taqtaq

Maltese

Root
t-q-t-q
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic طَقْطَقَ (ṭaqṭaqa), also تَقْتَقَ (taqtaqa), an onomatopoeic verb referring e.g. to the clacking of a horse's hooves and to stones tumbling down.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʔ.taʔ/

Verb

taqtaq (imperfect jtaqtaq, verbal noun taqtiq)

  1. (of the heart) to beat heavily, to palpitate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of taqtaq
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m taqtaqt taqtaqt taqtaq taqtaqna taqtaqtu taqtqu
f taqtqet
imperfect m ntaqtaq ttaqtaq jtaqtaq ntaqtqu ttaqtqu jtaqtqu
f ttaqtaq
imperative taqtaq taqtqu
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