waddab

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Maltese

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Root
w-d-b
5 terms

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the Arabic root و ض ف (w-ḍ-f), variant of و ف ض (w-f-ḍ), which has to do with “accelerating”. The original sense is “shoot with a slingshot”, as still in the noun wadab (slingshot). This sense is attested for Iberian Arabic and still found in Maghrebi dialects. For the development fb compare beża’, qabeż.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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waddab (imperfect jwaddab, past participle mwaddab)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: tefa’, xeħet

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of waddab
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m waddabt waddabt waddab waddabna waddabtu waddbu
f waddbet
imperfect m nwaddab twaddab jwaddab nwaddbu twaddbu jwaddbu
f twaddab
imperative waddab waddbu