xedd

Maltese

FWOTD – 7 May 2021

Root
x-d-d
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَدَّ (šadda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛt/

Verb

xedd (imperfect jxidd, past participle mixdud)

1. (transitive) to harness, saddle, or load (a pack animal)
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 22:3:

     U Abraham bakkar mas-sebħ, xedd il-ħmar tiegħu, ħa tnejn mill-qaddejja tiegħu, u lil ibnu Iżakk. Qatta’ l-ħatab għas-sagrifiċċju tal-ħruq, u qam, u telaq lejn il-post li qallu bih Alla.

     King James Version translation: And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

2. (transitive) to put on or wear (clothes)

   Synonym: libes

   Antonym: neża’

Conjugation

Conjugation of xedd

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	xeddejt	xeddejt	xedd		xeddejna	xeddejtu	xeddew
	f			xeddet
imperfect	m	nxidd	xxidd	jxidd		nxiddu	xxiddu	jxiddu
	f			xxidd
imperative			xidd				xiddu