karkar

Maltese

Root
k-r-k-r
2 terms

Etymology

From dialectal Maghrebi Arabic كَرْكَر (karkar), reduplication of كَرّ (karr, to drag), itself possibly a variant of Classical جَرَّ (jarra) or influenced by it; compare Maltese ġarr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkar.kar/

Verb

karkar (imperfect jkarkar, past participle mkarkar)

  1. to drag
    Synonyms: kaxkar, kaxkax

Conjugation

Conjugation of karkar (Form Iq)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m karkart karkart karkar karkarna karkartu karkru
f karkret
imperfect m nkarkar tkarkar jkarkar nkarkru tkarkru jkarkru
f tkarkar
imperative karkar karkru
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m karkartx karkartx karkarx karkarniex karkartux karkrux
f karkritx
imperfect m nkarkarx tkarkarx jkarkarx nkarkrux tkarkrux jkarkrux
f tkarkarx
imperative tkarkarx tkarkrux

Tocharian B

Noun

karkar

  1. cancer