għad

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːt/
  • IPA(key): /aˤːt/ (archaic)
  • Homophone: għadd

Etymology 1

From Arabic ⁧عَادَ⁩ (ʕāda, “he returned, did again”). Compare ⁧مَا عادَ⁩ (mā ʕāda, “he stopped, did no more”), which has also become an adverb in many dialects and may be construed with pronominal suffixes in some of them. Compare Moroccan Arabic ⁧عاد⁩ (ʕād) and Hebrew ⁧עוד⁩ (ʿōd, “still”).

Adverb

għad

  1. still
  2. yet

Usage notes

  • Often construed with pronominal suffixes according to the subject of the phrase. For example: Għadni nistenna. (“I’m still waiting.”)

Etymology 2

Root
għ-j-d (saying)
1 term

From Arabic ⁧أَعَادَ⁩ (ʔaʕāda, “to repeat, say repeatedly”), the full perfect forms for the imperfect forms of jgħid from the verb qal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːt/
  • IPA(key): /aˤːt/ (archaic)
  • Homophone: għadd

Verb

għad (imperfect jgħid, past participle magħjud or megħjud)

  1. to say; to tell
    Synonym: qal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of għad
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m għidt għidt għad għidna għidtu għadu
f għadet
imperfect m ngħid tgħid jgħid ngħidu tgħidu jgħidu
f tgħid
imperative għid għidu
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