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)

to sleep
Synonym: (childish) ninna

Conjugation

Conjugation of raqad
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	rqadt	rqadt	raqad	rqadna	rqadtu	raqdu
perfect	f	rqadt	rqadt	raqdet	rqadna	rqadtu	raqdu
imperfect	m	norqod	torqod	jorqod	norqdu	torqdu	jorqdu
imperfect	f	norqod	torqod	torqod	norqdu	torqdu	jorqdu
imperative			orqod			orqdu