iebes

Maltese

Root
w-b-s
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic يَابِس (yābis). The initial /j/ was lost. Irregularities involving this consonant in initial position are common; compare jiena, jew with unetymological j-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪː.bɛs/

Adjective

iebes (feminine singular iebsa, plural ibsin or ebsin, comparative ejbes)

  1. hard (not soft)
    Antonym: artab
  2. hard, harsh, severe
    Antonym: artab
  3. stiff
    Antonyms: mitruħ, artab, merħi
  4. firm
    Antonyms: mitruħ, merħi
  5. hard, difficult
    Antonyms: ħafif, faċli
  6. hard (demanding a lot of effort to endure)
    Antonyms: ħafif, faċli
  7. jammed
    Antonyms: laxk, merħi

Adverb

iebes

  1. harshly, severely
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.