ragħa
Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
ragħa (imperfect jirgħa)
- to graze (animals); to herd
- (figurative, also Christianity) to tend; to lead (e.g. a congregation)
Usage notes
- The perfect forms are today entirely homophonous with those of ra (“to see”). The confusion can be dispelled e.g. by using kien + imperfect: kien jirgħa n-nagħaġ (“he grazed sheep”).
Conjugation
Conjugation of ragħa | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | rgħajt | rgħajt | ragħa | rgħajna | rgħajtu | rgħaw | |
f | rgħat | |||||||
imperfect | m | nirgħa | tirgħa | jirgħa | nirgħu | tirgħu | jirgħu | |
f | tirgħa | |||||||
imperative | irgħa | irgħu |