ftakar

Maltese

Root
f-k-r
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِفْتَكَرَ (iftakara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfta.kar/

Verb

ftakar (imperfect jiftakar, past participle miftakar, verbal noun ftakir)

  1. to remember
    Ma niftakarx.I don't remember.
    • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Niftakar”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
      Niftakar
      tal-qniepen il-mota ferrieħa,
      u l-Ave Maria ta’ Schubert
      taż-żahar il-fwieħa
      u l-għafsa ta’ driegħek ma’ driegħi,
      u l-ħeġġa ta’ wiċċek ħamrani,
      u l-mantar bajdani
      jitkaxkar mal-qiegħa
      tal-korsija:
      id-dija u d-dawl tal-parilja,
      il-ħsejjes taż-żwiemel għaddejja,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Niftakar li kont mort mal-folla u ma’ sħabi ta’ l-Azzjoni Kattolika biex nilqgħuh fi dħul iż-Żejtun.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ftakar (Form VIII)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ftakart ftakart ftakar ftakarna ftakartu ftakru
f ftakret
imperfect m niftakar tiftakar jiftakar niftakru tiftakru jiftakru
f tiftakar
imperative ftakar ftakru