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
		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
		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