għadd

Maltese

Root
għ-d-d
4 terms

Alternative forms

• għodd

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːt/
• IPA^(key): /aˤːt/ (archaic)
• Homophone: għad

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَدَّ (ʕadda).

Verb

għadd (imperfect jgħodd, past participle magħdud, verbal noun għadd)

1. (transitive) to count, to calculate

   Trid tgħodd il-flus jew tafdani?

   Do you want to count the money or do you trust me?

2. (intransitive) to matter; to be important or valid

   X’jgħodd għalik l-iktar f’ħajtek?

   What matters most to you in your life?

3. (transitive, + bħal or b’) to consider to be; to take for

   Jgħodduna bħal boloh.

   They take us for idiots.

Usage notes

• The perfect forms widely merge with those of għadda (“to pass”). Hence probably the variant għodd, which avoids this.

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَدّ (ʕadd, “count, enumerate, calculate, consider”) or derived verbal noun of Maltese għadd.

Noun

għadd m (feminine għadda)

1. verbal noun of għadd:

   counting, calculation

   number

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	għaddi		għaddna
2nd person	għaddek		għaddkom
3rd person	għaddu	għaddha	għaddhom