dagħa

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Maltese

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Root
d-għ-w
4 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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

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

Etymology 2

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From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

Noun

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dagħa m

  1. verbal noun of dagħa