taqtaq

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Maltese

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Root
t-q-t-q
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic طَقْطَقَ (ṭaqṭaqa), also تَقْتَقَ (taqtaqa), an onomatopoeic verb referring e.g. to the clacking of a horse's hooves and to stones tumbling down.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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taqtaq (imperfect jtaqtaq, verbal noun taqtiq)

  1. (of the heart) to beat heavily, to palpitate

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of taqtaq
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m taqtaqt taqtaqt taqtaq taqtaqna taqtaqtu taqtqu
f taqtqet
imperfect m ntaqtaq ttaqtaq jtaqtaq ntaqtqu ttaqtqu jtaqtqu
f ttaqtaq
imperative taqtaq taqtqu