"werwer" meaning in Maltese

See werwer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɛr.wɛr/
Etymology: Formally from Arabic وَلْوَلَ (walwala, “to wail, lament”), itself probably from وَيْل (wayl, “woe”). The transitive use in Maltese would be a backformation from twerwer (“be scared”), from the fifth stem تَوَلْوَلَ (tawalwala), which in Arabic is used synonymously with the first-mentioned form. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|وَلْوَلَ|t=to wail, lament}} Arabic وَلْوَلَ (walwala, “to wail, lament”) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jwerwer|mwerwer}} werwer (imperfect jwerwer, past participle mwerwer) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|werwirt|werwirt|werwer|werwret|werwirna|werwirtu|werwru|nwerwer|twerwer|jwerwer|twerwer|nwerwru|twerwru|jwerwru|werwer|werwru}} Forms: jwerwer [imperfect], mwerwer [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], werwirt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], werwirt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], werwer [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], werwirna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], werwirtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], werwru [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], werwirt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], werwirt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], werwret [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], werwirna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], werwirtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], werwru [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nwerwer [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], twerwer [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jwerwer [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nwerwru [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], twerwru [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jwerwru [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nwerwer [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], twerwer [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], twerwer [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nwerwru [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], twerwru [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jwerwru [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], werwer [imperative, second-person, singular], werwru [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to scare, to terrify Synonyms: beżża', waħħax
    Sense id: en-werwer-mt-verb-LDNEPGqO Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "imperfect"
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "mt-conj/Iq",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "werwirt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
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        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "werwret",
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        "third-person"
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        "second-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "nwerwer",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twerwer",
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "third-person"
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twerwru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "imperfect",
        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "werwer",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "10": "jwerwer",
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        "13": "twerwru",
        "14": "jwerwru",
        "15": "werwer",
        "16": "werwru",
        "2": "werwirt",
        "3": "werwer",
        "4": "werwret",
        "5": "werwirna",
        "6": "werwirtu",
        "7": "werwru",
        "8": "nwerwer",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Werwritni sakemm wasalna! Vera kollox tagħmel bl-attenzjoni u bil-galbu, ħlief … is-sewqan!",
          "type": "quote"
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          "scare"
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          "word": "beżża'"
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      "ipa": "/ˈwɛr.wɛr/"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwerwer",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "form": "werwret",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werwirna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werwirtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nwerwer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twerwer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twerwru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twerwer",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "second-person"
      ]
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "10": "jwerwer",
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        "14": "jwerwru",
        "15": "werwer",
        "16": "werwru",
        "2": "werwirt",
        "3": "werwer",
        "4": "werwret",
        "5": "werwirna",
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        "Maltese form-Iq verbs",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese sound form-Iq verbs",
        "Maltese sound verbs",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with quotations",
        "Maltese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Werwritni sakemm wasalna! Vera kollox tagħmel bl-attenzjoni u bil-galbu, ħlief … is-sewqan!",
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          "scare",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛr.wɛr/"
    }
  ],
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}

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