strieħ

Maltese

Root
s-r-ħ
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتَراحَ (istarāḥa), a tenth stem from the root ر و ح (r-w-ḥ). In Maltese, a new root s-r-ħ was derived from this, perhaps to some degree by merger with Arabic س ر ح (s-r-ḥ), which is generally related to “moving”, but has some related senses like “grazing” and “being free from trouble”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɪːħ/

Verb

strieħ (imperfect jistrieħ)

1. to rest

Conjugation

Conjugation of strieħ
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	straħt	straħt	strieħ		straħna	straħtu	strieħu
	f			strieħet
imperfect	m	nistrieħ	tistrieħ	jistrieħ		nistrieħu	tistrieħu	jistrieħu
	f			tistrieħ
imperative			strieħ				strieħu

• Colloquially, the first and second persons of the perfect may be formed irregularly as striħajt, striħajna, striħajtu.