dagħa

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic دَعَا‎ (daʿā, “to call, call upon God, pray”). The sense is from the construction دَعَا عَلَى‎ (daʿā ʿalā, “to imprecate, pray for divine vengeance against”). The same generalisation in the sense of “to curse, swear, abuse” is found in some Arabic dialects, though only for the prepositional construction, not the verb as such.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daː/

Verb

dagħa (imperfect jidgħi)

to curse; to blaspheme

Conjugation

conjugation of dagħa

	singular				plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person m	3^rd person f	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)	aħna	intom	huma
perfect	dgħajt	dgħajt	dagħa	dgħat	dgħajna	dgħajtu	dgħaw

imperfect	nidgħi	tidgħi	jidgħi	tidgħi	nidgħu	tidgħu	jidgħu

imperative		idgħi				idgħu

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