"beda" meaning in Maltese

See beda in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛ.da/
Rhymes: -ɛda Etymology: From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|بَدَأَ}} Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jibda|mibdi|biedi|bidu|vn2=bedu|vn3=bidi}} beda (imperfect jibda, past participle mibdi, active participle biedi, verbal noun bidu or bedu or bidi) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|bdejt|bdejt|beda|bdiet|bdejna|bdejtu|bdew|nibda|tibda|jibda|tibda|nibdew|tibdew|jibdew|ibda|ibdew}} Forms: jibda [imperfect], mibdi [participle, past], biedi [active, participle], bidu [noun-from-verb], bedu [noun-from-verb], bidi [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], bdejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bdejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], beda [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], bdejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], bdejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], bdew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], bdejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bdejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], bdiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], bdejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], bdejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], bdew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nibda [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibda [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jibda [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nibdew [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tibdew [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jibdew [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nibda [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibda [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tibda [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nibdew [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tibdew [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jibdew [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ibda [imperative, second-person, singular], ibdew [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to begin, to start
    Sense id: en-beda-mt-verb-V4Bofcc3 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَدَأَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jibda",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mibdi",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biedi",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidu",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bedu",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidi",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/I-weak-e-ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jibda",
        "2": "mibdi",
        "3": "biedi",
        "4": "bidu",
        "vn2": "bedu",
        "vn3": "bidi"
      },
      "expansion": "beda (imperfect jibda, past participle mibdi, active participle biedi, verbal noun bidu or bedu or bidi)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bdejt",
        "10": "jibda",
        "11": "tibda",
        "12": "nibdew",
        "13": "tibdew",
        "14": "jibdew",
        "15": "ibda",
        "16": "ibdew",
        "2": "bdejt",
        "3": "beda",
        "4": "bdiet",
        "5": "bdejna",
        "6": "bdejtu",
        "7": "bdew",
        "8": "nibda",
        "9": "tibda"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"Begin,\" said the celebrant angrily to the singer during mass, and she started singing shakily.",
          "text": "\"Ibda,\" qal irrabjat il-president lill-kantanta waqt il-quddiesa, u bdiet tkanta b’ton imriegħed."
        },
        {
          "english": "My father had run downstairs, gone out on the doorstep and started calling out to the police to warn them of this danger.",
          "ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti [The Insanity that Keeps Me Sane], Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin, to start"
      ],
      "id": "en-beda-mt-verb-V4Bofcc3",
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛ.da/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beda"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "بَدَأَ"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jibda",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mibdi",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biedi",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidu",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bedu",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bidi",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/I-weak-e-ia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibdew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jibda",
        "2": "mibdi",
        "3": "biedi",
        "4": "bidu",
        "vn2": "bedu",
        "vn3": "bidi"
      },
      "expansion": "beda (imperfect jibda, past participle mibdi, active participle biedi, verbal noun bidu or bedu or bidi)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bdejt",
        "10": "jibda",
        "11": "tibda",
        "12": "nibdew",
        "13": "tibdew",
        "14": "jibdew",
        "15": "ibda",
        "16": "ibdew",
        "2": "bdejt",
        "3": "beda",
        "4": "bdiet",
        "5": "bdejna",
        "6": "bdejtu",
        "7": "bdew",
        "8": "nibda",
        "9": "tibda"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese final-weak form-I verbs",
        "Maltese final-weak verbs",
        "Maltese form-I verbs",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Maltese terms with usage examples",
        "Maltese verbs",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Rhymes:Maltese/ɛda",
        "Rhymes:Maltese/ɛda/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"Begin,\" said the celebrant angrily to the singer during mass, and she started singing shakily.",
          "text": "\"Ibda,\" qal irrabjat il-president lill-kantanta waqt il-quddiesa, u bdiet tkanta b’ton imriegħed."
        },
        {
          "english": "My father had run downstairs, gone out on the doorstep and started calling out to the police to warn them of this danger.",
          "ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti [The Insanity that Keeps Me Sane], Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Missieri kien niżel jiġri isfel, ħareġ fuq l-għatba u beda jsejjaħ lill-pulizija biex iwissihom b’dan il-periklu.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin, to start"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛ.da/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beda"
}

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