karkar

Maltese

Root
k-r-k-r
2 terms

Etymology

From dialectal Maghrebi Arabic ⁧كَرْكَر⁩ (karkar), reduplication of ⁧كَرّ⁩ (karr, “to drag”), itself possibly a variant of Classical ⁧جَرَّ⁩ (jarra) or influenced by it; compare Maltese ġarr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkar.kar/

Verb

karkar (imperfect jkarkar, past participle mkarkar)

to drag
Synonyms: kaxkar, kaxkax

Conjugation

Conjugation of karkar
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	karkart	karkart	karkar	karkarna	karkartu	karkru
perfect	f	karkart	karkart	karkret	karkarna	karkartu	karkru
imperfect	m	nkarkar	tkarkar	jkarkar	nkarkru	tkarkru	jkarkru
imperfect	f	nkarkar	tkarkar	tkarkar	nkarkru	tkarkru	jkarkru
imperative			karkar			karkru

Tocharian B

Noun

karkar

cancer

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