karkar

Maltese

Root
k-r-k-r
2 terms

Etymology

From dialectal Maghrebi Arabic كَرْكَر (karkar), reduplication of كَرّ (karr, “to drag”), itself possibly a variant of Classical جَرَّ (jarra) or influenced by it; compare Maltese ġarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.kar/

Verb

karkar (imperfect jkarkar, past participle mkarkar)

1. to drag

   Synonyms: kaxkar, kaxkax

Conjugation

Conjugation of karkar

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	karkart	karkart	karkar		karkarna	karkartu	karkru
	f			karkret
imperfect	m	nkarkar	tkarkar	jkarkar		nkarkru	tkarkru	jkarkru
	f			tkarkar
imperative			karkar				karkru

Tocharian B

Noun

karkar

1. cancer