xeraq

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ.raʔ/

Etymology 1

Root
x-r-q (choking)
5 terms

From Arabic شَرِقَ (šariqa).

Verb

xeraq (imperfect jixraq, verbal noun xerq or xerqien)

  1. to choke
Conjugation
Conjugation of xeraq (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xraqt xraqt xeraq xraqna xraqtu xerqu
f xerqet
imperfect m nixraq tixraq jixraq nixirqu tixirqu jixirqu
f tixraq
imperative ixraq ixirqu

Etymology 2

Root
x-r-q (suiting)
1 term

Perhaps from Arabic شَرَكَ (šaraka, “to share, partake, be a partner to”) with -q- for -k- as in several other words. Alternatively from شَرَقَ (šaraqa), أَشْرَقَ (ʔašraqa, “to shine”, also with beauty).

Verb

xeraq (imperfect jixraq)

  1. to suit, to befit, to go along with
    Il-libsa tiegħek tixraqlek. ― Your dress suits you.
    Dan ix-xogħol ma jixraqlix. ― This job doesn’t suit me.
Conjugation
Conjugation of xeraq (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xraqt xraqt xeraq xraqna xraqtu xerqu
f xerqet
imperfect m nixraq tixraq jixraq nixirqu tixirqu jixirqu
f tixraq
imperative ixraq ixirqu
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