għerq

Maltese

Root
għ-r-q (roots)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛːrʔ/, /ɛrʔ/
• IPA^(key): /ɛˤːrʔ/ (archaic)

Noun

għerq m (plural għeruq, diminutive għerejjaq or għerejjeq)

1. root
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb ta' Ġob 29:19:

     Għeruqi nfirxu sa ħdejn l-ilma, u billejl kelli n-nida fuq il-friegħi.

     New International Version translation: My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.

   • 1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Kappella tal-Paċi”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:

     Ejja ‘l hawn, la tibżax minni,
     bil-katina ma norbtokx;
     norbtok biss bl-għeruq ta’ qalbi,
     f’ħajti kollha ma nħollokx.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. nerve
3. beginning, commencement, origin
4. (grammar) root