stkerrah

Maltese

Root
k-r-h
8 terms

Alternative forms

• stkerreh

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتَكْرَهَ (istakraha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstkɛr.raħ/

Verb

stkerrah (imperfect jistkerrah, past participle mistkerrah, verbal noun stkerrih)

1. to despise, abhor

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 stkerrah

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	stkerraht	stkerraht	stkerrah		stkerrahna	stkerrahtu	stkerrhu
	f			stkerrhet
imperfect	m	nistkerrah	tistkerrah	jistkerrah		nistkerrhu	tistkerrhu	jistkerrhu
	f			tistkerrah
imperative			stkerrah				stkerrhu