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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic عَدَّى (ʕaddā).
Pronunciation
Verb
għadda (imperfect jgħaddi, past participle mgħoddi)
- (transitive) to pass on; to hand down
- (transitive or intransitive) to pass by; to overtake
- (intransitive, of an examinee) to pass; to do well
- (transitive) to pass (time)
- (intransitive, of time) to pass; to go by
- is-sena li għaddiet ― last year
1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Agnes”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:Miexja fil-funeral ta’ kuġintha
mart it-tabib, li mietet fl-aħjar tagħha;
u f’moħħha ħsieb għaddej li t-tabib jista’
kif jgħaddi ftit taż-żmien, jitgħarras magħha.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- The perfect forms widely merge with those of għadd (“to count”), though the latter has a variant għodd, which avoids this.
Conjugation