triq

Maltese

Root
t-r-q
4 terms

Triq Is-Santwarju f'Ħaż-Żabbar (Malta)

Etymology

From Arabic طَرِيق (ṭarīq, “path, way, road”) and طَرِيقة (ṭarīqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɪːʔ/

Noun

triq f (plural toroq, paucal triqat, diminutive trejqa)

1. street, road, way (any trail of some width for the movement of pedestrians or wheeled vehicles)
   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.

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   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:

     Wara l-bibien,
     fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
     batejt
     il-għeja
     il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
     batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
     iżda ġarrabt ukoll
     il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
     li kull tallab iħoss
     x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
     bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.

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2. way, route (set of directions that one follows)
3. opportunity
4. (figuratively) way of life

Usage notes

• The possessive forms of the singular are built as though the basic form were *triqa, e.g. triqti (“my way”), triqithom (“their way”). The possessive forms of the plural are built from the paucal, thus triqati etc.

See also

• mogħdija
• sqaq