barax

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Maltese[edit]

Root
b-r-x
5 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَشَرَ (bašara) with metathesis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

barax (imperfect jobrox, past participle mibrux, verbal noun brix)

  1. to scrape; to scratch
  2. (figuratively) to win everything easily (in a gamble, for example)
  3. to steal, to pilfer

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of barax
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m braxt braxt barax braxna braxtu barxu
f barxet
imperfect m nobrox tobrox jobrox noborxu toborxu joborxu
f tobrox
imperative obrox oborxu