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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic وَحْد (waḥd). The forms from the stem weħid- before consonantal suffixes are influenced by related wieħed (“one”). The forms with waħed- appear to be compromise forms.
Pronunciation
Adverb
waħd-
- (with pronominal suffixes) alone
- Kont waħdi. ― I was alone.
1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
ngħix ħajja waħdi.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!- Destroy, kill those vines,
the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
without bread, without light, without peace!
- (with pronominal suffixes) by oneself
- Il-fjamma ntfiet waħedha. ― The flame went out by itself.
Inflection