tbaħħar

Maltese

Root
b-ħ-r
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdbaħ.ħar/
• Rhymes: -aħħar

Verb

tbaħħar (imperfect jitbaħħar)

1. mediopassive of baħħar: to be navigated, to sail (of a ship)
2. mediopassive of baħħar: to be fumigated, to fumigate oneself
   • 1865, P. P. Castagna, Malta bil ghzejer tahha u li ghadda min ghaliha: It-tieni parti‎^[1], page 61:

     [...] igħeidu u isostnu illi wiħed imgħajen, jaħtieg jiddobba biccia min ħuejeg dac l’icun għainu, sabiex jaħraka, jidbaħħar biha; u hech mad-duħħan taħħa, tmur il-għain min fuku u min taħtu!

     [...] they say and assert that someone cursed by the evil eye must obtain a piece of the clothes of that who cursed him, in order to burn it and fumigate himself with it; and thus, with the smoke, the evil eye will withdraw from him entirely (lit. from over him and under him)!

Conjugation

Conjugation of tbaħħar
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	tbaħħart	tbaħħart	tbaħħar		tbaħħarna	tbaħħartu	tbaħħru
	f			tbaħħret
imperfect	m	nitbaħħar	titbaħħar	jitbaħħar		nitbaħħru	titbaħħru	jitbaħħru
	f			titbaħħar
imperative			tbaħħar				tbaħħru

Verb

tbaħħar

1. inflection of baħħar:
   1. second-person singular imperfect
   2. third-person feminine singular imperfect