għaqqad
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic عَقَّدَ (ʿaqqada), intensive second stem of عَقَدَ (ʿaqada).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːʔ.ʔat/
Verb
għaqqad (imperfect jgħaqqad)
- to join together; to unite; to unify
- Għalhekk mhumiex iżjed tnejn, imma ġisem wieħed. Mela dak li għaqqad Alla m’għandux jifirdu l-bniedem.
- Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. (Matthew 19:6)
Conjugation
conjugation of għaqqad
| singular | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person m | 3rd person f | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| jien(a) | int(i) | hu(wa) | hi(ja) | aħna | intom | huma | |||
| perfect | għaqqadt | għaqqadt | għaqqad | għaqqdet | għaqqadna | għaqqadtu | għaqqdu | ||
| imperfect | ngħaqqad | tgħaqqad | jgħaqqad | tgħaqqad | ngħaqqdu | tgħaqqdu | jgħaqqdu | ||
| imperative | għaqqad | għaqqdu | |||||||
- Note: The plural forms of the imperfect merge phonetically with those of qeda (“to serve”) when provided with a pronominal or negative ending; e.g. jgħaqqdux, jaqdux are both /jaʔˈduːʃ/.
Related terms
- għaqda