qarraq

Maltese

Root
q-r-q
9 terms

Etymology

If Arabic, perhaps from أَقْلَقَ (ʔaqlaqa), قَلَّقَ (qallaqa, “to upset, disconcert”). Or alternatively from قَرَّعَ (qarraʕa, “to blame, repoach; to win a bet”) with assimilation of the third radical to the first; compare also related قَرَعَ (qaraʕa, “to strike; to impugn; to reject a suitor in marriage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔar.raʔ/

Verb

qarraq (imperfect jqarraq, past participle mqarraq)

1. to deceive, cheat, betray

   Synonym: għallat

Conjugation

Conjugation of qarraq

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	qarraqt	qarraqt	qarraq		qarraqna	qarraqtu	qarrqu
	f			qarrqet
imperfect	m	nqarraq	tqarraq	jqarraq		nqarrqu	tqarrqu	jqarrqu
	f			tqarraq
imperative			qarraq				qarrqu