xagħar

Maltese

Root
x-għ-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَعْر (šaʕr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaːr/
  • IPA(key): /ʃaˤːr/ (archaic)
  • Homophone: xahar (standard only)
  • Rhymes: -aːr, -aˤːr

Noun

xagħar m (collective, singulative xagħra, paucal xagħriet)

  1. hair, many hairs
    Għandu xagħru iswed.He has black hair. (literally, “He has his hair black.”)

Inflection

    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person xagħri xagħarna
2nd person xagħrek xagħarkom
3rd person xagħru xagħarha xagħarhom
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