bagħad

Maltese

Root
b-għ-d (hate)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَغَضَ (baḡaḍa, to hate). Unrelated with the family of bgħid (far), from Arabic بَعِيد (baʕīd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːt/
    • IPA(key): /baˤːt/ (archaic)
    • IPA(key): /ˈba.ɣat/ (archaic, rustic)
  • Homophones: bagħat, bgħad (except rural), bgħadt, bgħatt (one pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -aːt, -aˤːt, -aɣat

Verb

bagħad (imperfect jobgħod, past participle mibgħud)

  1. to hate

Conjugation

  • The perfect tense is often avoided. It can be replaced by kien + imperfect.
Conjugation of bagħad (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bgħadt bgħadt bagħad bgħadna bgħadtu bagħdu
f bagħdet
imperfect m nobgħod tobgħod jobgħod nobogħdu tobogħdu jobogħdu
f tobgħod
imperative obgħod obogħdu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bgħadtx bgħadtx bagħadx bgħadniex bgħadtux bagħdux
f bagħditx
imperfect m nobgħodx tobgħodx jobgħodx nobogħdux tobogħdux jobogħdux
f tobgħodx
imperative tobgħodx tobogħdux