dendel

Maltese

Root
d-n-d-l
5 terms

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare Iraqi Arabic دندل (dandal, “to hang, to dangle”). The Formal Arabic form is Arabic دَلْدَلَ (daldala, “to dangle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.dɛl/

Verb

dendel (imperfect jdendel, past participle mdendel, verbal noun dendil) (transitive)

to hang; to hang up
to kill by hanging; to hang
Synonym: għallaq

Conjugation

Conjugation of dendel
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	dendilt	dendilt	dendel	dendilna	dendiltu	dendlu
perfect	f	dendilt	dendilt	dendlet	dendilna	dendiltu	dendlu
imperfect	m	ndendel	ddendel	jdendel	ndendlu	ddendlu	jdendlu
imperfect	f	ndendel	ddendel	ddendel	ndendlu	ddendlu	jdendlu
imperative			dendel			dendlu

Related terms

dendlibbli

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