sema'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sema"

Maltese
Root
s-m-għ
4 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic سَمِعَ‎ (samiʕa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ma/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.maˤ/ (archaic)
  • Homophone: sema (except archaically)

Verb

sema’ (imperfect jisma’, past participle mismugħ, verbal noun smigħ)

  1. to hear
  2. to listen (to)
  3. to listen to (someone’s advice or admonition), to heed [+ minn (object)]
    Wissejthom, imma ma semgħux minni.
    I warned them, but they wouldn’t listen to me.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m smajt smajt Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) smajna smajtu semgħu
f semgħet
imperfect m nisma’ tisma’ jisma’ nisimgħu tisimgħu jisimgħu
f tisma’
imperative isma’ isimgħu
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