ħanxar

Maltese

Root
ħ-n-x-r
1 term

Etymology

According to Vassalli's dictionary with an original initial ح (ḥ). Hence probably related with Arabic حَشَرَ (ḥašara, “to destroy; to sharpen a knife”, among other senses).

Compare also حَنَشَ (ḥanaša, “to hunt, catch”, and of a venomous animal “to bite”). And compare the semantic relation between حَشَرة (ḥašara) and حَنَش (ḥanaš), both originally referring to any small, crawling or short-legged animal (like Proto-Germanic *wurmiz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħan.ʃar/

Verb

ħanxar (imperfect jħanxar, past participle mħanxar)

1. to slash, to cut violently

Conjugation

Conjugation of ħanxar
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ħanxart	ħanxart	ħanxar		ħanxarna	ħanxartu	ħanxru
	f			ħanxret
imperfect	m	nħanxar	tħanxar	jħanxar		nħanxru	tħanxru	jħanxru
	f			tħanxar
imperative			ħanxar				ħanxru