qiegħed

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɪː.jɛt/, /ˈʔɪː.jat/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɪː.əˤt/ (archaic)
• IPA^(key): /ʔɪːt/, /ʔɛːt/ (contractions; etymology 1 only)

From Arabic ⁧قاعِد⁩ (qāʕid), present participle of ⁧قَعَدَ⁩ (qaʕada, “to sit”), whence Maltese qagħad.

qiegħed (feminine qiegħda, plural qegħdin)

1. active participle of qagħad
   1. located; being (in a place or state)
   2. (of water) stagnant, standing, motionless

      Kien hemm riħa t’ilma qiegħed.

      There was a smell of stagnant water.

   3. used predicatively as a present copula referring to a temporary state (like Spanish estar, but not obligatory)

From Arabic ⁧قَعَّدَ⁩ (qaʕʕada), ⁧أَقْعَدَ⁩ (ʔaqʕada), factitive stems of the verb above.

qiegħed (imperfect jqiegħed, past participle mqiegħed, verbal noun tqegħid)

1. (transitive) to put, to place, to lay

   Synonyms: poġġa, tefa’, xeħet, għamel

   Ħu t-tazzi u qegħidhom fuq il-mejda.

   Take the glasses and put them on the table.