tagħrib

Maltese

Root
għ-r-b (Arab)
2 terms

Etymology

Probably inherited from Arabic تَعْرِيب (taʕrīb), though it might have been re-formed independently at some point; compare how Arabic itself freely builds تَتْرِيك (tatrīk, “turkification”), تَرْوِيس (tarwīs, “russification”), etc. The use in linguistics is a recent semantic loan from Arabic. Otherwise, derived verbal noun of għarrab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈriːp/
  • IPA(key): /taˤːˈriːp/ (archaic)

Noun

tagħrib m

  1. verbal noun of għarrab.
  2. arabisation
    Synonym: Arabizzazzjoni
  3. (especially linguistics) the adaptation of a loanword to the phonetic and morphologic system of Arabic or one of its descendants such as Maltese.
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