weġa'
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| w-ġ-għ |
| 6 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic وَجِعَ (wajiʕa), أَوْجَعَ (ʔawjaʕa).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
weġa’ (imperfect juġa’, past participle muġugħ)
- (usually transitive, of a body part) to hurt
- Qed tuġagħni rasi.
- My head hurts. / I have a headache.
- (literally, “My head is hurting me.”)
Conjugation edit
- Only third-person forms are generally applicable. The past tense is often avoided and replaced with kien + imperfect.
| Conjugation of weġa’ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | - | - | weġa’ | - | - | weġgħu | |
| f | weġgħet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | - | - | juġa’ | - | - | juġgħu | |
| f | tuġa’ | |||||||
| imperative | - | - | ||||||