telaq

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Maltese

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Root
t-l-q
10 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic طَلَقَ (ṭalaqa). The influence of the emphatic was dissimilated against the final uvular.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.laʔ/
  • Audio (Gozo):(file)

Verb

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telaq (imperfect jitlaq, past participle mitluq, verbal noun tluq or talq or telq or tliq or telqien)

  1. (intransitive) to leave; to depart; to go away
    Meta se titlaq għada?When are you leaving tomorrow?
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive) to leave behind; to leave (also a spouse)
    Martu telqitu wara disa’ snin.His wife left him after nine years.
  3. to enervate, to weaken
  4. to set free
  5. (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) to die
    Telqet xi t-tlieta ta’ waranofsinhar.She died at around three in the afternoon.
  6. (intransitive, slang, derogatory) to go insane
    Dak telaq.He went insane.
  7. Used to form the inchoative

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of telaq
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tlaqt tlaqt telaq tlaqna tlaqtu telqu
f telqet
imperfect m nitlaq titlaq jitlaq nitilqu titilqu jitilqu
f titlaq
imperative itlaq itilqu