laqa'
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic لَقِيَ (laqiya, “to meet”). The unetymological final għ was triggered by the influence of q on the following vowel; compare baqa'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaʔa/
Verb
laqa' (imperfect jilqa', past participle milqugħ)
- to welcome; to receive guests
- Synonym: rċieva
- Nilqagħkom għal dan il-programm.
- I welcome you to this program.
- to accept (usually something offered one)
- Synonym: aċċetta
- Laqgħu l-offerta tagħna.
- They accepted our offer.
Conjugation
conjugation of laqa'
| 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 | lqajt | lqajt | laqa' | laqgħet | lqajna | lqajtu | laqgħu | ||
| imperfect | nilqa' | tilqa' | jilqa' | tilqa' | nilqgħu | tilqgħu | jilqgħu | ||
| imperative | ilqa' | ilqgħu | |||||||
Related terms
- ltaqa'