aħbar
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| ħ-b-r |
| 8 terms |
Etymology edit
From Arabic أَخْبار (ʔaḵbār), plural of خَبَر (ḵabar). The feminine gender in Maltese is a remnant of the original plural construction.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aħbar f (plural aħbarijiet)
- a piece of news; a notice, message, report
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 29:12:
- U Ġakobb għarraf lil Rakel li hu kien ħu missierha u bin Rebekka. U hi telqet tiġri tagħti l-aħbar lil missierha.
- New International Version translation: He had told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and a son of Rebekah. So she ran and told her father.
- (in the plural) news; also in the sense of a broadcast
Inflection edit
| Inflected forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | aħbari | aħbarna | |
| 2nd person | aħbarek | aħbarkom | |
| 3rd person | aħbaru | aħbarha | aħbarhom |