xagħar

Maltese

Root
x-għ-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَعْر (šaʕr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːr/
• IPA^(key): /ʃaˤːr/ (archaic)
• Homophone: xahar (standard only)
• Rhymes: -aːr, -aˤːr

Noun

xagħar m (collective, singulative xagħra, paucal xagħriet)

1. hair, many hairs

   Għandu xagħru iswed. ― He has black hair. (literally, “He has his hair black.”)

   • 2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2^nd edition, Malta: Ede Books:

     Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok
     lewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,
     bl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,
     u xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.

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Inflection

Inflection of xagħar

		singular		plural
		m	f
singular	1st person	xagħri		xagħarna
	2nd person	xagħrek		xagħarkom
	3rd person	xagħru	xagħarha	xagħarhom