hewden

Maltese

Root
h-w-d-n
1 term

Etymology

Perhaps an extended form of Arabic هَوَّدَ (hawwada), which originally means “to make or be gentle, slow, languid” and thence “to murmur, make demonic insinuations” as well as “to make drunk and sleepy”. The Maltese verb apparently has an archaic sense “to go mad, rave”, which can be derived from this as well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.dɛn/

Verb

hewden (imperfect jhewden)

1. to mull, to muse

Conjugation

Conjugation of hewden
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	hewdint	hewdint	hewden		hewdinna	hewdintu	hewdnu
	f			hewdnet
imperfect	m	nhewden	thewden	jhewden		nhewdnu	thewdnu	jhewdnu
	f			thewden
imperative			hewden				hewdnu