laqat

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Maltese

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Root
l-q-t
1 term

Etymology

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Apparently from Arabic لَقَطَ (laqaṭa, to pick up). A development “pick up” → “grab” → “hit” might be conceivable, but probably influenced by such roots as لَكَأَ (lakaʔa), لَكَثَ (lakaṯa), لَكِدَ (lakida), لَكَزَ (lakaza), all meaning “to hit”. Compare also Yemeni Arabic لكد (lakad) in this sense.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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laqat (imperfect jolqot, past participle milqut)

  1. to hit, beat
  2. (figurative) to hit, strike (with some damaging action)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of laqat
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m lqatt lqatt laqat lqatna lqattu laqtu
f laqtet
imperfect m nolqot tolqot jolqot nolqtu tolqtu jolqtu
f tolqot
imperative olqot olqtu