barax

Maltese

Root
b-r-x
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَشَرَ (bašara) with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.raʃ/
• Rhymes: -araʃ

Verb

barax (imperfect jobrox, past participle mibrux, verbal noun brix)

1. to scrape; to scratch
2. (figuratively) to win everything easily (in a gamble, for example)
3. to steal, to pilfer

Conjugation

Conjugation of barax

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	braxt	braxt	barax		braxna	braxtu	barxu
	f			barxet
imperfect	m	nobrox	tobrox	jobrox		noborxu	toborxu	joborxu
	f			tobrox
imperative			obrox				oborxu