heda

See also: Heda and Hedą

Maltese

Root
h-d-w
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛː.da/
• Homophone: ehda
• Rhymes: -ɛːda

Etymology 1

From Arabic هَدَأَ (hadaʔa). One of the few extant verbs with initial h- that are not geminated (Arabic stems II or V); compare hemeż.

Verb

heda (imperfect jehda)

1. to calm down
2. (with minn) to cease; to stop

Conjugation

Conjugation of heda (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	hedejt	hedejt	heda	hedejna	hedejtu	hedew
	f			hediet
imperfect	m	nehda	tehda	jehda	nehdew	tehdew	jehdew
	f			tehda
imperative			ehda			ehdew

Related terms

• bla heda
• hedu

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Verb

heda (imperfect jehda, past participle mehdi)

1. alternative form of deha

Conjugation

Conjugation of heda (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	hedejt	hedejt	heda	hedejna	hedejtu	hedew
	f			hediet
imperfect	m	nehda	tehda	jehda	nehdew	tehdew	jehdew
	f			tehda
imperative			ehda			ehdew

Polish

Alternative forms

• hada (Central Greater Poland)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈxɛ.da]
• Homophone: Heda

Noun

heda f (diminutive hedka)

1. (Central Greater Poland) synonym of szkapa

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “heda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj‎ (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18