sewwa

Maltese
Root
s-w-j
4 terms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛw.wa/

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَوَاء‎ (sawāʔ, “evenness, smoothness”).

Alternative forms

Noun

sewwa m or f

  1. truth
    Synonym: verità
  2. that which is true and just; the right thing
    Synonym: dritt

Adverb

sewwa

  1. correctly
  2. very much
  3. precisely
  4. just, only

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَوَّى‎ (sawwā, “to make even, to smoothen”).

Verb

sewwa (imperfect jsewwi, past participle msewwi, verbal noun tiswija)

  1. to mend, to solve (a problem, difficulty)
  2. to repair, to restore (something damaged, a loss)
    Synonym: rripara
  3. to castrate
  4. to season
Conjugation
    Conjugation of sewwa
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sewwejt sewwejt sewwa sewwejna sewwejtu sewwew
f sewwiet
imperfect m nsewwi ssewwi jsewwi nsewwu ssewwu jsewwu
f ssewwi
imperative sewwi sewwu
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