raqad
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
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r-q-d |
3 terms |
From Arabic رَقَدَ (raqada, “to lie down, go to bed, sleep”). The normal Arabic word for “to sleep”, نَامَ (nāma), is entirely absent in contemporary Maltese, but compare obsolete newm (“drowsiness after a meal”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
raqad (imperfect jorqod, active participle rieqed, verbal noun rqad)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of raqad | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | rqadt | rqadt | raqad | rqadna | rqadtu | raqdu | |
f | raqdet | |||||||
imperfect | m | norqod | torqod | jorqod | norqdu | torqdu | jorqdu | |
f | torqod | |||||||
imperative | orqod | orqdu |