mahirap
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈhiɾap/ [mɐˈhiː.ɾɐp̚]
- Rhymes: -iɾap
- Syllabification: ma‧hi‧rap
Adjective
[edit]mahirap (plural mahihirap, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜒᜇᜉ᜔)
- difficult; tough
- Antonym: madali
- Mahirap ang exam.
- The exam was tough.
- poor
- Synonyms: dukha, dalita, hampaslupa, pobre, walang-kaya, (slang) purita
- Antonym: mayaman
- Mahirap lang kami.
- We're just poor.
Inflection
[edit] Degrees of mahirap
| positive | singular | plural | root | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mahirap | mahihirap | hirap | ||||
| superiority | inferiority | equality | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| comparative | mas mahirap | mas mahihirap | hindi gaanong mahirap | hindi gaanong mahihirap | kasinghirap | |
| relative | absolute | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| superlative | ang pinakamahirap | ang pinakamahihirap | napakamahirap | napakamahihirap | pagkahirap | pagkahirap-hirap |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mahirap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018