waħd

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Maltese

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Root
w-ħ-d
10 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic وَحْد (waḥd). The forms from the stem weħid- before consonantal suffixes are influenced by related wieħed (one). The forms with waħed- appear to be compromise forms.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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waħd-

  1. (with pronominal suffixes) alone
    Kont waħdi.I was alone.
    • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:
      u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
      u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
      bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
      ngħix ħajja waħdi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (with pronominal suffixes) by oneself
    Il-fjamma ntfiet waħedha.The flame went out by itself.

Inflection

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Inflected forms of waħd
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person waħdi waħedna, weħidna
2nd person waħdek waħedkom, weħidkom
3rd person waħdu waħedha, weħidha waħedhom, weħidhom