dejjaq

Maltese edit

Root
d-j-q
6 terms

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj.jaʔ/

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq). The expected form would be *dajjaq due to the originally emphatic ḍ (compare tajjeb). This influence was either levelled out in Maltese or the underlying form was a dissimilated variant dayyiq, ḏayyiq, which exists in several Arabic dialects.

Adjective edit

dejjaq (feminine singular dejqa, plural dejqin or dojoq, comparative idjaq)

narrow

Etymology 2 edit

From a merger of Arabic ضَيَّقَ (ḍayyaqa) and ضايَقَ (ḍāyaqa), both from etymology 1.

Verb edit

dejjaq (imperfect jdejjaq, past participle mdejjaq)

to narrow; make something narrow
to bore; to displease; to annoy; to depress

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of dejjaq
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	dejjaqt	dejjaqt	dejjaq	dejjaqna	dejjaqtu	dejqu
perfect	f	dejjaqt	dejjaqt	dejqet	dejjaqna	dejjaqtu	dejqu
imperfect	m	ndejjaq	ddejjaq	jdejjaq	ndejqu	ddejqu	jdejqu
imperfect	f	ndejjaq	ddejjaq	ddejjaq	ndejqu	ddejqu	jdejqu
imperative			dejjaq			dejqu