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