dagħa

Maltese

Root
d-għ-w
4 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daː/
IPA^(key): /da.aˤː/ (archaic)
Rhymes: -aː, (archaic) -aˤː

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَعَا (daʕā, “to call, call upon God, pray”). The sense is from the construction دَعَا عَلَى (daʕā ʕalā, “to imprecate, pray for divine vengeance against”). The same generalisation in the sense of “to curse, swear, abuse” is found in some Arabic dialects, though only for the prepositional construction, not the verb as such.

Verb

dagħa (imperfect jidgħi, active participle midgħi, verbal noun dagħa)

to curse, blaspheme

Conjugation

Conjugation of dagħa
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	dgħajt	dgħajt	dagħa	dgħajna	dgħajtu	dgħaw
perfect	f	dgħajt	dgħajt	dgħat	dgħajna	dgħajtu	dgħaw
imperfect	m	nidgħi	tidgħi	jidgħi	nidgħu	tidgħu	jidgħu
imperfect	f	nidgħi	tidgħi	tidgħi	nidgħu	tidgħu	jidgħu
imperative			idgħi			idgħu

Etymology 2

From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

Noun

dagħa m

verbal noun of dagħa

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