xeher

Maltese

Root
x-h-r
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَهَرَ‎ (šahara), أَشْهَرَ‎ (ʔašhara, “to announce, spread, make public”). The contemporary sense developed in the context of death or specifically the announcement of a person’s passing by ritualised lamentation, which is found in some countries and formerly existed also in Malta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɛːr/

Verb

xeher (imperfect jixher, past participle mixhur, active participle xieher, verbal noun xhir or xehir)

to lament, wail, cry loudly
to divulge, to publish

Conjugation

Conjugation of xeher
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	xhirt	xhirt	xeher	xhirna	xhirtu	xehru
perfect	f	xhirt	xhirt	xehret	xhirna	xhirtu	xehru
imperfect	m	nixher	tixher	jixher	nixhru	tixhru	jixhru
imperfect	f	nixher	tixher	tixher	nixhru	tixhru	jixhru
imperative			ixher			ixhru

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