bajjad

Maltese

Root
b-j-d
17 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَيَّضَ (bayyaḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaj.jat/
• Rhymes: -ajjat

Verb

bajjad (imperfect jbajjad, past participle mbajjad, verbal noun tibjid or (less common) tabjid)

1. to whitewash, to paint a wall
2. to digest
3. to polish

Conjugation

Conjugation of bajjad
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	bajjadt	bajjadt	bajjad		bajjadna	bajjadtu	bajdu
	f			bajdet
imperfect	m	nbajjad	tbajjad	jbajjad		nbajdu	tbajdu	jbajdu
	f			tbajjad
imperative			bajjad				bajdu

Etymology 2

Occupational noun from Arabic بَيَّاض (bayyāḍ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bajˈjaːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

bajjad m (plural bajjada, feminine bajjada)

1. painter (artisan), whitewasher

   Synonym: żebbiegħ

2. white soil

   Antonym: ħamri