maqdar

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Maltese[edit]

Root
m-q-d-r
1 term

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from the Arabic root ق ذ ر (q ḏ r) related to “being filthy, abominable, immoral”. Or perhaps from قَدَّرَ (qaddara) in the sense of “to imply, to call someone something”.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

maqdar (imperfect jmaqdar, past participle mmaqdar)

  1. to criticise, put down, find fault with

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of maqdar
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m maqdart maqdart maqdar maqdarna maqdartu maqdru
f maqdret
imperfect m mmaqdar tmaqdar jmaqdar mmaqdru tmaqdru jmaqdru
f tmaqdar
imperative maqdar maqdru