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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa). Disregarding the different vowel colour (triggered by the ħ-), the vocalic development was exactly the same as in kiel (“to eat”), which see. The paradigm was further complicated by an unusual loss of -d in all word-final positions (except for the participle); this is also found in some Maghrebi dialects, compare Tunisian Arabic ناخو (nāḵu, “I take”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ħa (imperfect jieħu, past participle meħud, verbal noun teħid)
- to take
- to deceive
- to occupy, take up
- to lead
- to marry
- to treat
- Ħadni bħal wieħed iblah. ― He treated me as if I were a fool.
- to wound
- Ħa riġlu lbieraħ. ― He wounded his foot yesterday.
- to undertake responsibilities
- to feel the effects of or
- to take after
- Ħadet minn ommha. ― She took after her mother.
- to be offended
- Ħadet għalik. ― She was offended by you.
- to quarrel
- Ħadha miegħi. ― He quarreled with me.
- to assert one's self
- Ħa tiegħu. ― He asserted himself.
Conjugation
- Positive forms
- Negative forms (regularly derived, but peculiar)