għadda

From Arabic عَدَّى‎ (ʕaddā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːd.da/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaˤːd.da/ (archaic)
• Homophone: għaddha

għadda (imperfect jgħaddi, past participle mgħoddi)

1. (transitive) to pass on; to hand down
2. (transitive or intransitive) to pass by; to overtake
3. (intransitive, of an examinee) to pass; to do well
4. (transitive) to pass (time)
5. (intransitive, of time) to pass; to go by

   is-sena li għaddiet ― last year

• The perfect forms widely merge with those of għadd (“to count”), though the latter has a variant għodd, which avoids this.