Root: hirap

hirap is a common word root in the Filipino language.

ROOT DEFINITION:

~ related to 1.) difficulty, 2.) poverty/suffering

hirap : [noun] difficulty; suffering; hardship   more... »

mahirap : [adjective] poor (financially); difficult; hard to do; complex; laborious; cumbersome; arduous; [noun] poor person   more... »

mahirapan : [verb] to experience difficulty/hardship; to have a hard time; to suffer difficulties; to have difficulty; to find something difficult; to be difficult for someone; to have difficulty   more... »

pahirapan : [verb] to cause someone/something difficulties; to persecute someone; to cause someone stress; to give someone a burden; to torture someone;   more... »

páhirapán : [noun] torture; burden; pains; a pain (; difficulty/annoyance);   more... »

pahirapán : [adjective/adverb] torturous; painful; very difficult   more... »

maghirap : [verb] to experience difficulty; to suffer; to become poor   more... »

kahirapan : [noun] poverty; hardship; suffering; adversity; discomfort; difficulty   more... »

paghirapan : [verb] to work hard for something; to strain for something; to suffer for something; to strive for something   more... »

paghihirap : [noun] suffering; labor; hardship   more... »

pahirap : [noun] burden; punishment   more... »

pahiráp : [adjective] becoming poor; becoming hard to do   more... »

napakahirap : [adjective] very difficult   more... »

pinakamahirap : [adjective] poorest; most difficult   more... »

humirap : [verb] to become difficult   more... »

magpakahirap : [verb] to toil (work hard)   more... »

magpahirap : [verb] to cause difficulty; to cause trouble   more... »

hirapan : [verb] to make difficult   more... »

taghirap : [noun] hard times; hardship   more... »

pagpapahirap : [noun] hard work; difficulty   more... »

hírap-hirap : [adjective] so hard; very difficult; very hard   more... »

hirapin : [verb] to experience difficulty; to be poor   more... »

sa hiráp at ginhawa : [phrase] through thick and thin (literally: through difficult and easy/comfortable times)   more... »

mahirap na kalagayan : [noun] difficult situation; predicament   more... »

waláng kahiráp-hiráp : [adjective] without causing any difficulty; [adverb] very easily   more... »

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