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 (Form I)

positive forms
		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
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rqadtx	rqadtx	raqadx	rqadniex	rqadtux	raqdux
	f			raqditx
imperfect	m	norqodx	torqodx	jorqodx	norqdux	torqdux	jorqdux
	f			torqodx
imperative			torqodx			torqdux