seħet

Maltese

Root
s-ħ-t
8 terms

Alternative forms

siħet

Etymology

From Arabic سَخِطَ‎ (saḵiṭa, “to be indignant, to resent”). Compare Tunisian Arabic سخطة‎ (saḵṭa, “a curse”). The verb was used in Classical Arabic in phrases like اللهُ يَسْخَطُ لَكُم ذٰلِك‎ (allāhu yasḵaṭu lakum ḏālik, literally “may God be indignant at you for that”). Accordingly, the subject must originally have been God, but it was then also used of the person who called down the curse on another.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ħɛt/

Verb

seħet (imperfect jisħet, past participle misħut, verbal noun sħit)

(transitive) to curse, to imprecate
(intransitive) to be shocked, dumbfounded
(transitive) to ruin
(intransitive) to be ruined

Conjugation

Conjugation of seħet
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	sħitt	sħitt	seħet	sħitna	sħittu	seħtu
perfect	f	sħitt	sħitt	seħtet	sħitna	sħittu	seħtu
imperfect	m	nisħet	tisħet	jisħet	nisħtu	tisħtu	jisħtu
imperfect	f	nisħet	tisħet	tisħet	nisħtu	tisħtu	jisħtu
imperative			isħet			isħtu

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