magħad

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مَضَغَ‎ (maḍaḡa) with metathesis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːt/
IPA^(key): /maˤːt/ (archaic)

Verb

magħad (imperfect jomgħod)

to chew

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
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person m	3^rd person f		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)		aħna	intom	huma
perfect	mgħadt	mgħadt	magħad	magħdet		mgħadna	mgħadtu	magħdu

imperfect	nomgħod	tomgħod	jomgħod	tomgħod		nomogħdu	tomogħdu	jomogħdu

imperative		omgħod					omogħdu

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.