fqir

Maltese

Root
f-q-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʔiːr/
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective

fqir (feminine singular fqira, plural fqar or foqra, diminutive fqajjar, comparative ifqar)

  1. poor (lacking; of little financial means)
    Synonym: (rare in this sense) povru
    Antonyms: għani, rikk
    Il-qasma bejn l-għonja u l-fqar qed tikber.
    The gap between the rich and the poor is growing.
    • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:
      Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
      wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
      żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
      u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!
      Destroy, kill those vines,
      the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
      keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
      without bread, without light, without peace!

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