qarraq

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Maltese

Root
q-r-q
9 terms

Etymology

If Arabic, perhaps from أَقْلَقَ (ʔaqlaqa), قَلَّقَ (qallaqa, to upset, disconcert). Or alternatively from قَرَّعَ (qarraʕa, to blame, repoach; to win a bet) with assimilation of the third radical to the first; compare also related قَرَعَ (qaraʕa, to strike; to impugn; to reject a suitor in marriage).

Pronunciation

Verb

qarraq (imperfect jqarraq, past participle mqarraq)

  1. to deceive, cheat, betray
    Synonym: għallat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of qarraq
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qarraqt qarraqt qarraq qarraqna qarraqtu qarrqu
f qarrqet
imperfect m nqarraq tqarraq jqarraq nqarrqu tqarrqu jqarrqu
f tqarraq
imperative qarraq qarrqu