għomor

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Maltese

Root
għ-m-r
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عُمْر (ʕumr).

Pronunciation

Noun

għomor m (dual għomrejn)

  1. lifespan, lifetime (the entire time of a person’s life; with regard to living persons also: that which has passed of it or that which remains)
    priġunerija għall-għomorlife emprisonment
    • 1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:
      Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes
      daret kollha daħkana;
      għalihom ferħ biss kellha
      u daqq u żfin u għana,
      xita ta’ ross, xewqiet
      f’għomor mimli għaxqiet;
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  2. age (quality of having lived for a particular time)
    Synonym: età
    fl-għomor ta’ għoxrin senaat the age of twenty years
  3. long time