għargħar

From Arabic ⁧غَرْغَرَ⁩ (ḡarḡara, “to gurgle”), of onomatopoetic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.rar/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈaˤː.raˤːr/ (archaic)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈɣar.ɣar/ (archaic, rural)

għargħar (imperfect jgħargħar, past participle mgħargħar)

1. to flood
2. to gurgle

Verbal noun of etymology 1 above.

• IPA^(key): /aˈraːr/
  • IPA^(key): /aˤːˈraˤːr/ (archaic)
  • IPA^(key): /ɣarˈɣaːr/ (archaic, rural)
• Rhymes: -aːr, -aˤːr

għargħar m

1. flood, flooding

Għargħar

From Arabic ⁧عَرْعار⁩ (ʕarʕār), variant of ⁧عَرْعَر⁩ (ʕarʕar, “juniper”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈraːr/
• IPA^(key): /aˤːˈraˤːr/ (archaic)
• Rhymes: -aːr, -aˤːr

għargħar m (collective)

1. sandarac tree, Tetraclinis

• The singular is used both as a singulative and a collective. The form siġra tal-għargħar may be used instead, and paucal and plural are always expressed with inflections of siġra.

• ġnibru (“juniper”)