bajjad

Maltese

Root
b-j-d
17 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَيَّضَ (bayyaḍa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaj.jat/
  • Rhymes: -ajjat

Verb

bajjad (imperfect jbajjad, past participle mbajjad, verbal noun tibjid or (less common) tabjid)

  1. to whitewash, to paint a wall
  2. to digest
  3. to polish
Conjugation
Conjugation of bajjad (Form II)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bajjadt bajjadt bajjad bajjadna bajjadtu bajdu
f bajdet
imperfect m nbajjad tbajjad jbajjad nbajdu tbajdu jbajdu
f tbajjad
imperative bajjad bajdu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bajjadtx bajjadtx bajjadx bajjadniex bajjadtux bajdux
f bajditx
imperfect m nbajjadx tbajjadx jbajjadx nbajdux tbajdux jbajdux
f tbajjadx
imperative tbajjadx tbajdux

Etymology 2

Occupational noun from Arabic بَيَّاض (bayyāḍ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bajˈjaːt/
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

bajjad m (plural bajjada, feminine bajjada)

  1. painter (artisan), whitewasher
    Synonym: żebbiegħ
  2. white soil
    Antonym: ħamri