xeher

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Maltese

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Root
x-h-r
8 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic شَهَرَ (šahara), أَشْهَرَ (ʔašhara, to announce, spread, make public). The contemporary sense developed in the context of death or specifically the announcement of a person’s passing by ritualised lamentation, which is found in some countries and formerly existed also in Malta.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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xeher (imperfect jixher, past participle mixhur, active participle xieher, verbal noun xhir or xehir)

  1. to lament, wail, cry loudly
  2. to divulge, to publish

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of xeher
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xhert xhert xeher xherna xhertu xehru
f xehret
imperfect m nixher tixher jixher nixhru tixhru jixhru
f tixher
imperative ixher ixhru