [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], xxebbah [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nxebbhu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], xxebbhu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jxebbhu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], xebbah [imperative, second-person, singular], xebbhu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to liken, to compare (to declare a similarity between to things, be it actual or figurative) Synonyms: xebbaħ (english: but common) [colloquial] Derived forms: ma’ min rajtek xebbahtek Related terms: qabbel
    Sense id: en-xebbah-mt-verb-E28bTBKo Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

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