raqad

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Maltese

Etymology

Root
r-q-d
3 terms

From Arabic رَقَدَ (raqada, “to lie down, go to bed, sleep”). The normal Arabic word for “to sleep”, نَامَ (nāma), is entirely absent in contemporary Maltese, but compare obsolete newm (“drowsiness after a meal”).

Pronunciation

Verb

raqad (imperfect jorqod, active participle rieqed, verbal noun rqad)

  1. to sleep
    Synonym: (childish) ninna

Conjugation

    Conjugation of raqad
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m rqadt rqadt raqad rqadna rqadtu raqdu
f raqdet
imperfect m norqod torqod jorqod norqdu torqdu jorqdu
f torqod
imperative orqod orqdu
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