għad
Maltese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
għad
Usage notes edit
- Often construed with pronominal suffixes according to the subject of the phrase. For example: Għadni nistenna. (“I’m still waiting.”)
Etymology 2 edit
Root |
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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 edit
Verb edit
għad (imperfect jgħid, past participle magħjud or megħjud)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of għad | ||||||||
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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 |