baqa'
See also: baqa
Maltese edit
Root |
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b-q-għ |
7 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic بَقِيَ (baqiya). The final root letter għ was added by analogy: When għ began to be vowelised, the paradigm generally remained distinct from the paradigm of actual vocalic verbs on the basis of vowel colour; compare smajt (“I heard”) from sama’, Arabic سَمِعَ (samiʕa), versus bdejt (“I began”), from beda, Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa). However, in the verb baqa’ the vowel colour had been influenced by the preceding q (bqajt), and thus was it eventually integrated into the għ-class. Compare the same in ltaqa’ (“to meet”), from اِلْتَقَى (iltaqā).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
baqa’ (imperfect jibqa’, verbal noun baqgħa)
- to remain, to stay
- to agree
- Used with a following active participle to convey a continuous action
- Used with an intransitive verb in the imperfect to convey a habitual or repeated action
- Used with a transitive verb in the imperfect to convey a continuous action
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of baqa’ | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | bqajt | bqajt | baqa’ | bqajna | bqajtu | baqgħu | |
f | baqgħet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nibqa’ | tibqa’ | jibqa’ | nibqgħu | tibqgħu | jibqgħu | |
f | tibqa’ | |||||||
imperative | ibqa’ | ibqgħu |