daqq

Maltese

Root
d-q-q
5 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daʔ/
  • Rhymes: -aʔ

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَقَّ (daqqa, to knock”, dialectally also “play an instrument).

Verb

daqq (imperfect jdoqq, verbal noun daqq)

  1. (music) to play (an instrument, a song)
  2. to beat
  3. to give money
Conjugation
Conjugation of daqq (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m daqqejt daqqejt daqq daqqejna daqqejtu daqqew
f daqqet
imperfect m ndoqq ddoqq jdoqq ndoqqu ddoqqu jdoqqu
f ddoqq
imperative doqq doqqu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m daqqejtx daqqejtx daqqx daqqejniex daqqejtux daqqewx
f daqqitx
imperfect m ndoqqx ddoqqx jdoqqx ndoqqux ddoqqux jdoqqux
f ddoqqx
imperative ddoqqx ddoqqux

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَقّ (daqq).

Noun

daqq m

  1. verbal noun of daqq
    • 1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:
      Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes
      daret kollha daħkana;
      għalihom ferħ biss kellha
      u daqq u żfin u għana,
      xita ta’ ross, xewqiet
      f’għomor mimli għaxqiet;
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)