"xeher" meaning in Maltese

See xeher in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʃɛːr/
Etymology: From Arabic شَهَرَ (šahara), أَشْهَرَ (ʔašhara, “to announce, spread, make public”). The contemporary sense developed in the context of death or specifically the announcement of a person’s passing by ritualised lamentation, which is found in some countries and formerly existed also in Malta. Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|شَهَرَ}} Arabic شَهَرَ (šahara) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jixher|mixhur|xieher|xhir|vn2=xehir}} xeher (imperfect jixher, past participle mixhur, active participle xieher, verbal noun xhir or xehir) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|xhirt|xhirt|xeher|xehret|xhirna|xhirtu|xehru|nixher|tixher|jixher|tixher|nixhru|tixhru|jixhru|ixher|ixhru}} Forms: jixher [imperfect], mixhur [participle, past], xieher [active, participle], xhir [noun-from-verb], xehir [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], xhirt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], xhirt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], xeher [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], xhirna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], xhirtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], xehru [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], xhirt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], xhirt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], xehret [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], xhirna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], xhirtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], xehru [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nixher [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tixher [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jixher [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nixhru [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tixhru [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jixhru [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nixher [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tixher [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tixher [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nixhru [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tixhru [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jixhru [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ixher [imperative, second-person, singular], ixhru [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to lament, wail, cry loudly
    Sense id: en-xeher-mt-verb-TagylANF
  2. to divulge, to publish
    Sense id: en-xeher-mt-verb-eRhUqh8f Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 27 73

Inflected forms

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