raqad
Pronunciation: /ˈra.ʔat/
“raqad” is a Maltese word. Its meaning in English:
verb
- to sleep
Etymology
From Arabic رَقَدَ (raqada, “to lie down, go to bed, sleep”). The normal Arabic word for “to sleep”, نَامَ (nāma), is entirely absent in contemporary Maltese, but compare obsolete newm (“drowsiness after a meal”).
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