fajjar

Maltese

Root
f-j-r

Etymology

From English fire, eventually from Proto-Germanic *fōr. Said in several sources to be the only loan verb from English that is morphologically fully integrated.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfaj.jar/

Verb

fajjar (imperfect jfajjar, past participle mfajjar)

to hurl
to throw about (words, e.g. swearwords)