bdiel
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Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of beda + lil.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bdiel
- to change one's opinion, to relent [with reġa’]
- reġa’ bdielu ― He relented.
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Ġona 3:10:
- U Alla ra x’għamlu, kif reġgħu lura minn triqthom il-ħażina. U Alla raġa’ bdielu mid-deni li qal li kien se jagħmlilhom, u ma għamlux.
- New International Version translation: When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.
Inflection
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Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
m | f | ||||
1st person | bdieli | bdielna | |||
2nd person | bdielek | bdielkom | |||
3rd person | bdielu | bdielha | bdielhom |