heda

See also: Heda and Hedą

Maltese

Root
h-d-w
4 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛː.da/
  • Homophone: ehda

Etymology 1

From Arabic هَدَأَ (hadaʔa). One of the few extant verbs with initial h- that are not geminated (Arabic stems II or V); compare hemeż.

Verb

heda (imperfect jehda)

  1. to calm down
  2. (with minn) to cease; to stop
Conjugation
Conjugation of heda (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m hedejt hedejt heda hedejna hedejtu hedew
f hediet
imperfect m nehda tehda jehda nehdew tehdew jehdew
f tehda
imperative ehda ehdew

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Verb

heda (imperfect jehda, past participle mehdi)

  1. alternative form of deha
Conjugation
Conjugation of heda (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m hedejt hedejt heda hedejna hedejtu hedew
f hediet
imperfect m nehda tehda jehda nehdew tehdew jehdew
f tehda
imperative ehda ehdew

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

heda f (diminutive hedka)

  1. (Central Greater Poland) synonym of szkapa

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “heda”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18
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