tbaħħar

Maltese

Root
b-ħ-r
8 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdbaħ.ħar/
  • Rhymes: -aħħar

Verb

tbaħħar (imperfect jitbaħħar)

  1. mediopassive of baħħar: to be navigated, to sail (of a ship)
  2. mediopassive of baħħar: to be fumigated, to fumigate oneself
    • 1865, P. P. Castagna, Malta bil ghzejer tahha u li ghadda min ghaliha: It-tieni parti[1], page 61:
      [...] igħeidu u isostnu illi wiħed imgħajen, jaħtieg jiddobba biccia min ħuejeg dac l’icun għainu, sabiex jaħraka, jidbaħħar biha; u hech mad-duħħan taħħa, tmur il-għain min fuku u min taħtu!
      [...] they say and assert that someone cursed by the evil eye must obtain a piece of the clothes of that who cursed him, in order to burn it and fumigate himself with it; and thus, with the smoke, the evil eye will withdraw from him entirely (lit. from over him and under him)!

Conjugation

Conjugation of tbaħħar (Form V)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tbaħħart tbaħħart tbaħħar tbaħħarna tbaħħartu tbaħħru
f tbaħħret
imperfect m nitbaħħar titbaħħar jitbaħħar nitbaħħru titbaħħru jitbaħħru
f titbaħħar
imperative tbaħħar tbaħħru
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tbaħħartx tbaħħartx tbaħħarx tbaħħarniex tbaħħartux tbaħħrux
f tbaħħritx
imperfect m nitbaħħarx titbaħħarx jitbaħħarx nitbaħħrux titbaħħrux jitbaħħrux
f titbaħħarx
imperative titbaħħarx titbaħħrux

Verb

tbaħħar

  1. inflection of baħħar:
    1. second-person singular imperfect
    2. third-person feminine singular imperfect