sejjer

Maltese

Root
s-j-r (going)
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سائِر (sāʔir), active participle of سارَ (sāra). The verb was lost in Maltese as it became homophonous with sar (“to become”), from Arabic صارَ (ṣāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛj.jɛr/

Adjective

sejjer (feminine singular sejra, plural sejrin)

1. on one’s way (to), going (somewhere)

   Jien u sejjer l-iskola, rajt kelb mejjet.

   One my way to school I saw a dead dog.

Particle

sejjer

1. Indicates a future tense.

   Synonyms: se, ser, ħa