ġie – Maltese verb conjugation

Past participle:
Noun from verb: miġi

Verb Classification:

• Form: I

Hyphenation:

Imperative

Singular	ejja
Plural	ejjew

Verbs conjugated like ġie

af, afda, alza, amar, amba, badbad, bagħad, bagħat, bagħbas, bagħtar, baħat, baħbaħ, baħnan, bahrad, bahraġ, bakar, balbal, balja, balka, bambal

Etymology

From Arabic جَاءَ (jāʔa, “to come”). As in some Arabic dialects, a suppletive form is usually used for the imperative. Maltese ejja, ejjew seem to be from the interjection هَيَّا (hayyā, “come!, come on!, let’s go!”). Since Maltese h would have left no phonetic trace in this position, the lack of it in the spelling may be simply because the relation was not recognised or not considered certain. It is also possible, however, that some early source already spells it without h. This would weaken the proposed etymology, but not rule it out. See: Arabic 'جَاءَ'.

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