xeħet

Maltese

Root
x-ħ-t
6 terms

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ħɛt/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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

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