ssikka
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Maltese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- issikka (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sicilian siccari, from Latin siccare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ssikka (imperfect jissikka, past participle ssikkat or sikkat, verbal noun ssikkar or sikkar)
- to tighten (a law, measure)
- to pressurise, press, badger
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Luqa 3:12-13:
- Resqu wkoll xi pubblikani biex jitgħammdu u qalulu: “Mgħallem, x’għandna nagħmlu aħna?”. U huwa weġibhom: “Tissikkaw lil ħadd biex jagħtikom taxxi iżjed milli jmisskom tieħdu”.
- King James Version translation: Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. (Literally: “Don’t press anybody to give you more taxes than you are supposed to take.”)
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation of ssikka | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | ssikkajt | ssikkajt | ssikka | ssikkajna | ssikkajtu | ssikkaw | |
| f | ssikkat | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nissikka | tissikka | jissikka | nissikkaw | tissikkaw | jissikkaw | |
| f | tissikka | |||||||
| imperative | ssikka | ssikkaw | ||||||