għomor

Maltese

Root
għ-m-r
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عُمْر (ʕumr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.mɔr/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔˤː.mɔr/ (archaic)

Noun

għomor m (dual għomrejn)

1. lifespan, lifetime (the entire time of a person’s life; with regard to living persons also: that which has passed of it or that which remains)

   priġunerija għall-għomor ― life emprisonment

2. age (quality of having lived for a particular time)

   Synonym: età

   fl-għomor ta’ għoxrin sena ― at the age of twenty years

3. long time