xorob

Maltese

Root
x-r-b
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.rɔp/

Verb

xorob (imperfect jixrob, past participle mixrub, verbal noun xarb or xrib or xorb)

1. to drink
   • 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.
     

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to absorb (physically or mentally)
3. to do something quickly
4. to cause illness as a result of the evil eye

Conjugation

Conjugation of xorob

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	xrobt	xrobt	xorob		xrobna	xrobtu	xorbu
	f			xorbot
imperfect	m	nixrob	tixrob	jixrob		nixorbu	tixorbu	jixorbu
	f			tixrob
imperative			ixrob				ixorbu