għomor

From Arabic عُمْر (ʕumr).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.mɔr/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔˤː.mɔr/ (archaic)
• Rhymes: -ɔːmɔr, -ɔˤːmɔr

għomor m (dual għomrejn)

1. lifespan, lifetime (the entire time of a person’s life; with regard to living persons also: that which has passed of it or that which remains)

   priġunerija għall-għomor ― life imprisonment

   • 1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:

     Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes
     daret kollha daħkana;
     għalihom ferħ biss kellha
     u daqq u żfin u għana,
     xita ta’ ross, xewqiet
     f’għomor mimli għaxqiet;

     Life with the newlyweds
     was all smiles and laughter;
     for them it was only joy,
     music, dancing, and singing,
     a shower of rice, fond wishes,
     in a life brimming with happiness.

2. age (quality of having lived for a particular time)

   Synonym: età

   fl-għomor ta’ għoxrin sena ― at the age of twenty years

3. long time