nawwar

Maltese
Root
n-w-r
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَوَّرَ‎ (nawwara, “to blossom”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnaw.war/
  • Rhymes: -awwar

Verb

nawwar (imperfect jnawwar, past participle mnawwar, verbal noun tinwir)

  1. to grow mouldy
  2. (figuratively) to rot, decay
  3. (archaic) to bloom, blossom
    Synonyms: żahar, ffjorixxa

Usage notes
  • The sense “to bloom” can now be used at most literally of plants. In figurative use it will always be understood as “to rot” and thus quite the contrary.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of nawwar
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m nawwart nawwart nawwar nawwarna nawwartu nawru
f nawret
imperfect m nnawwar tnawwar jnawwar nnawru tnawru jnawru
f tnawwar
imperative nawwar nawru
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