raqad

Maltese

Etymology

Root
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

IPA^(key): /ˈra.ʔat/

Verb

raqad (imperfect jorqod, active participle rieqed, verbal noun rqad)

to sleep
Synonym: (childish) ninna

Conjugation

Conjugation of raqad
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	rqadt	rqadt	raqad	rqadna	rqadtu	raqdu
perfect	f	rqadt	rqadt	raqdet	rqadna	rqadtu	raqdu
imperfect	m	norqod	torqod	jorqod	norqdu	torqdu	jorqdu
imperfect	f	norqod	torqod	torqod	norqdu	torqdu	jorqdu
imperative			orqod			orqdu

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