għad

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːt/
• IPA^(key): /aˤːt/ (archaic)
• Homophone: għadd

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَادَ (ʕāda, “he returned, did again”). Compare مَا عادَ (mā ʕāda, “he stopped, did no more”), which has also become an adverb in many dialects and may be construed with pronominal suffixes in some of them. Compare Moroccan Arabic عاد (ʕād) and Hebrew עוד (ʿōd, “still”).

Adverb

għad

1. still
2. yet

Usage notes

• Often construed with pronominal suffixes according to the subject of the phrase. For example: Għadni nistenna. (“I’m still waiting.”)

Etymology 2

Root
għ-j-d (saying)
5 terms

From Arabic أَعَادَ (ʔaʕāda, “to repeat, say repeatedly”), the full perfect forms for the imperfect forms of jgħid from the verb qal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːt/
• IPA^(key): /aˤːt/ (archaic)
• Homophone: għadd

Verb

għad (imperfect jgħid, past participle magħjud or megħjud)

1. to say; to tell

   Synonym: qal

Conjugation

Conjugation of għad
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	għidt	għidt	għad		għidna	għidtu	għadu
	f			għadet
imperfect	m	ngħid	tgħid	jgħid		ngħidu	tgħidu	jgħidu
	f			tgħid
imperative			għid				għidu