xeħet

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Maltese[edit]

Root
x-ħ-t
6 terms

Etymology[edit]

Probably from or related with Arabic أَشْحَطَ (ʔašḥaṭa, “to remove, to put or send away”). Similar senses are found in Egyptian Arabic شحط (šaḥaṭ, “to put/throw dough in the oven”), North Levantine Arabic حشط (ḥašaṭ, “to throw”), Moroccan Arabic (Tangier) شعط (šʕaṭ, “to smash”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

xeħet (imperfect jixħet, past participle mixħut, verbal noun xħit)

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: tefa’, waddab
  2. to vomit
  3. (figurative) to cast, to take (a glance etc.)

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of xeħet
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xħitt xħitt xeħet xħitna xħittu xeħtu
f xeħtet
imperfect m nixħet tixħet jixħet nixħtu tixħtu jixħtu
f tixħet
imperative ixħet ixħtu
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