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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fqir (feminine singular fqira, plural fqar or foqra, diminutive fqajjar, comparative ifqar)
- poor (lacking; of little financial means)
- Synonym: (rare in this sense) povru
- Antonyms: għani, rikk
Il-qasma bejn l-għonja u l-fqar qed tikber.- The gap between the rich and the poor is growing.
1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!- Destroy, kill those vines,
the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
without bread, without light, without peace!
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