Maltese edit

Root
q-j-s
1 term

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic قَاسَ (qāsa).

Verb edit

qies (imperfect jqis, past participle meqjus or miqjus)

  1. to measure
  2. to think, consider, make a judgment
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of qies
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qist qist qies qisna qistu qiesu
f qieset
imperfect m nqis tqis jqis nqisu tqisu jqisu
f tqis
imperative qis qisu

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic قِياس (qiyās) and/or قَيْس (qays).

Noun edit

qies m (plural qisien)

  1. measuring
  2. measure
  3. size
Derived terms edit