kaxkar

Maltese

Root
k-x-k-r
1 term

Alternative forms

• kaxkax (obsolete)

Etymology

From Arabic كَشْكَشَ (kaškaša), influenced by karkar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃ.kar/

Verb

kaxkar (imperfect jkaxkar, past participle mkaxkar, verbal noun tkaxkir) (transitive)

1. to drag along
   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

     U tela’ għas-sur, wisq imgħaddab,
     u kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara,
     u l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu
     bl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to defeat
3. to sift too much

Conjugation

Conjugation of kaxkar

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	kaxkart	kaxkart	kaxkar		kaxkarna	kaxkartu	kaxkru
	f			kaxkret
imperfect	m	nkaxkar	tkaxkar	jkaxkar		nkaxkru	tkaxkru	jkaxkru
	f			tkaxkar
imperative			kaxkar				kaxkru