weġa'

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Maltese

Root
w-ġ-għ
6 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic وَجِعَ (wajiʕa), أَوْجَعَ (ʔawjaʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛ.d͡ʒa/
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛ.d͡ʒaˤ/ (archaic)

Verb

weġa’ (imperfect juġa’, past participle muġugħ or miġugħ, verbal noun uġigħ or wiġa’)

  1. (usually transitive, of a body part) to hurt
    Qed tuġagħni rasi.
    My head hurts. / I have a headache.
    (literally, “My head is hurting me.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of weġa’
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m weġajt weġajt weġa’ weġajna weġajtu weġgħu
f weġgħet
imperfect m nuġa’ tuġa’ juġa’ nuġgħu tuġgħu juġgħu
f tuġa’
imperative uġa’ uġgħu