Maltese

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Root
q-r-m-ċ
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَرْمَشَ (qarmaša).

Verb

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qarmeċ (imperfect jqarmeċ, past participle mqarmeċ, verbal noun tqarmiċ)

  1. to crunch
  2. to grind one's teeth
  3. to eat away
  4. to make biscuits
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of qarmeċ
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qarmiċt qarmiċt qarmeċ qarmiċna qarmiċtu qarimċu
f qarimċet
imperfect m nqarmeċ tqarmeċ jqarmeċ nqarimċu tqarimċu jqarimċu
f tqarmeċ
imperative qarmeċ qarimċu

Etymology 2

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Noun

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qarmeċ m (plural qriemeċ)

  1. a kind of biscuit
  2. (in the plural) toddlers