stmell

Maltese

Root
m-l-l
3 terms

Alternative forms

• stmerr

Etymology

From a merger of Arabic اِسْتَمَلَّ (istamalla, “to regard as tedious”) and Arabic اِسْتَمَرَّ (istamarra, “to regard as bitter”). Phonetically both verbs still exist (as indicated above), but they are now merely variants of each other.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stmɛll/

Verb

stmell (imperfect jistmell, past participle mistmell, verbal noun stmellija)

1. to disdain, disregard

Conjugation

Conjugation of stmell
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	stmellejt	stmellejt	stmell		stmellejna	stmellejtu	stmellew
	f			stmellet
imperfect	m	nistmell	tistmell	jistmell		nistmellu	tistmellu	jistmellu
	f			tistmell
imperative			stmell				stmellu