raqad

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈra.ʔat/

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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