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għadd

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Maltese

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Root
għ-d-d
4 terms

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic عَدَّ (ʕadda).

Verb

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għadd (imperfect jgħodd, past participle magħdud, verbal noun għadd)

  1. (transitive) to count, to calculate
    Trid tgħodd il-flus jew tafdani?
    Do you want to count the money or do you trust me?
  2. (intransitive) to matter; to be important or valid
    X’jgħodd għalik l-iktar f’ħajtek?What matters most to you in your life?
  3. (transitive, + bħal or b’) to consider to be; to take for
    Jgħodduna bħal boloh.They take us for idiots.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of għadd
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m għaddejt għaddejt għadd għaddejna għaddejtu għaddew
f għaddet
imperfect m ngħodd tgħodd jgħodd ngħoddu tgħoddu jgħoddu
f tgħodd
imperative għodd għoddu

Etymology 2

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From Arabic عَدّ (ʕadd).

Noun

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għadd m (instance noun għadda)

  1. verbal noun of għadd