Where does “qagħad” come from?
qagħad (Maltese) comes from Arabic قَعَدَ, from Arabic ع — second-person masculine singular active...
qagħad (Maltese): to be; to stay; to sit; to sit down
Definitions
- to be; to stay; to sit; to sit down
Ancestry of “qagħad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | قَعَدَ | to sit down, to lie in wait, to waylay; to sit |
| 2 | Arabic | ع | second-person masculine singular active... |