qagħad

Maltese
Root
q-għ-d
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧قَعَدَ⁩ (qaʕada).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔaːt/
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˤːt/ (archaic)
  • Homophones: qgħad (general), qgħadt (some speakers)

Verb

qagħad (imperfect joqgħod, past participle maqgħud, active participle qiegħed or qiegħad, verbal noun qgħad)

  1. to be; to stay (in a place)
    Bħalissa ma noqgħodx f’Malta.
    I’m not in Malta at the moment.
  2. (usually with bilqiegħda) to sit; to sit down
    Synonym: poġġa
    Jekk jogħġobkom, oqogħdu bilqiegħda.
    Please, have a seat.
  3. to match
  4. to agree

Conjugation
    Conjugation of qagħad
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qgħadt qgħadt qagħad qgħadna qgħadtu qagħdu
f qagħdet
imperfect m noqgħod toqgħod joqgħod noqogħdu toqogħdu joqogħdu
f toqgħod
imperative oqgħod oqogħdu
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