xagħar

Maltese

Root
x-għ-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَعْر (šaʕr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːr/
• IPA^(key): /ʃaˤːr/ (archaic)
• Homophone: xahar (standard only)
• Rhymes: -aːr, -aˤːr

Noun

xagħar m (collective, singulative xagħra, paucal xagħriet)

1. hair, many hairs

   Għandu xagħru iswed. ― He has black hair. (literally, “He has his hair black.”)

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	xagħri		xagħarna
2nd person	xagħrek		xagħarkom
3rd person	xagħru	xagħarha	xagħarhom