qiegħed

Maltese

Root
q-għ-d
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɪː.jɛt/, /ˈʔɪː.jat/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɪː.əˤt/ (archaic)
• IPA^(key): /ʔɪːt/, /ʔɛːt/ (contractions; etymology 1 only)

Etymology 1

From Arabic قاعِد (qāʕid), present participle of قَعَدَ (qaʕada, “to sit”), whence Maltese qagħad.

Adjective

qiegħed (feminine qiegħda, plural qegħdin)

1. active participle of qagħad
   1. located; being (in a place or state)
      • 2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:

        din l-għaġla
        ta’ kollox issa
        ta’ iġri u ġerri
        fuq xogħol qiegħed
        il-minġel jitriegħed

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   2. (of water) stagnant, standing, motionless

      Kien hemm riħa t’ilma qiegħed. ― There was a smell of stagnant water.

   3. (of a person) unemployed

      Ilni qiegħda minn meta Symone keċċietni mill-fabbrika tal-bnadar.

      I have been unemployed since Symone fired me from the flag factory.

   4. used predicatively as a present copula referring to a temporary state (like Spanish estar, but not obligatory)

Derived terms

• qed

 

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَعَّدَ (qaʕʕada), أَقْعَدَ (ʔaqʕada), factitive stems of the verb above.

Verb

qiegħed (imperfect jqiegħed, past participle mqiegħed, verbal noun tqegħid)

1. (transitive) to put, to place, to lay

   Synonyms: poġġa, tefa’, xeħet, għamel

   Ħu t-tazzi u qegħidhom fuq il-mejda. ― Take the glasses and put them on the table.

Conjugation

Conjugation of qiegħed
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	qegħidt	qegħidt	qiegħed		qegħidna	qegħidtu	qiegħdu
	f			qiegħdet
imperfect	m	nqiegħed	tqiegħed	jqiegħed		nqiegħdu	tqiegħdu	jqiegħdu
	f			tqiegħed
imperative			qiegħed				qiegħdu