nawwar

Maltese

Root
n-w-r
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَوَّرَ (nawwara, “to blossom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaw.war/
• Rhymes: -awwar

Verb

nawwar (imperfect jnawwar, past participle mnawwar, verbal noun tinwir)

1. to grow mouldy
2. (figuratively) to rot, decay
3. (archaic) to bloom, blossom

   Synonyms: żahar, ffjorixxa

Usage notes

• The sense “to bloom” can now be used at most literally of plants. In figurative use it will always be understood as “to rot” and thus quite the contrary.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nawwar
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	nawwart	nawwart	nawwar		nawwarna	nawwartu	nawru
	f			nawret
imperfect	m	nnawwar	tnawwar	jnawwar		nnawru	tnawru	jnawru
	f			tnawwar
imperative			nawwar				nawru