għadd
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Maltese
[edit]Root |
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għ-d-d |
4 terms |
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]għadd (imperfect jgħodd, past participle magħdud, verbal noun għadd)
- (transitive) to count, to calculate
- Trid tgħodd il-flus jew tafdani?
- Do you want to count the money or do you trust me?
- (intransitive) to matter; to be important or valid
- X’jgħodd għalik l-iktar f’ħajtek?
- What matters most to you in your life?
- (transitive, + bħal or b’) to consider to be; to take for
- Jgħodduna bħal boloh.
- They take us for idiots.
Usage notes
[edit]- The perfect forms widely merge with those of għadda (“to pass”). Hence probably the variant għodd, which avoids this.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Arabic عَدّ (ʕadd, “count, enumerate, calculate, consider”) or derived verbal noun of Maltese għadd.
Noun
[edit]għadd m (feminine għadda)
- verbal noun of għadd:
Inflection
[edit]Inflected forms | |||
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Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
m | f | ||
1st person | għaddi | għaddna | |
2nd person | għaddek | għaddkom | |
3rd person | għaddu | għaddha | għaddhom |
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- Maltese terms belonging to the root għ-d-d
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