telaq

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Maltese

Root
t-l-q
10 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طَلَقَ (ṭalaqa). The influence of the emphatic was dissimilated against the final uvular.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.laʔ/
  • Audio (Gozo):(file)

Verb

telaq (imperfect jitlaq, past participle mitluq, verbal noun tluq or talq or telq or tliq or telqien)

  1. (intransitive) to leave; to depart; to go away
    Meta se titlaq għada?When are you leaving tomorrow?
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.
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  2. (transitive) to leave behind; to leave (also a spouse)
    Martu telqitu wara disa’ snin.His wife left him after nine years.
  3. to enervate, to weaken
  4. to set free
  5. (intransitive, slang, euphemistic) to die
    Telqet xi t-tlieta ta’ waranofsinhar.She died at around three in the afternoon.
  6. (intransitive, slang, derogatory) to go insane
    Dak telaq.He went insane.
  7. Used to form the inchoative

Conjugation

    Conjugation of telaq
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tlaqt tlaqt telaq tlaqna tlaqtu telqu
f telqet
imperfect m nitlaq titlaq jitlaq nitilqu titilqu jitilqu
f titlaq
imperative itlaq itilqu