hirap

Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidap (“to suffer, bear hardships”) (cf. Pangasinan irap (“hardships, torment”), Indonesian idap or Malay hidap (“protraction (of illness or sorrow)”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈhiɾap/ [ˈhiː.ɾɐp̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -iɾap
  • IPA^(key): /hiˈɾap/ [hɪˈɾap̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: hi‧rap

Noun

hirap (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇᜉ᜔)

1. difficulty; hardship (of a task or action)

   Antonyms: alwan, dali

2. poverty

   Synonyms: dalita, karalitaan, karukhaan, pagdarahop, pamumulubi

   Antonyms: yaman, ginhawa, diwasa, kariwasaan

3. suffering; affliction

   Synonyms: pagtitiis, dusa, pagdurusa

   Antonyms: alwan, gaan, ginhawa

4. (medicine) childbirth pains or labor

Derived terms

• hirapan
• hirapin
• humirap
• ikahirap
• ikapaghirap
• ikapagpahirap
• kahirapan
• kasinghirap
• laki sa hirap
• Linggo ng Paghihirap
• madaling sabihin, mahirap gawin
• maghirap
• magpahirap
• magpakahirap
• mahirap
• mahirapan
• mapagpahirap
• nakahihirap
• napakahirap
• paghihirap
• paghirapan
• pahirap
• pahirapan
• pakapahirapan
• pampahirap

Adjective

hiráp (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇᜉ᜔)

1. struggling; suffering

   Synonym: naghihirap

2. overburdened, burdened with too much work

   Synonyms: matrabaho, tigib

3. tired; weary; exhausted

   Synonyms: pagod, napapagod, hapo

4. poor; indigent; destitute; needy

   Synonyms: dukha, maralita, mahirap, pobre

   Antonyms: mayaman, mariwasa

Derived terms

• taghirap

Further reading

• “hirap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018