warrab

From Arabic وَرَّبَ (warraba, “to make innuendos”). Compare also وارَبَ (wāraba, “to betray, to be two-faced against”). Apparently, the meanings “discard” and “leave” are generalisations from the original notion of “betray, turn one’s back on”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwar.rap/

warrab (imperfect jwarrab, past participle mwarrab)

1. (transitive) to turn one's back on; to desert, shun, exclude (somebody)
   • 2017, “Nixtieq”‎performed by Shyli Rose:

     Dik il-ħaġa kemm tkissrek, meta jidħlu ġo qalbek.
     Int tippjana il-futur, minn warajk huma jwarrbuk.

     This thing really crushes you, when they get into your heart.
     You’re busy planning the future, then out of the blue they turn their back on you.

2. (transitive) to discard; to set aside (also a thing)
3. (intransitive) to leave quickly; to remove oneself; to get lost