xtaq
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Maltese
[edit]| Root |
|---|
| x-w-q |
| 4 terms |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic اِشْتَاقَ (ištāqa, “to long for”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]xtaq (imperfect jixtieq, past participle mixtieq)
- to desire, to wish
- 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:
- kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi
għax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.
għax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek
u dalgħodu stenbaħt
b’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel
u d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to want
- Synonym: ried
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of xtaq | ||||||||
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| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | xtaqt | xtaqt | xtaq | xtaqna | xtaqtu | xtaqu | |
| f | xtaqet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nixtieq | tixtieq | jixtieq | nixtiequ | tixtiequ | jixtiequ | |
| f | tixtieq | |||||||
| imperative | xtieq | xtiequ | ||||||