Maltese edit

Root
b-ħ-r
8 terms

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 edit

    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 edit

tbaħħar

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