bellah

Maltese
Root
b-l-h
5 terms

Etymology

Factitive second stem derived from iblah (“stupid”), from Arabic أَبْلَه‎ (ʔablah).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.laħ/

Verb

bellah (imperfect jbellah, past participle mbellah)

  1. to amaze, astound
    Synonym: għaġġeb

Conjugation
  • The sound /ħ/ is kept in all conjugated forms. The spelling is h instead of ħ because this fortition has not been generalised throughout the root (compare belha /ˈbɛ.la/, bluha /ˈbluː.wa/).
    Conjugation of bellah
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bellaht bellaht bellah bellahna bellahtu bellhu
f bellhet
imperfect m nbellah tbellah jbellah nbellhu tbellhu jbellhu
f tbellah
imperative bellah bellhu
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