berbaq

Maltese

Root
b-r-b-q
1 term

Etymology

Probably a metathesis 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 (Form Iq)
positive forms
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
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m berbaqtx berbaqtx berbaqx berbaqniex berbaqtux berbqux
f berbqitx
imperfect m nberbaqx tberbaqx jberbaqx nberbqux tberbqux jberbqux
f tberbaqx
imperative tberbaqx tberbqux