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 (Form I)
positive forms
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
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xeddejtx xeddejtx xeddx xeddejniex xeddejtux xeddewx
f xedditx
imperfect m nxiddx xxiddx jxiddx nxiddux xxiddux jxiddux
f xxiddx
imperative xxiddx xxiddux