weġa'

Maltese

Root
w-ġ-għ
6 terms

Alternative forms

• waġa’

Etymology

From Arabic وَجِعَ (wajiʕa), أَوْجَعَ (ʔawjaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ.d͡ʒa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ.d͡ʒaˤ/ (archaic)

Verb

weġa’ (imperfect juġa’, past participle muġugħ or miġugħ, verbal noun uġigħ or wiġa’)

1. (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

Conjugation of weġa’
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	weġajt	weġajt	weġa’		weġajna	weġajtu	weġgħu
	f			weġgħet
imperfect	m	nuġa’	tuġa’	juġa’		nuġgħu	tuġgħu	juġgħu
	f			tuġa’
imperative			uġa’				uġgħu