għerq

Maltese

Root
għ-r-q (roots)
3 terms

From Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

għerq m (plural għeruq, diminutive għerejjaq or għerejjeq)

root
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb ta' Ġob 29:19:
  Għeruqi nfirxu sa ħdejn l-ilma, u billejl kelli n-nida fuq il-friegħi.
  New International Version translation: My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
nerve
beginning, commencement, origin
(grammar) root