magħad

Maltese
Root
m-għ-d
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧مَضَغَ⁩ (maḍaḡa) with metathesis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːt/
    • IPA(key): /ˈmaˤːt/ (archaic)
    • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɣat/ (archaic, rural)
  • Homophone: mgħadt (some speakers)

Verb

magħad (imperfect jomgħod, past participle mimgħud, verbal noun mgħid)

  1. to chew
  2. to mumble

Conjugation
  • The perfect tense is highly archaic and not part of contemporary standard Maltese. It is replaced with kien + imperfect.
    Conjugation of magħad
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m mgħadt mgħadt magħad mgħadna mgħadtu magħdu
f magħdet
imperfect m nomgħod tomgħod jomgħod nomogħdu tomogħdu jomogħdu
f tomgħod
imperative omgħod omogħdu
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