ragħa

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic رَعَى‎ (raʿā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /raː/
  • Homophone: ra

Verb

ragħa (imperfect jirgħa)

  1. to graze (animals); to herd
  2. (figuratively, also Christianity) to tend; to lead (e.g. a congregation)

Usage notes
  • The perfect forms are entirely homophonous with those of ra (“to see”). The confusion can be dispelled e.g. by using kien + imperfect: kien jirgħa n-nagħaġ (“he grazed sheep”).

Conjugation
conjugation of ragħa
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
jien(a) int(i) hu(wa) hi(ja) aħna intom huma
perfect rgħajt rgħajt ragħa rgħat rgħajna rgħajtu rgħaw
imperfect nirgħa tirgħa jirgħa tirgħa nirgħu tirgħu jirgħu
imperative irgħa irgħu
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