idden

Maltese

Root
’-d-n
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَذَّنَ (ʔaḏḏana, “to call to prayer; to crow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪd.dɛn/

Verb

idden (imperfect jidden, active participle widdien or *mwidden)

1. to crow
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 26:34:

     Qallu Ġesù: “Tassew, ngħidlek, li dal-lejl, qabel ma jidden is-serduk, int tkun ġa ċħadtni tliet darbiet.”

     New International Version translation: “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”

2. (figurative) to boast
3. (Islam) to call the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer

Conjugation

Conjugation of idden
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	iddint	iddint	idden		iddinna	iddintu	iddnu
	f			iddnet
imperfect	m	nidden	tidden	jidden		niddnu	tiddnu	jiddnu
	f			tidden
imperative			idden				iddnu