hewden

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Maltese

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Root
h-w-d-n
1 term

Etymology

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Perhaps an extended form of Arabic هَوَّدَ (hawwada), which originally means “to make or be gentle, slow, languid” and thence “to murmur, make demonic insinuations” as well as “to make drunk and sleepy”. The Maltese verb apparently has an archaic sense “to go mad, rave”, which can be derived from this as well.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hewden (imperfect jhewden)

  1. to mull, to muse

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of hewden
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m hewdint hewdint hewden hewdinna hewdintu hewdnu
f hewdnet
imperfect m nhewden thewden jhewden nhewdnu thewdnu jhewdnu
f thewden
imperative hewden hewdnu