magħad

Maltese

Root
m-għ-d
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَضَغَ (maḍaḡa) with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːt/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈmaˤːt/ (archaic)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɣat/ (archaic, rural)
• Homophone: mgħadt (some speakers)

Verb

magħad (imperfect jomgħod, past participle mimgħud, verbal noun mgħid)

1. to chew
2. to mumble

Conjugation

• The perfect tense is highly archaic and not part of contemporary standard Maltese. It is replaced with kien + imperfect.

Conjugation of magħad
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	mgħadt	mgħadt	magħad		mgħadna	mgħadtu	magħdu
	f			magħdet
imperfect	m	nomgħod	tomgħod	jomgħod		nomogħdu	tomogħdu	jomogħdu
	f			tomgħod
imperative			omgħod				omogħdu