naħnaħ

Maltese

Root
n-ħ-n-ħ
1 term

Alternative forms

• nagħnagħ (superseded)

Etymology

From Arabic نَغْنَغَ (naḡnaḡa, “to have an infected throat”). The final غ (ḡ) regularly became /ħ/ and this sound was then generalised throughout the root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaħ.naħ/

Verb

naħnaħ (imperfect jnaħnaħ, verbal noun tnaħniħ)

1. to speak through one's nose, to twang

Conjugation

Conjugation of naħnaħ
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	naħnaħt	naħnaħt	naħnaħ		naħnaħna	naħnaħtu	naħanħu
	f			naħanħet
imperfect	m	nnaħnaħ	tnaħnaħ	jnaħnaħ		nnaħanħu	tnaħanħu	jnaħanħu
	f			tnaħnaħ
imperative			naħnaħ				naħanħu