deha

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Adja

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Noun

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deha

  1. palm wine

Maltese

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Root
d-h-w
2 terms

Alternative forms

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  • heda (see usage notes below)

Etymology

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Apparently from Arabic دَهِيَ (dahiya).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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deha (imperfect jedha, past participle medhi)

  1. (with b’ or f’) to be engrossed, occupied, busy (with)

Usage notes

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  • The metathesised form heda seems now predominant in practice. Especially past tense forms are attested almost exclusively from this latter.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of deha
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dhejt dhejt deha dhejna dhejtu dhew
f dhiet
imperfect m nedha tedha jedha nedhew tedhew jedhew
f tedha
imperative edha edhew