weġa'

Maltese

Root
w-ġ-għ
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَجِعَ (wajiʕa), أَوْجَعَ (ʔawjaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ.d͡ʒa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛ.d͡ʒaˤ/ (archaic)

Verb

weġa’ (imperfect juġa’, past participle muġugħ)

1. (usually transitive, of a body part) to hurt

   Qed tuġagħni rasi.

   My head hurts. / I have a headache.

   (literally, “My head is hurting me.”)

Conjugation

• Only third-person forms are generally applicable. The past tense is often avoided and replaced with kien + imperfect.

Conjugation of weġa’
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	-	-	weġa’		-	-	weġgħu
	f			weġgħet
imperfect	m	-	-	juġa’		-	-	juġgħu
	f			tuġa’
imperative			-				-