laqa'
See also: làqă
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| l-q-għ |
| 4 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic لَقِيَ (laqiya, “to meet”). The unetymological final għ was triggered by the influence of q on the following vowel; compare baqa’. The etymological past participle milqi is preserved in the placename San Pawl Milqi (literally “St. Paul welcomed”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
laqa’ (imperfect jilqa’, past participle milqugħ)
- to welcome; to receive guests
- Synonym: rċieva
- Nilqagħkom għal dan il-programm.
- I welcome you to this program.
- to accept (usually something offered one)
- Synonym: aċċetta
- Laqgħu l-offerta tagħna.
- They accepted our offer.
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of laqa’ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | lqajt | lqajt | laqa’ | lqajna | lqajtu | laqgħu | |
| f | laqgħet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nilqa’ | tilqa’ | jilqa’ | nilqgħu | tilqgħu | jilqgħu | |
| f | tilqa’ | |||||||
| imperative | ilqa’ | ilqgħu | ||||||