warrab

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَّبَ (warraba, “to make innuendos”). Compare also وارَبَ (wāraba, “to betray, to be two-faced against”). Apparently, the meanings “discard” and “leave” are generalisations from the original notion of “betray, turn one’s back on”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwar.rap/

Verb

warrab (imperfect jwarrab, past participle mwarrab)

1. (transitive) to turn one's back on; to desert, shun, exclude (somebody)
   • 2017, “Nixtieq”‎^[1]performed by Shyli Rose:

     Dik il-ħaġa kemm tkissrek, meta jidħlu ġo qalbek.
     Int tippjana il-futur, minn warajk huma jwarrbuk.

     This thing really crushes you, when they get into your heart.
     You’re busy planning the future, then out of the blue they turn their back on you.

2. (transitive) to discard; to set aside (also a thing)
3. (intransitive) to leave quickly; to remove oneself; to get lost

Conjugation

Conjugation of warrab
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	warrabt	warrabt	warrab		warrabna	warrabtu	warrbu
	f			warrbet
imperfect	m	nwarrab	twarrab	jwarrab		nwarrbu	twarrbu	jwarrbu
	f			twarrab
imperative			warrab				warrbu