għargħar

== Maltese == === Etymology 1 === From Arabic غَرْغَرَ (ḡarḡara, “to gurgle”), of onomatopoetic origin. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈaː.rar/ IPA(key): /ˈaˤː.raˤːr/ (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈɣar.ɣar/ (archaic, rustic) Rhymes: -arɣar, -aːrar, -aˤːraˤːr ==== Verb ==== għargħar (imperfect jgħargħar, past participle mgħargħar) to flood to gurgle ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Verbal noun of etymology 1 above. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /aˈraːr/ IPA(key): /aˤːˈraˤːr/ (archaic) IPA(key): /ɣarˈɣaːr/ (archaic, rustic) Rhymes: -aːr, -aˤːr ==== Noun ==== għargħar m flood, flooding ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Arabic عَرْعار (ʕarʕār), variant of عَرْعَر (ʕarʕar, “juniper”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /aˈraːr/ IPA(key): /aˤːˈraˤːr/ (archaic) Rhymes: -aːr, -aˤːr ==== Noun ==== għargħar m (collective) sandarac tree, Tetraclinis ===== Usage notes ===== The singular is used both as a singulative and a collective. The form siġra tal-għargħar may be used instead, and paucal and plural are always expressed with inflections of siġra. ==== See also ==== ġnibru (“juniper”)