għad

Maltese edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /aːt/
IPA^(key): /aˤːt/ (archaic)
Homophone: għadd

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic عَادَ (ʕāda, “he returned, did again”). Compare مَا عادَ (mā ʕāda, “he stopped, did no more”), which has also become an adverb in many dialects and may be construed with pronominal suffixes in some of them. Compare Moroccan Arabic عاد (ʕād) and Hebrew עוד (ʿōd, “still”).

Adverb edit

għad

still
yet

Usage notes edit

Often construed with pronominal suffixes according to the subject of the phrase. For example: Għadni nistenna. (“I’m still waiting.”)

Etymology 2 edit

Root
għ-j-d (saying)
5 terms

From Arabic أَعَادَ (ʔaʕāda, “to repeat, say repeatedly”), the full perfect forms for the imperfect forms of jgħid from the verb qal.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /aːt/
IPA^(key): /aˤːt/ (archaic)
Homophone: għadd

Verb edit

għad (imperfect jgħid, past participle magħjud or megħjud)

to say; to tell
Synonym: qal

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of għad
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	għidt	għidt	għad	għidna	għidtu	għadu
perfect	f	għidt	għidt	għadet	għidna	għidtu	għadu
imperfect	m	ngħid	tgħid	jgħid	ngħidu	tgħidu	jgħidu
imperfect	f	ngħid	tgħid	tgħid	ngħidu	tgħidu	jgħidu
imperative			għid			għidu