ħarbat

Maltese

Root
ħ-r-b-t
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic خَرْبَطَ (ḵarbaṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħar.bat/

Verb

ħarbat (imperfect jħarbat, past participle mħarbat)

1. to disrupt, devastate, to cause chaos and disarray
   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

     Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
     wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
     żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
     u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!

     Destroy, kill those vines,
     the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
     keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
     without bread, without light, without peace!

Conjugation

Conjugation of ħarbat

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ħarbatt	ħarbatt	ħarbat		ħarbatna	ħarbattu	ħarbtu
	f			ħarbtet
imperfect	m	nħarbat	tħarbat	jħarbat		nħarbtu	tħarbtu	jħarbtu
	f			tħarbat
imperative			ħarbat				ħarbtu