kerrah

Maltese

Root
k-r-h
8 terms

Alternative forms

• kerreh

Etymology

From Arabic كَرَّهَ (karraha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛr.raħ/

Verb

kerrah (imperfect jkerrah, past participle mkerrah, verbal noun tikrih or tkerrih)

1. to uglify
2. to make (appear) despicable, to malign, denigrate

Conjugation

• The sound /ħ/ is kept in all conjugated forms. The spelling is h instead of ħ because this fortition has not been generalised throughout the root (compare kerha, kruha).

Conjugation of kerrah
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	kerraht	kerraht	kerrah		kerrahna	kerrahtu	kerrhu
	f			kerrhet
imperfect	m	nkerrah	tkerrah	jkerrah		nkerrhu	tkerrhu	jkerrhu
	f			tkerrah
imperative			kerrah				kerrhu