xorob

Maltese

Root
x-r-b
7 terms

Etymology

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Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba)

Maltese xorob

Inherited from Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.rɔp/
• Rhymes: -ɔrɔp

Verb

xorob (imperfect jixrob, past participle mixrub, verbal noun xarb or xrib or xorb)

1. to drink
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:

     Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
     jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
     bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
     minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.
     

     Everyone walks, everything is quiet,
     only some great lord rides:
     they quenched my thirst and gave me a drink
     from the bucket on the well.
     

2. to absorb (physically or mentally)
3. to do something quickly
4. to cause illness as a result of the evil eye

Conjugation

Conjugation of xorob (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	xrobt	xrobt	xorob	xrobna	xrobtu	xorbu
	f			xorbot
imperfect	m	nixrob	tixrob	jixrob	nixorbu	tixorbu	jixorbu
	f			tixrob
imperative			ixrob			ixorbu