qabad

== Maltese == === Etymology === Inherited from Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʔa.bat/ Rhymes: -abat === Verb === qabad (imperfect jaqbad, past participle maqbud, verbal noun qbid) to catch; to grip to catch (fish etc.) to capture; to arrest to be set on fire to grasp; to apprehend (with following imperfect) to start to; to begin to (impersonal) to affect qabadni l-ġuħ. ― I am feeling hungry. (literally, “The hunger is affecting me.”) to strike root to become popular to answer a call [with ma’] to tease, joke around with ==== Conjugation ====