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Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔɪː.jɛt/, /ˈʔɪː.jat/
- IPA(key): /ˈʔɪː.əˤt/ (archaic)
- IPA(key): /ʔɪːt/, /ʔɛːt/ (contractions; etymology 1 only)
Etymology 1
From Arabic قاعِد (qāʕid), present participle of قَعَدَ (qaʕada, “to sit”), whence Maltese qagħad.
Adjective
qiegħed (feminine qiegħda, plural qegħdin)
- active participle of qagħad
- located; being (in a place or state)
2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:din l-għaġla
ta’ kollox issa
ta’ iġri u ġerri
fuq xogħol qiegħed
il-minġel jitriegħed- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (of water) stagnant, standing, motionless
- Kien hemm riħa t’ilma qiegħed. ― There was a smell of stagnant water.
- (of a person) unemployed
Ilni qiegħda minn meta Symone keċċietni mill-fabbrika tal-bnadar.- I have been unemployed since Symone fired me from the flag factory.
- used predicatively as a present copula referring to a temporary state (like Spanish estar, but not obligatory)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Arabic قَعَّدَ (qaʕʕada), أَقْعَدَ (ʔaqʕada), factitive stems of the verb above.
Verb
qiegħed (imperfect jqiegħed, past participle mqiegħed, verbal noun tqegħid)
- (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.
Conjugation