Maltese edit

Root
m-għ-d
4 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَضَغَ (maḍaḡa) with metathesis.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

magħad (imperfect jomgħod, past participle mimgħud, verbal noun mgħid)

  1. to chew
  2. to mumble

Conjugation edit

  • The perfect tense is highly archaic and not part of contemporary standard Maltese. It is replaced with kien + imperfect.
    Conjugation of magħad
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m mgħadt mgħadt magħad mgħadna mgħadtu magħdu
f magħdet
imperfect m nomgħod tomgħod jomgħod nomogħdu tomogħdu jomogħdu
f tomgħod
imperative omgħod omogħdu