forogħ

Maltese

Root
f-r-għ
12 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَرَغَ (faraḡa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.rɔħ/
• Rhymes: -ɔrɔħ

Verb

forogħ (imperfect jofrogħ, past participle mifrugħ, active participle fieragħ, verbal noun frugħ or frigħ)

1. to be or become empty
2. (most often, of bodies of water) to recede, ebb

   Antonym: mela

   Il-baħar jimla u jofrogħ. ― The sea rises and recedes.

   Ix-xmajjar qed joforgħu wara l-għargħar. ― The rivers are receding after the flooding.

   • 2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2^nd edition, Malta: Ede Books:

     Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok
     lewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,
     bl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,
     u xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of forogħ

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	frogħt	frogħt	forogħ		frogħna	frogħtu	forgħu
	f			forgħot
imperfect	m	nofrogħ	tofrogħ	jofrogħ		noforgħu	toforgħu	joforgħu
	f			tofrogħ
imperative			ofrogħ				oforgħu