reda'

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Maltese

Root
r-d-għ
3 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic رَضَعَ (raḍaʕa).

Pronunciation

Verb

reda’ (imperfect jerda’, past participle merdugħ)

  1. to suck, suckle
  2. (figurative) to be parasitic; to exploit; to rip off
  3. (vulgar) to blow (perform fellatio)

Conjugation

Conjugation of reda’ (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m rdajt rdajt reda’ rdajna rdajtu redgħu
f redgħet
imperfect m nerda’ terda’ jerda’ nerdgħu terdgħu jerdgħu
f terda’
imperative erda’ erdgħu