forogħ

Maltese
Root
f-r-għ
11 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَرَغَ‎ (faraḡa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.rɔħ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɔħ

Verb

forogħ (imperfect jofrogħ, past participle mifrugħ, active participle fieragħ, verbal noun frugħ or frigħ)

  1. to be or become empty
  2. (most often, of bodies of water) to recede, ebb
    Antonym: mela
    Il-baħar jimla u jofrogħ. ― The sea rises and recedes.
    Ix-xmajjar qed joforgħu wara l-għargħar.
    The rivers are receding after the flooding.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of forogħ
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m frogħt frogħt forogħ frogħna frogħtu forgħu
f forgħot
imperfect m nofrogħ tofrogħ jofrogħ noforgħu toforgħu joforgħu
f tofrogħ
imperative ofrogħ oforgħu
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