ġemmed

Maltese

Root
ġ-m-d
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَمَّدَ (jammada). The contemporary senses follow the semantic development of ġmied (“soot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛm.mɛt/

Noun

ġemmed (imperfect jġemmed, past participle mġemmed, verbal noun tiġmid)

1. (intransitive) to emit soot, to be sooty

   Il-fuklar qadim iġemmed ħafna. ― The old hearth emits a lot of soot.

2. (transitive) to cover (something) in soot
   1. (by extension) to blacken, to give a dark discoloration to

      Synonym: sewwed

3. (transitive) to congeal (something), to make thick, viscous

   Synonym: għaqqad

4. (transitive) to cheat

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġemmed

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ġemmidt	ġemmidt	ġemmed		ġemmidna	ġemmidtu	ġemmdu
	f			ġemmdet
imperfect	m	nġemmed	ġġemmed	jġemmed		nġemmdu	ġġemmdu	jġemmdu
	f			ġġemmed
imperative			ġemmed				ġemmdu