qiegħed

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Maltese

Root
q-għ-d
9 terms

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)

  1. active participle of qagħad
    1. 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)
    2. (of water) stagnant, standing, motionless
      Kien hemm riħa t’ilma qiegħed.There was a smell of stagnant water.
    3. (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.
    4. 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)

  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.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of qiegħed
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qegħidt qegħidt qiegħed qegħidna qegħidtu qiegħdu
f qiegħdet
imperfect m nqiegħed tqiegħed jqiegħed nqiegħdu tqiegħdu jqiegħdu
f tqiegħed
imperative qiegħed qiegħdu