stħaqq

Maltese

Root
ħ-q-q
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتَحَقَّ (istaḥaqqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stħaʔ/

Verb

stħaqq (imperfect jistħoqq, past participle mistħoqq)

1. to deserve

Conjugation

• The perfect tense is highly archaic and not part of contemporary standard Maltese. It is replaced with kien + imperfect.

Conjugation of stħaqq

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	stħaqqejt	stħaqqejt	stħaqq		stħaqqejna	stħaqqejtu	stħaqqew
	f			stħaqqet
imperfect	m	nistħoqq	tistħoqq	jistħoqq		nistħoqqu	tistħoqqu	jistħoqqu
	f			tistħoqq
imperative			stħoqq				stħoqqu