kuġin

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian cucinu, cuginu and/or Italian cugino, both from Old French cosin, from Latin consobrinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈd͡ʒiːn/

Noun

kuġin m (plural kuġini, feminine kuġina)

1. male cousin

   Ingħatat dispensa mill-knisja u żżewġet kuġinuha.

   She got a dispensation from the church and married her cousin.

Usage notes

• As above, the stem is often extended to kuġinu- before pronominal suffixes, though forms like kuġinha are also correct.

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	kuġini		kuġinna
2nd person	kuġinek		kuġinukom, kuġinkom
3rd person	kuġinu	kuġinuha, kuġinha	kuġinuhom, kuġinhom