waqqaf

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Maltese

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Root
w-q-f
10 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic وَقَّفَ (waqqafa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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waqqaf (imperfect jwaqqaf, past participle mwaqqaf, verbal noun tuqif)

  1. to stop, to halt
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to erect, to set up
  3. to accost

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of waqqaf
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m waqqaft waqqaft waqqaf waqqafna waqqaftu waqqfu
f waqqfet
imperfect m nwaqqaf twaqqaf jwaqqaf nwaqqfu twaqqfu jwaqqfu
f twaqqaf
imperative waqqaf waqqfu