gerrex

Maltese

Root
g-r-x
1 term

Etymology

Intensive of a dialectal Arabic كَرَش (karaš, “to drive away”), which is attested in Egypt and parts of the Levant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛr.rɛʃ/

Verb

gerrex (imperfect jgerrex, past participle mgerrex, verbal noun tgerrix)

1. to scare off, chase off

Conjugation

Conjugation of gerrex
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	gerrixt	gerrixt	gerrex		gerrixna	gerrixtu	gerrxu
	f			gerrxet
imperfect	m	ngerrex	tgerrex	jgerrex		ngerrxu	tgerrxu	jgerrxu
	f			tgerrex
imperative			gerrex				gerrxu