sewwa

Maltese

Root
s-w-j
4 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛw.wa/

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَوَاء (sawāʔ, “evenness, smoothness”).

Alternative forms

Noun

sewwa m or f

  1. truth
    Synonym: verità
  2. that which is true and just; the right thing
    Synonym: dritt

Adverb

sewwa

  1. correctly
  2. very much
  3. precisely
  4. just, only

Adjective

sewwa

  1. right
  2. fair

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَوَّى (sawwā, “to make even, to smoothen”).

Verb

sewwa (imperfect jsewwi, past participle msewwi, verbal noun tiswija)

  1. to mend, to solve (a problem, difficulty)
  2. to repair, to restore (something damaged, a loss)
    Synonyms: rripara, rranġa
  3. to castrate
  4. to season
Conjugation
Conjugation of sewwa (Form II)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sewwejt sewwejt sewwa sewwejna sewwejtu sewwew
f sewwiet
imperfect m nsewwi ssewwi jsewwi nsewwu ssewwu jsewwu
f ssewwi
imperative sewwi sewwu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sewwejtx sewwejtx sewwiex sewwejniex sewwejtux sewwewx
f sewwietx
imperfect m nsewwix ssewwix jsewwix nsewwux ssewwux jsewwux
f ssewwix
imperative tsewwix tsewwux
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