kerrah
Maltese
editRoot |
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k-r-h |
8 terms |
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic كَرَّهَ (karraha).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editkerrah (imperfect jkerrah, past participle mkerrah, verbal noun tikrih or tkerrih)
- to uglify
- to make (appear) despicable, to malign, denigrate
Conjugation
edit- 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 kerrah | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | kerraht | kerraht | kerrah | kerrahna | kerrahtu | kerrhu | |
f | kerrhet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nkerrah | tkerrah | jkerrah | nkerrhu | tkerrhu | jkerrhu | |
f | tkerrah | |||||||
imperative | kerrah | kerrhu |