qered

Maltese

Root
q-r-d
2 terms

Alternative forms

• qired (obsolete)

Etymology

From Arabic قَرِدَ (qarida).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɛ.rɛt/

Verb

qered (imperfect jeqred, past participle meqrud)

1. to destroy
   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
     bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
     il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
     u rix mitbiela,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of qered

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	qriqt	qriqt	qereq		qriqna	qriqtu	qerqu
	f			qerqet
imperfect	m	neqreq	teqreq	jeqreq		neqirqu	teqirqu	jeqirqu
	f			teqreq
imperative			eqreq				eqirqu