kerrah

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Maltese[edit]

Root
k-r-h
8 terms

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic كَرَّهَ (karraha).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kerrah (imperfect jkerrah, past participle mkerrah, verbal noun tikrih or tkerrih)

  1. to uglify
  2. 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
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
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