waddab

Maltese

Root
w-d-b
5 terms

Alternative forms

  • waddaf (archaic)

Etymology

From the Arabic root و ض ف (w ḍ f), variant of و ف ض (w f ḍ), which has to do with “accelerating”. The original sense is “shoot with a slingshot”, as still in the noun wadab (“slingshot”). This sense is attested for Iberian Arabic and still found in Maghrebi dialects. For the development f → b compare beża’, qabeż.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwad.dap/

Verb

waddab (imperfect jwaddab, past participle mwaddab)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: tefa’, xeħet

Conjugation

Conjugation of waddab (Form II)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m waddabt waddabt waddab waddabna waddabtu waddbu
f waddbet
imperfect m nwaddab twaddab jwaddab nwaddbu twaddbu jwaddbu
f twaddab
imperative waddab waddbu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m waddabtx waddabtx waddabx waddabniex waddabtux waddbux
f waddbitx
imperfect m nwaddabx twaddabx jwaddabx nwaddbux twaddbux jwaddbux
f twaddabx
imperative twaddabx twaddbux
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