biegħ

Maltese

Root
b-j-għ
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَاعَ‎ (bāʕa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɪːħ/
Homophones: bigħ, bih
Rhymes: -ɪːħ

Verb

biegħ (imperfect jbigħ, past participle mibjugħ, verbal noun bejgħ)

to sell
(figuratively) to betray

Conjugation

Standard conjugation

Conjugation of biegħ
		singular				plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	begħt	begħt	biegħ		begħna	begħtu	biegħu
perfect	f	begħt	begħt	biegħet		begħna	begħtu	biegħu
imperfect	m	nbigħ	tbigħ	jbigħ		nbigħu	tbigħu	jbigħu
imperfect	f	nbigħ	tbigħ	tbigħ		nbigħu	tbigħu	jbigħu
imperative			bigħ				bigħu

Nonstandard colloquial conjugation

Conjugation of biegħ
		singular				plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	bigħhejt	bigħhejt	biegħ		bigħhejna	bigħhejtu	bigħhew
perfect	f	bigħhejt	bigħhejt	bigħhet		bigħhejna	bigħhejtu	bigħhew
imperfect	m	nbigħ	tbigħ	jbigħ		nbigħhu	tbigħhu	jbigħhu
imperfect	f	nbigħ	tbigħ	tbigħ		nbigħhu	tbigħhu	jbigħhu
imperative			bigħ				bigħhu

Depending on idiolect, the two paradigms may also be intermixed such that the forms with bigħh- are used only in the first and second persons of the past.

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