ftakar

Maltese

Root
f-k-r
6 terms

Etymology

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Arabic اِفْتَكَرَ (iftakara)

Maltese ftakar

Inherited from Arabic اِفْتَكَرَ (iftakara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfta.kar/
• Rhymes: -akar

Verb

ftakar (imperfect jiftakar, past participle miftakar, verbal noun ftakir)

1. to remember

   Ma niftakarx. ― I don't remember.

   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Niftakar”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     Niftakar
     tal-qniepen il-mota ferrieħa,
     u l-Ave Maria ta’ Schubert
     taż-żahar il-fwieħa
     u l-għafsa ta’ driegħek ma’ driegħi,
     u l-ħeġġa ta’ wiċċek ħamrani,
     u l-mantar bajdani
     jitkaxkar mal-qiegħa
     tal-korsija:
     id-dija u d-dawl tal-parilja,
     il-ħsejjes taż-żwiemel għaddejja,
     

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   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Niftakar li kont mort mal-folla u ma’ sħabi ta’ l-Azzjoni Kattolika biex nilqgħuh fi dħul iż-Żejtun.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of ftakar (Form VIII)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ftakart	ftakart	ftakar	ftakarna	ftakartu	ftakru
	f			ftakret
imperfect	m	niftakar	tiftakar	jiftakar	niftakru	tiftakru	jiftakru
	f			tiftakar
imperative			ftakar			ftakru