resaq

Maltese

Root
r-s-q
1 term

Etymology

Conflation of Arabic لَصِقَ (laṣiqa, “to stick, adhere”) and Arabic رَسَعَ (rasaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.saʔ/

Verb

resaq (imperfect jersaq, active participle riesaq, verbal noun rsiq or resqien)

1. to come near; to approach
2. to approach someone [with fuq]
3. to sit for [with għal]
4. to introduce one's self to [with quddiem]

Conjugation

Conjugation of resaq

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rsaqt	rsaqt	resaq		rsaqna	rsaqtu	resqu
	f			resqet
imperfect	m	nersaq	tersaq	jersaq		nersqu	tersqu	jersqu
	f			tersaq
imperative			ersaq				ersqu