fesfes
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Maltese[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| f-s-f-s |
| 1 term |
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic وَسْوَسَ (waswasa). The replacement of /w/ with voiceless /f/ is onomatopoeic; moreover it simplifies the formation of the conjugated forms since forms like weswsu would have to be contracted (compare werwer).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fesfes (imperfect jfesfes)
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation of fesfes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | fesfist | fesfist | fesfes | fesfisna | fesfistu | fesfsu | |
| f | fesfset | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nfesfes | tfesfes | jfesfes | nfesfsu | tfesfsu | jfesfsu | |
| f | tfesfes | |||||||
| imperative | fesfes | fesfsu | ||||||