waħd

Maltese

Root
w-ħ-d
10 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَحْد (waḥd). The forms from the stem weħid- before consonantal suffixes are influenced by related wieħed (“one”). The forms with waħed- appear to be compromise forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaħ.d‿/

Adverb

waħd-

1. (with pronominal suffixes) alone

   Kont waħdi. ― I was alone.

   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

     u lili firdu minn mal-art għal dejjem,
     u jien sfajt blata u gżira l-aktar ċkejkna,
     bi ftit faqqiegħ u ftit gremxul sewdieni
     ngħix ħajja waħdi.

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   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

     Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
     wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
     żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
     u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!

     Destroy, kill those vines,
     the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
     keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
     without bread, without light, without peace!

2. (with pronominal suffixes) by oneself

   Il-fjamma ntfiet waħedha. ― The flame went out by itself.

Inflection

Inflected forms of waħd
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		waħdi		waħedna, weħidna
2nd person		waħdek		waħedkom, weħidkom
3rd person		waħdu	waħedha, weħidha	waħedhom, weħidhom