berbaq

Maltese

Root
b-r-b-q
1 term

Etymology

Probably an alteration of Arabic بَذْرَقَ (baḏraqa, “to waste”), itself perhaps an extended form of بَذَّرَ (baḏḏara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛr.baʔ/

Verb

berbaq (imperfect jberbaq, past participle mberbaq)

1. to waste, squander

   Synonym: ħela

Conjugation

Conjugation of berbaq
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	berbaqt	berbaqt	berbaq		berbaqna	berbaqtu	berbqu
	f			berbqet
imperfect	m	nberbaq	tberbaq	jberbaq		nberbqu	tberbqu	jberbqu
	f			tberbaq
imperative			berbaq				berbqu