xorob

Maltese

Root
x-r-b
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɔ.rɔp/

Verb

xorob (imperfect jixrob, past participle mixrub, verbal noun xarb or xrib or xorb)

  1. to drink
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:
      Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
      jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
      bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
      minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.
      Everyone walks, everything is quiet,
      only some great lord rides:
      they quenched my thirst and gave me a drink
      from the bucket on the well.
  2. to absorb (physically or mentally)
  3. to do something quickly
  4. to cause illness as a result of the evil eye

Conjugation

Conjugation of xorob (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xrobt xrobt xorob xrobna xrobtu xorbu
f xorbot
imperfect m nixrob tixrob jixrob nixorbu tixorbu jixorbu
f tixrob
imperative ixrob ixorbu
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