bagħad

Maltese

Root
b-għ-d (hate)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَغَضَ (baḡaḍa, “to hate”). Unrelated with the family of bgħid (“far”), from Arabic بَعِيد (baʕīd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːt/
  • IPA^(key): /baˤːt/ (archaic)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɣat/ (archaic, rural)
• Homophones: bagħat, bgħad (except rural), bgħadt, bgħatt (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -aːt, -aˤːt, -aɣat

Verb

bagħad (imperfect jobgħod, past participle mibgħud)

1. to hate

Conjugation

• The perfect tense is often avoided. It can be replaced by kien + imperfect.

Conjugation of bagħad
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	bgħadt	bgħadt	bagħad		bgħadna	bgħadtu	bagħdu
	f			bagħdet
imperfect	m	nobgħod	tobgħod	jobgħod		nobogħdu	tobogħdu	jobogħdu
	f			tobgħod
imperative			obgħod				obogħdu