qatta'

Maltese

Root
q-t-għ
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَطَّعَ (qaṭṭaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔat.ta/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔat.taˤ/ (archaic)
• Homophone: qatta (except archaically)

Verb

qatta’ (imperfect jqatta’, past participle mqatta’, verbal noun taqtigħ or tqattigħ)

1. to cut to pieces
2. to mince
3. to tear (cloth)
4. to spend time
   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     “IMMA … mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”

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Conjugation

Conjugation of qatta’

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	qattajt	qattajt	qatta’		qattajna	qattajtu	qattgħu
	f			qattgħet
imperfect	m	nqatta’	tqatta’	jqatta’		nqattgħu	tqattgħu	jqattgħu
	f			tqatta’
imperative			qatta’				qattgħu