stkerrah

Maltese

Root
k-r-h
8 terms

Alternative forms

  • stkerreh

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتَكْرَهَ (istakraha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstkɛr.raħ/

Verb

stkerrah (imperfect jistkerrah, past participle mistkerrah, verbal noun stkerrih)

  1. to despise, abhor

Conjugation

  • The sound /ħ/ is kept in all conjugated forms. The spelling is h instead of ħ because this fortition has not been generalised throughout the root (compare kerha, kruha).
    Conjugation of stkerrah
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m stkerraht stkerraht stkerrah stkerrahna stkerrahtu stkerrhu
f stkerrhet
imperfect m nistkerrah tistkerrah jistkerrah nistkerrhu tistkerrhu jistkerrhu
f tistkerrah
imperative stkerrah stkerrhu
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