rikeb

Maltese

Root
r-k-b
9 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَكِبَ (rakiba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪ.kɛp/

Verb

rikeb (imperfect jirkeb, active participle riekeb, verbal noun rkib or rikbien or rkub)

1. to ride a horse, a vehicle
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:

     Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
     jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
     bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
     minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.
     

     Everyone walks, everything is sluggish,
     only some great lord rides:
     I was thirsty and they gave me a drink
     from the bucket inside the well.
     

2. to mount a horse, a vehicle
3. to enslave, to subjugate
4. to contract a disease
5. to copulate
6. to overlap [with fuq]

Conjugation

Conjugation of rikeb

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rkibt	rkibt	rikeb		rkibna	rkibtu	rikbu
	f			rikbet
imperfect	m	nirkeb	tirkeb	jirkeb		nirkbu	tirkbu	jirkbu
	f			tirkeb
imperative			irkeb				irkbu