deha
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| d-h-w |
Alternative forms
- heda (see usage notes below)
Etymology
Apparently from Arabic دَهِيَ (dahiya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛː.a/
Verb
deha (imperfect jedha, past participle medhi)
- (with b' or f') to be engrossed, occupied, busy (with)
Usage notes
- The metathesised form heda seems now predominant in practice. Especially past tense forms are attested almost exclusively from this latter.
Conjugation
Conjugation of deha
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | dhejt | dhejt | deha | dhejna | dhejtu | dhew | |
| f | dhiet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nedha | tedha | jedha | nedhew | tedhew | jedhew | |
| f | tedha | |||||||
| imperative | edha | edhew | ||||||