hurt

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɜɻt/

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Verb

Plain form hurt

Third person singular hurts

Simple past hurt

Past participle hurt

Present participle hurting

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you hurt someone or something, you damage them or make them feel pain. <> ji wa wani ciwo ko rauni. cuci/cuta/cuce. [1]

   "Ka sakeni, ka na ji min ciwo <> Divorce me, you're hurting me."

2. hurt someone's feelings <> ɓata wa wani rai. [2]
3. If you hurt you feel pain. <> yin ciwo, jin ciwo, rashin lafiya.

   She hurt her ankle <> Ta ji ciwo a santa. [3]

   I've been hurting ever since I fell from the roof.

Adjective

Positive hurt

Comparative more hurt

Superlative most hurt

1. If you are hurt, you are wounded or in pain. <> mai rauni. mai ciwo. marasa lafiya.
   • Synonym: sick

   He got hurt skiing last week when he fell.

   This is my hurt nose. <> Ga hanci na mai ciwo.

Noun

Singular hurt

Plural hurts

1. (countable & uncountable) A hurt is a wound or some other damage that causes pain. <> ciwo, rauni.