stkerrah

stkerrah

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتَكْرَهَ‎ (istakraha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstkɛr.raħ/

Verb

stkerrah (imperfect jistkerrah, past participle mistkerrah)

1. to despise, abhor

Conjugation

• The sound /ħ/ is kept in all conjugated forms. The spelling is h instead of ħ because this fortition has not been generalised throughout the root (compare kerha /ˈkɛra/, kruha /ˈkruːwa/).

conjugation of stkerrah

	singular					plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)		aħna	intom	huma
perfect	stkerraht	stkerraht	stkerrah	stkerrhet		stkerrahna	stkerrahtu	stkerrhu
imperfect	nistkerrah	tistkerrah	jistkerrah	tistkerrah	nistkerrhu	tistkerrhu	jistkerrhu
imperative		stkerrah				stkerrhu

Related terms

• ikrah
• kerrah
• krieh
• kruha