ħabb

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħap/

Etymology 1

Root
ħ-b-b (love)
10 terms

From Arabic حَبَّ (ḥabba), أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba).

Verb

ħabb (imperfect jħobb, past participle maħbub)

  1. to love
    • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to like
    Synonym: għoġob
Conjugation
Conjugation of ħabb (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ħabbejt ħabbejt ħabb ħabbejna ħabbejtu ħabbew
f ħabbet
imperfect m nħobb tħobb jħobb nħobbu tħobbu jħobbu
f tħobb
imperative ħobb ħobbu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ħabbejtx ħabbejtx ħabbx ħabbejniex ħabbejtux ħabbewx
f ħabbitx
imperfect m nħobbx tħobbx jħobbx nħobbux tħobbux jħobbux
f tħobbx
imperative tħobbx tħobbux

Etymology 2

Root
ħ-b-b (seed)
2 terms

From Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb)

Noun

ħabb m (collective, singulative ħabba, dual ħabbtejn, plural ħbub, paucal ħabbiet)

  1. (rare or dated) a grain, kernel
    Synonym: qamħa
  2. (historical) a coin of small value, used in Malta until 1913
  3. (pathology) hydatid
  4. (figurative) a mite; something of little value
Derived terms
  • ħabb tal-ħnieżer