qabad

Maltese

Root
q-b-d
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.bat/
• Rhymes: -abat

Verb

qabad (imperfect jaqbad, past participle maqbud, verbal noun qbid)

1. to catch; to grip
2. to catch (fish etc.)
3. to capture; to arrest
4. to grasp; to apprehend
5. (with following imperfect) to start to; to begin to
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 5:1–2:

     Kif ra l-folol, Ġesù tala’ fuq il-muntanja, qagħad bilqiegħda, u resqu lejh id-dixxipli tiegħu. Fetaħ fommu u qabad jgħallimhom u jgħid: […]

     New International Version translation: Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. He said: […]

6. (impersonal) to affect

   qabadni l-ġuħ. ― I am feeling hungry. (literally, “The hunger is affecting me.”)

7. to strike root
8. to become popular

Conjugation

Conjugation of qabad
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	qbadt	qbadt	qabad		qbadna	qbadtu	qabdu
	f			qabdet
imperfect	m	naqbad	taqbad	jaqbad		naqbdu	taqbdu	jaqbdu
	f			taqbad
imperative			aqbad				aqbdu