Past participle:
Noun from verb:
Verb Classification:
Hyphenation:
Perfect
| Sg.1 | sabbatt |
| Sg.2 | sabbatt |
| Sg.3m | sabbat |
| Sg.3f | sabbtet |
| Pl.1 | sabbatna |
| Pl.2 | sabbattu |
| Pl.3 | sabbtu |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | nsabbat |
| Sg.2 | ssabbat |
| Sg.3m | jsabbat |
| Sg.3f | ssabbat |
| Pl.1 | nsabbtu |
| Pl.2 | ssabbtu |
| Pl.3 | jsabbtu |
Imperative
| Singular | sabbat |
| Plural | sabbtu |
Verbs conjugated like sabbat
ażżem,
baċċaċ,
baċċan,
bagħal,
baħħar,
bajjad,
bakkar,
ballas,
ballat,
bannan,
bannas,
bannat,
baqqa,
baqqa’,
baqqan,
baqqaq,
baqqar,
baqqat,
barra,
barrad
Etymology
From Arabic سَبَّتَ (sabbata), intensive of سَبَتَ (sabata, “to cut, smite, cast down”). The root partly overlaps with س ب ط (s b ṭ), which could explain the Maltese a-vocalism. It is likely that the verb was later associated with and influenced by the unrelated Sicilian sbattiri, Italian sbattere. See: Italian '
sbattere'.
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