aħbar

Maltese

Root
ħ-b-r
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَخْبار (ʔaḵbār), plural of خَبَر (ḵabar). The feminine gender in Maltese is a remnant of the original plural construction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aħˈbaːr/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

Noun

aħbar f (plural aħbarijiet)

1. 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.

2. (in the plural) news; also in the sense of a broadcast

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	aħbari		aħbarna
2nd person	aħbarek		aħbarkom
3rd person	aħbaru	aħbarha	aħbarhom