qata'

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Maltese

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Root
q-t-għ
7 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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qata’ (imperfect jaqta’, past participle maqtugħ, verbal noun qtigħ)

  1. to cut
    Qtajt subgħi.I cut my finger.
  2. to guess, to conjecture
    Qtajna n-numri tal-lotterija u rbaħna.We guessed the lottery numbers and won.
  3. to frighten
    Qatgħuna dawk iż-żewġ wirdiniet.Those two cockroaches frightened us.
  4. to surprise
    • 2023, Nathan Anthony Pace, dbilt qabel kbirt, →ISBN, page 2:
      Qatgħek minn ġewwa dak il-leħen baxx li deher ġej mill-ispazji rqaq bejn il-petali bojod tal-kamumilla.
      That low voice that seemed to come from the thin spaces between the white camomile petals surprised you.
  5. to go bad (of foods)
    Il-ħalib ilu xahrejn fil-friġġ. Naħseb li qata’.
    The milk has been left in the fridge for two months. I think it went bad.
  6. to decide (usually with a pronominal suffix)
    Qtajtuha li tmorru kunċert ta’ Joker Out.You decided to go to a Joker Out concert.
  7. to shut up
    Aqtagħha!Shut up!
  8. to buy (a ticket)
    Ħa naqtgħu biljett għall-kunċert ta’ Joker Out.
    We will buy a ticket for the Joker Out concert.
  9. to hang up the telephone
    Qata’ dal-bhima.This brute hung up the telephone.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of qata’
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qtajt qtajt qata’ qtajna qtajtu qatgħu
f qatgħet
imperfect m naqta’ taqta’ jaqta’ naqtgħu taqtgħu jaqtgħu
f taqta’
imperative aqta’ aqtgħu