bdiel

Maltese

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Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa)

Maltese beda

Maltese lil

univ.

Maltese bdiel

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.

Inflected forms of *bdiel*
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	m	f	plural
1^st person	bdieli		bdielna
2^nd person	bdielek		bdielkom
3^rd person	bdielu	bdielha	bdielhom